Here are simple things you can do to help on World Environment Day - from the City of Cape Town:
• Start or support a neighbourhood food garden.
• Reduce water usage in the home.
• Change the light bulbs in the home to more energy-efficient ones.
• Switch off non-essential lights.
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• Buy energy-efficient appliances.
• Reduce, re-use and recycle, including organic waste through home composting.
• Walk or cycle to the local shop.
• Invest in a solar PV system or a solar water heater and also save on electricity bills.
• Plant indigenous water-wise plants and trees in the garden.
• Teach children about living more sustainably.
• Investigate how their community, neighbourhood watch and church can get involved in climate and community action to make us all, and our city, more resilient.
• Empower colleagues with knowledge about sustainability and practical solutions in the office such as reducing paper printing.
• Buy sustainably produced and organic food where possible. Let their local shops know that they demand more sustainable products.