My top tips for how to save energy around the home? Here’s how I do it, and it has added benefits:
I work at home all day most days and apart from the flurry of housework before I do the school run I am mostly sitting at my desk. Which means I get chilly. But instead of putting on a heater I either go for a brisk walk (walks are really good for thinking time as well), or do some exercise to a DVD or on the rowing machine. And if don’t have time for either, I run up and down the stairs 10+ times. Yes, really. It works! It warms me up and wakes me up and I can sit back down to my desk and carry on until the furry of housework time.
Exercise is good for us, duh. Who knew it was good for the environment as well?!
This post was inspired by the BritMums and British Gas Watt Loss Challenge, in which I have a chance at winning one of the four sets of £250 in Sainsbury’s vouchers! If you’d like to be in with a chance as well, just write a post about how you’re reducing energy consumption at home; include a vid or photo if you like but they aren’t necessary. Then click on the link above and add your post to the linky. Hurry, there’s only a few days left of the competition.
It was easy to write this post, and important. If we all focus on reducing energy consumption now it will be a habit that we don’t even think about by the time our childen grow up!
So am I the only one running up and down my stairs to keep warm and wake up? Or do you do something even more strange…?
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