Doing a Low Carbon Lent should involve making changes to your behaviors that help to reduce your carbon footprint every day during Lent. You may find that making these changes lasts past Lent. Some ideas to seed your thoughts:
- Give up eating beef
- Review and improve your recycling habits:
- Do you throw away any recyclable paper?
- Plastics with recycle logo?
- Review your transportation habits. Could you:
- Carpool
- Combine multiple errands into one trip
- Take most gas efficient route to work
- Seek ways to reduce food waste
- Reconsider single use coffee
- Some have re-usable or compostable pods.
- Reduce styrofoam
- Compost food waste (not meat)
- Avoid using bottled water
- Refuse plastic bags when possible
- Bring a re-usable bag
- Request paper instead of plastic
- Reduce energy usage at home, including hot water