The Checklist

• Subscribe to newspapers, magazines, journals in digital format to save paper and the emissions caused by distribution.
    Change your subscriptions to digital format

• Be informed about your own level of carbon emission, and your national average level.
    Carbon emissions per capita, by nation:OECD website

• Be aware of how your national tax revenue tax is spent, and hold your government accountable.
    The open budget - see how the Australian government spends tax revenue

• Re-use plastic and glass containers rather than purchasing new ones.
    Re-using beer bottles for home brewing

• Use the Plastics Identification Code to find out which plastics can be recycled in your region.
    Recycling (when we can't reuse)

• Find out how to optimise your household energy efficiency using measures such as insulation, solar water heating and LED lights.
    Optimise your household energy efficiency

• Investigate appropriate times to plant food in your region.
    Growing in season, eating in season

• Next time you buy a new car, consider an electric vehicle or hybrid, to decrease your C02 emissions and local pollution.
    Driving electric vehicles

• Educate yourself about the products you buy, and make informed shopping choices to support ethical industries.
    Selective shopping