Gas patio heaters are a licence to burn money and pollute the atmosphere. Use a wood fired chiminea or garden firepit ideally with paper logs made from your waste newspapers and magazines, log makers are readily available from most green retailers. Alternatively if you have green electricity use an electric patio heater. - Digby
Buy a Clothes Line
Buy a clothes line, or a clothes horse if you don't have a garden or yard. The tumble dryer is one of the largest consumers of electricity in the home so every time you hang your clothes out to dry you are saving electricity and money. A big bonus is that your clothes should smell fresher too! - Digby
Energy Saving Recommended Appliances
Energy saving appliances use less energy and could save you up to £45 a year. Look for the Energy Saving Recommended logo.
Buy Organic Cotton Clothes and Bedding
Cotton constitutes 3% of crops grown globally but uses 10% of all pesticides.
