ABSTRACT
I will if you will ... people are more likely to change their behaviour if they see
others are doing it too, making them feel that their efforts are worthwhile. It
just needs that first step, or the second or even the third, and the aim of this
chapter is to give you a helping hand along the way. We take you through how
to get a better understanding of your carbon footprint and then offer you lots
of practical tips on how you can reduce your domestic energy consumption,
drive down your travel carbon emissions, save carbon on your food and drink
and reduce waste. You will save money, you will be healthier and your quality
of life will be better. Health practitioners can be exemplars within the growing
movement of people worldwide living the low-carbon, healthy lifestyle that is
so much more fulfilling and rewarding. By doing so, because you are a health
practitioner, you will have a huge impact on wider public and political attitudes
and behaviour. Though we have based our descriptions on the carbon foot-
print of people in the United Kingdom, we hope that readers in other countries
can easily adapt the suggestions to their own circumstances.
