A huge thank you to everyone who has worn green today to celebrate World Environment Day 🌍
Our Solar Team have shared a few tips on how to be kinder to our environment both at home and in the workplace:
Switch your web browser to Ecosia – only takes 2 minutes and can make a difference! Ecosia use advertisement and sponsors to plant trees whenever their search engine is used:
Use Ecosia on your desktop – Ecosia Help Center (helpscoutdocs.com)
Energy
- Turn off lights when leaving the room.
- Don’t leave electrical items on stand-by – whilst only a small amount of power, turning off rather than leaving on standby still counts.
- Control your heating – By using radiator thermostats and reducing the temperature on your boiler, you can reduce your energy usage and your bill.
Waste
- Reduce your food waste – plan meals where possible to reduce waste.
- Re-use, re-purpose, recycle – Think before you throw. Can you use it again? Can you use it for another purpose? If not, can it be recycled?
- Buy second hand – Although not everyone’s cup of tea, buying second hand gives products a longer life before landfill.
- Shop smart – opt for the glass or cardboard packaging over plastic where possible as they’re easier to recycle.
Environment
- Do you need to take the car? Think about walking or cycling for shorter journeys. This helps the environment as well as your wellbeing too!
- Bee nice… bee’s pollinate crops and so are important for food production. Help them by planting bee-friendly plants or leaving a shallow bowl of water with sugar out on a hot day.
- Be product savvy – Try opting for manufacturers who use sustainably sourced palm oil in their products. This will help the fight to save the rainforests.
Look out for this logo…
Finally…. Think before you print! Do you really need a hard copy?
Challenge yourself to make one small change to help the environment. Whether this is changing your shampoo to a brand that uses sustainably sourced palm oil or walking to Tesco rather than driving on your lunchbreak.
Small changes make a big difference.
Thompsons are proud to be a sustainable company
The suns out which means that Thompsons are running on 100% renewable energy just now. Today on World Environment Day, we’re actually generating more than we are using and so providing excess clean, green energy back to the grid, supporting the local network:
If you’d like to learn more about how to make your business greener, get in touch and speak with our solar team.
