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Wednesday 5th December 2018

How to have the most sustainable Christmas yet

The festive period goes hand in hand with an increased level of consumption: we’re eating, drinking, buying and travelling more. This means it can have some of the greatest environmental impacts of the whole year.

Over the three festival days, our total consumption on food, travel, lighting and gifts could result in up to 650 kg of CO2 per person. This is the equivalent to the weight of 1,000 Christmas puddings or 5.5% of a total annual carbon footprint (Haq et al., 2018).

Without raining on your Christmas parade, it is a good time to stay mindful of the way small acts can have a big impact on your environmental footprint. To help you be a little more eco-friendly this holiday season a whole host of new actions have been uploaded to Butterfly Bank. By searching ‘Christmas’ on the Ways to Bank page you will find all the new actions.

Find advice on minimising the impact of:

• Lights
  • LEDs
  • Timing
• Wrapping paper
• Trees
• The Christmas dinner

After reading and following the advice, there are butterflies up for grabs. Be quick, the actions will only be around for a short time.

Happy holidays and happy Butterfly Banking everyone!

These actions have now been taken down for the year - they will be posted again next Christmas. 

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