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Our / My Green Resolutions

These are our / my green resolutions for 2022 and the 2020s

Family

No more than two children

Money

Switch from a bad bank such as Barclays to a better bank like Starling

(if you open an account with this link then they’ll plant a tree for us)

Check what funds your pension is invested in and change it to ethical ones

Food

No more than two meals a week with meat

At least two meals a week vegan (in addition to breakfasts)

Remove mammal meat from diet

Shift towards more vegetarian and vegan food (with little or sustainable rice)

Go fully vegan or vegetarian

Transport

Next vehicle fully electric (not just hybrid, even if plug-in)

No gasoline/petrol/diesel driving in local town (unless the load is too big to carry by foot/bike)

No more than one flight each per year

Reduce gasoline/petrol/diesel use

Go flight free for the whole year of 2022

Work

Get a new job in a place that will make a positive difference

Start a 'local sustainability chapter' within my workplace (use it to organise tree planting, meatless Mondays, 20% time Fridays for Future, 11 min at 11AM on Fri etc.)

Waste

Begin composting (aerobically to reduce methane)

Cut down food waste (buy only what is needed)

Reduce waste (especially plastic)

Consume less stuff

Get as much as possible second-hand

Block ads and avoid advertising companies (e.g. set up a Pi-hole)

Talk

Speak up more about sustainability

Organize environmental meet-ups

Learn more about all the different aspects of the climate crisis to better communicate where we can make change happen and how

Talk to a friend, family member or colleague about the climate crisis problem

Action

Join an activist organisation

Write to my MP/representative

Switch energy supplier to a renewable one (e.g. Octopus Energy - £50 referral link)

Read more (well-cited) books, reports and scientific papers

Regenerate

Take more walks in parks without any specific goal or direction

Plant a tree (you could even give me a gift of some!)