Triumphs of the last week

- Went on the TRAIN to Oxford to do some photocopying for my dissertation
- Did DOUBLE-SIDED photocopying whilst there
- Spotted one giant WIND TURBINE, one house with PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS and one house with HOT WATER SOLAR PANELS on the train
- CYCLED back home from the train station
- Put RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES in my bike lights
- Passed on information about ENERGY-SAVING LIGHTBULBS (more about this soon) to a colleage of my Dad's who is the office sustainability officer
- Insisted on us buying our weekly fruit and vegetables from the LOCAL MARKET instead of the supermarket, which was cheaper and meant most stuff came from the UK instead of South Africa
- Watered my TOMATO PLANT with rainwater from our WATER BUTT in the garden
- Switched my stereo off at the plug overnight so it wasn't ON STANDBY
- RENTED A DVD from the library instead of buying a new one
- Took some more glass to the BOTTLE BANKS up the road for recycling
- And put "RECYCLED" toilet paper on the shopping list
- Changed my bedlinen and WASHED IT AT 30.C using ECOVER LAUNDRY LIQUID
- Put the dishwasher on using the "ECO" SETTING of 50.C
- And tonight me and 3 friends are CAR-SHARING to go into town and get the new Harry Potter book

Number of parents feeling slightly harrassed at the never-ending diatribe against our carbon-hungry lifestyle: 2
Carbon emissions reduced by doing all these things: masses