easy peasy topics

Here are some things you can start to do right away, without any special equipment or training. Well, not much, anyway - it's just easy stuff to get you started:
	green electricity: you can do this today. Change your electricity supplier to one that generates its electricity from renewable sources more...
	green shopping: just needs a change in habits, and a bit of thought about what you buy and where you buy it. You may not be able to get everything from local, small shops, or organic, fair trade, eco, recycled, with minimal packaging etc, but you can take small steps. Every little helps, as they say more...
	and buy Fair Trade goods while you're at it more...
	gardening: have a go at growing a bit veg in your garden (or in pots on your patio? in a window-box?)... more...
	... or soft fruit... more...
	... or a few herbs - you only need a tiny amount of space more...
	green cookery: another one that just needs a change of habits – dump the corporate, fizzy, toxic, fast-, ready-, unhealthy, nutrition-free rubbish and think about cooking healthier, tastier, more environmentally-friendly meals more...
	energy saving: common sense really - get into good habits, to save energy, CO₂ emissions and money more...
	natural cleaners: don't fill your house with toxic chemicals, when you can use natural alternatives for a similar, but non-toxic result more...
	natural paints: ditto, but for paints more...
	waste and recycling: ok, it's not sexy, but it's easy and very worthwhile more...
	and compost your organic waste while you're at it more...
	make sure your home is well-insulated more...
	calculate your eco footprint more...
	learn some DIY skills (you'll need them when it comes to lots of the other topics on the website) more...
	join your local LETS system more...
	take up knitting or crochet more...
	transport: there are healthier, more eco and cheaper ways of getting about than driving and flying – think about public transport, working from home, car sharing, moving closer to work... more...
	... and especially cycling - get fit too more...
	holidays: we make our surroundings ugly with supermarkets and ring roads, then fly to beautiful places to end up making them ugly as well, while there are great holidays to be had closer to home more...
	have a nice walk and look for wild food.. more...
	... including wild mushrooms more...
	switch to open source software - it's free, and you don't have to fund giant corporations more...
	enjoy time in nature rather than in shopping malls more...
	downshifting: make your life simpler by cutting out unnecessary things, so that you can work less and enjoy life more more...
	transition: join your local transition group, meet like-minded people and be inspired more...
	make your garden a bit more wildlife-friendly - even if you just stop using pesticides or slug pellets, which end up killing birds and butterflies more...
	this only applies to some of you - switch to natural menstrual products more...
	money: help change the balance of power in a tiny way by moving your money from giant banks to mutual societies or the co-op... more...
	... or even better, credit unions more...
	think about reducing the amount of meat in your diet.. more...
	... and increasing the amount of raw/living foods more...
	have some great weekends away WWOOFing more...
	and finally, if you haven't already, go on, have a read of our message, and see if it makes any sense more...