10 Ways To Make Your Home a Green House! #ad

I have been talking to my children a lot recently

About saving our beautiful planet

We have been learning about the effects of climate change around the globe

And what we can do as a family to play our part

We have been watching David Attenborough

And reading children’s books with real and important messages

About saving the seas, conservation and protection of planet Earth

We are ready and willing to take action

And to help make a small difference

Because if we all make our small difference

It might just become a big difference

It has to be worth a try

We have been making some small changes to our daily routine

To our home

Our weekly shop

Little swaps that contribute to the change that is needed to

Save the World

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Here are 10 things you can do at home

To make your house more eco friendly

To make your home a green house

A little greener at least

DON’T WASTE WATER!
We have a water meter in our home

So we know how much water we are using

When we renovated three years ago

We had a rainwater tank installed

So our toilets flush with rain water

And we wash our clothes with rain water

Our children bath and shower together

And we encourage them not to leave taps running

When washing hands and cleaning teeth

I try not to over fill the kettle

And only boil the water needed

The water we use in our play is rain water

We try very hard in our home not to waste water

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MONITOR WITH A METER

We have a smart meter

To measure how much electricity we use

William LOVES to see the numbers

And he likes to try and beat our score from one day to the next

Having a meter helps us all to remember to do things like

Turn off the lights

Unplug chargers

Turn off the TV

Wash clothes at a lower temperature

With a central meter we can all monitor

We are all able to do our bit

And see clearly how the things we do make a difference

UPDATE YOUR BOILER
When we extended and updated our home

We made the decision to invest in a new boiler

Our new boiler is more efficient

And has played large role in making our house

A greener home

DOUBLE GLAZE YOUR WINDOWS
One of the first things we did when we bought our 1930s house

Was to double glaze the windows

It was evident immediately what a difference it made

How much easier it became to heat our home and keep us all warm

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INSULATION
We have insulated our attic space / roof

David also uses insulating tape around doors

Keeping heat in and cold out

Helps our home run more efficiently

And so more environmentally friendly

SHOP SMART
The children and I recently attended a Helping Habitats Workshop

With The Big Cat Sanctuary

They taught us all about shopping smartly

Buying products that have been sustainably sourced

Esther and William love to look for the logos now in shops

They are my regulators

Only allowing me to buy the correctly labelled products

CLEVER COMPOST
We are terrible at wasting food

It is something I feel very guilty about

But we do try to compost as much as we can

Using the council food bin collection

And our own compost heap in the garden

CLEAN NATURALLY
The lovely Sian at Quite Frankly She Said

Is a real champion of the clean clean

Promoting natural cleaning products that really work

This is the next change that I want to make

On our journey to making our home a green house

BUY LESS STUFF
This is my biggest downfall

I am a collector and hoarder of stuff

I am going to challenge myself to buy less

Reuse what we have

And become a more minimalist family

We do not use half off what we have

My plan is to donate much off it to families in need

And to local schools and children’s groups

I have already donated lots of our clothing

But there is much more we can do as a family in this area

RECYCLE RECYCLE RECYCLE

Recycling is about so much more than sorting your rubbish

It is about upcycling and reusing things in your home

Handing down clothes and toys

Repurposing belongings

We can all do more in this area

This is going to be another area of focus for our family

As we make our house a greener home

What are you doing with your family

To make your home a green house?

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