Over the last 20 years there has been a realisation that the earth has been over burdened by the rate of development resulting in degradation of the environment in which we live. It is widely acknowledged that to continue improving quality of life yet simultaneously considering the wider and longer term implications then development has to become sustainable.
The process by which we move towards a sustainable society is called sustainable development.
Moving towards a sustainable society is not going to happen overnight. There are wide ranging changes over short, medium and long term timescales which need to be implemented.
At greenasap we believe that society is becoming greener, receptive to making lifestyle changes and taking a much more considered approach to environmental responsibilit. Small day to day changes can have a big impact on the future of the environment.
By offering advice on day to day lifestyle changes and access to green products we hope to facilitate the change and be a catalyst for moving towards a more sustainable society.
Key Facts:
If everyone in the UK boiled only the water that was required then enough energy would be saved to power three quarters of all streetlights in the UK.
If you turn your central heating down by just 1 degree your energy bill can drop by 10 percent.
Turn electrical appliances off. Standby mode can use anything between 30 and 70 percent the amount of energy as when they appliance is switched on. The annual UK energy bill for appliances which have been unnecessarily left on standby and not turned off is £910 million.
In an average house 50 percent of heat is lost through the walls and roof.
Statistics from the Department of Farming and Rural Affairs state that the carbon foot print of the UK currently stands at 500 million tonnes per annum.
