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What do you call a vacation where you don’t go anywhere? According to JT from The Environmental Blog you call it a “staycation”. I like that idea – a stay at home vacation. Think about it for a minute – no rushing around in planes, trains or buses, no credit card bills to pay immediately following your vacation, and no long car journeys involving a repetitious series of questions starting with, “Are we there yet?” Yep – this is the only no aggravation, low carbon footprint, money saving vacation idea I’ve heard of. And what’s more, if approached sensibly, it has the potential to deliver a lot of fun for everyone in the family! JT, I take my hat off to you… Okay, so what do you do on a “staycation”? Well, The...

Most Governments throughout the world, albeit reluctantly in many instances, are beginning to accept the fact that adverse climate change, brought about in large part by green house gas emissions, has the capacity to seriously erode the quality of life we currently enjoy. But as an individual, it’s sometimes difficult to know what practical steps to take in order to minimise the impact our actions have on the planet. Faced with the problem of where to begin, we thought it might be worthwhile considering a few practical steps that we can all take to ensure the survival of our planet for future generations. One of the best places to start is to gain some sense as to the magnitude of your current carbon footprint. Carbon what? Carbon footprint....