These are things we in the Really Use-Less Group (RUG) started off doing.  they get to be habits surprisingly quickly!

Quick and easy steps
• Turn lights off when they are not in use
• Turn everything you can off at the wall.
• Use recycled paper, tissues loo roll
• Just boil the water you need in a kettle
• Pull the curtain at dusk
• Turn down the temperature setting on your washing machine
• Turn the central heating down by 1 degree and give yourself a week to get used to it

A little effort
• Install low energy light bulbs
• Cut down on use of the tumble drier
• Compost vegetables, paper, card, tea bags
• Recycle as much as you can
• Buy locally produced food etc.
• Insulate your water tanks
• Use Freecycle to give away unwanted clutter
• Use wash balls instead of detergent (lots of sources if you search for ‘wash balls’ on Google)
• Switch to green electricity
• Come to a RUG meeting – ring Perry on 01531 637223.

How about leaving your own ideas below.

If you’d like to find out more about RUG either:
• Leave a comment below or put a message up in the Green Views section of the Portal forum,
• E-mail Jane (Horton) on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Or ring Perry (Walker) on 01531 637223.

We’d love to hear from you.