The Morning Routine
Mornings are hard enough without having to think about your carbon footprint, but it is shocking how our small habits add up, and simple changes in the way you start your day can help save the planet. I started thinking about the effect that I was leaving on the planet when I started to read the enigin PLC blogs. Which are really accounts of their employees daily lives, and the day to day tips they use to combate personal carbon footprints.
I know by now, most people turn the tap off when they clean their teeth. Growing up, we never thought about it, and I have had to train my husband to do this simple task. Its a good idea to remind friends and colleagues as well that there is no need to run the water while cleaning their teeth. In the UK people are particularly attached to their electric kettles. While there are a whole range of new appliances that can help you reduce the impact of this electricity hog, the best option is simply to ditch it. Electric heating elements consume a lot of ’juice’, but what makes them particularly bad is their inefficiency. According to Greenpeace UK by the time electricity reaches our house “we’ve lost nearly 80 per cent of the usable energy inside the fossil fuels we burn.”
Simply switching to a hob kettle to heat your water, and putting your toast under the grill instead of in the toaster will reduce the impact of your morning routine on global warming. I have gotten particularly accurate at figuring out just how much water I need to fill the cafetiere, usually with nary a drop to spare. When my sister celebrated her 21st birthday by proving that a watched pot will actually boil, but now that it is proven, you don’t have to do it. I promise you will be entirely surprised at how fast your porridge pot will boil if you put the lid on!
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