I was reading @molometer's post and the discussion that followed, between @rebeccabe and @molometer and it got me wondering what I do to help/harm the planet.
I've been seeing reports, lately about the damage crypto mining is doing to the planet - one article says mining is Killing the Planet
Over the years, I like to think we've got better at recycling, re-using and reducing, and of course I'm all for saving money, especially if it also saves the planet.
But gone are the days that people sniggered at the 'hippy type' bemoaning, 'Save a tree, man!'
This country no longer mines for coal. We have wind farms dotted across the countryside. Wave harvesting is being looked into (tidal energy farms) and solar panels cover the landscape like giant sunroofs.
What we do in this household -
LED bulbs throughout, including the outside, security lights on PIR so they turn off after a while.
We cut our energy consumption by £70 per month on average over the year, just by having a multi-fuel burner in the house, which means we don't have the central heating on as much.
The washing machine is on cold water feed.
We have a new(ish) boiler and a new hot water tank, both energy efficient.
We dry clothes in the house rather than using a tumble-dryer when the weather is bad.
The heating is off (not just 'down') at night when we're in bed.
I grow my own veggies and fruit in the garden and greenhouse.
We have koi carp and I'm looking into using the water from the pond in a hydro-experiment for the veggies next year.
I have lots of water-butts collecting rainwater so my garden can be watered throughout the summer without using hosepipes.
The big pond is also a nature-reserve and is coming up to frog-spawn season. The ponds work in a couple of ways for planet preservation - the obvious, nature reserve and the second one, our granddaughter will watch the fish and the frogs rather than watching the television.
On the other side of that coin, unfortunately, we off-set all of that by having cars and bikes.
Sorry planet.