Food waste is a problem all year round and this contributes to climate breakdown.  During times of celebration, this is a particular problem.

Karen looks at the items we use to decorate our homes. She offers some suggestions on how to reduce the impact.

Some pros and cons of natural trees against their artificial alternatives.

Ways that you can discuss issues once you have made changes to reduce your own environmental impact.

However big or small your outside space might be, in this video we give some suggestions for how you can help the environment when gardening.

Karen suggests some checks that you can make to ensure that your investments do not result in harm to the environment.

Access to green space is beneficial to our well being.

Our leisure time is important and we need to make the most of it. In this video, Karen explores some options for using leisure time that do not have a negative impact on the planet but are also inexpensive and accessible.

Manufactured cleaning chemicals are not always good for the environment. In this video Karen suggests a few of the natural alternative cleaning chemicals that can be used.

Holidays are beneficial to our health and wellbeing. Apart from the impact of the way we travel to our destinations, there are decisions we can make about the activities we take part in while on holiday.

It is now later in the day and the ways that Angie saves water during her evening routine are demonstrated as well as how she makes use of the water she has saved throughout the day.

Cling film or cling wrap is widely used as a cover for food. However, as it is not always easy to recycle, it contributes to land fill where it takes a long time to break down.

The dairy industry is a big contributor to the world’s carbon emissions, with dairy products being widely available and included in diets all over the world.

Karen looks at the option of offsetting carbon emissions. She mentions the various projects available. One of these is the popular option of tree-planting schemes.

Toiletries can have a positive effect on our well-being. They help us to smell and feel nice. However this comes at a cost to the environment.

Angie works part time and in this Suggestion Box we look at steps she takes to reduce water use while at work.

In general, vegetables have a lower impact on the environment than meat and there is a wide range of readily available vegetables for us to choose from.

If computer and other electronic waste is not disposed of properly, it adds to landfill. In breaking down, it releases toxic substances into soil and water.

It is important to keep our homes and workplaces clean and tidy. However, many common cleaning chemicals contain chemicals that do harm to the environment.

Here we offer some suggestions for reducing your environmental impact by turning items which are broken or no longer wanted into something else. This can be a fun way of prolonging the life of the materials.

Food production results in high emissions of greenhouse gases. Beef and chicken make a significant contribution to the total.

We return to Angie to see how she can save water during her breakfast routine, including washing up and preparing packed lunches for herself and her children.

This time we look at clothing disposal. Options available to extend the useful life of items and avoid sending them to landfill are suggested.

Packaging is used to protect the items that we buy online and send to family and friends. But we need to be careful about the amount that we use and how we dispose of it.

For those of us lucky enough to have access to a ready supply of fresh, drinkable water at the turn of a tap it is easy to take this for granted.

A simple pre-packed lunch bought from a supermarket can produce a significant amount of waste. Recycling can deal with some of this, but it also adds to rubbish that has to be sent to landfill.

The fashion industry contributes significantly to the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the worlds biggest consumers of water and this needs to be reduced.

We explore the time, physical effort, cost and carbon emissions of various methods of commuting. We also have some suggestions for alternatives or combining different modes of travel to reduce the overall environmental impact.

A look at how we can reduce the impact on the environment of our energy usage – particularly electricity. This has the added benefit of lowering bills.

Photos and videos are easy to take on our mobile devices and some of us have hundreds on our phones and tablets.  But storage of these contributes significantly to carbon dioxide emissions.