How to #Act For Ealing
Quick and easy steps to contribute to a greener Ealing
Choose a climate positive step to Act for Ealing and pledge your commitment by sticking one of our ActForEaling posters (click here) in your window to inspire your community to follow in your footsteps for a more sustainable Ealing.
- ENERGY – home energy use is usually the biggest part of our carbon footprint, start here!
- Reduce energy use – save money and carbon by making your home more energy efficient
- Seven quick ideas to consider from the Energy Saving Trust
- Want to get into the detail….check out the 120 energy saving ideas from OVO Energy
- Sign up to Giki to get tips to cut carbon and track your impact.
- Get your school to cut its energy costs by signing up FREE energy efficiency programme. Click here to find our schools eco-resources for more ideas!
- Clean up with renewable power
- Make a simple switch to a renewable energy supplier.
- The Big London Energy Switch helps residents club together to get the best renewable energy deals. Registering your interest is simple and you don’t have to switch. The next auction is coming up on 12 October.
- London Power customers get 100% renewable electricity and gas carbon offsets as standard and have an option to plant trees in London. Call: 0808 168 8145
- Get your school solar powered with Ealing Transitions’ “Solar Schools” programme.
- Click here to find our schools eco-resources for more ideas!
- FOOD
- Tackle food waste
- Try some of these taste-packed recipes using up leftover ingredients.
- Sign up to Olio to make the most of food going spare.
- Volunteer for organisations making sure good food gets eaten! Ealing based City Harvest and The Felix Project are a great place to start.
- Teach kids to cook healthy food for themselves (and the family!) at this local Ealing cookery school.
- Be inspired by Bubble & Squeak which was started by London pupils learning about food waste. Schools can set up their very own version to make sure surplus food finds a good home.
- Click here to find our schools eco-resources for more ideas!
- Up your plant-power
- Tickle your taste buds, cut carbon and save money by learning a new plant-based recipe.
- Get lots of local fresh fruit and veg from our own local farmers’ market every Saturday in West Ealing.
- Explore Ealing’s fabulous range of vegetarian restaurants and share your top picks with ActForEaling.
- Here are a few ideas to get you started…The Humble Veg, Santa Maria and The Happy Cafe. (Use The Happy Cow to find vegan and veggie restaurants near you.
- NATURE
- Support biodiversity and protect local wildlife
- Volunteer to create a new nature reserve or count Ealing’s owls, two of the many activities run by Ealing Wildlife Group.
- Green your patch, no matter how big or small! Check out these top tips for small spaces, created by one of Ealing’s own – National Park City Front Gardens. (Be inspired by a fellow Ealing resident who greened the front of her home.)
- Try your hand at “plogging” and pick up litter along your regular running/ jogging route.
- Boost your gardening skills and mental health
- Join a free workshop at Ealing’s Mind Food.
- Volunteer for some guerrilla gardening with Rewilding Acton and Abundance London.
- TRAVEL
- Get fit on two wheels whilst cutting carbon
- Boost your cycling confidence or find a bike bargain at the London Bike Hub.
- Free cycle confidence training for adults and children living, working or going to school in Ealing with Cycling Instructor.
- Click here to find our schools eco-resources for more ideas!
- Cut your commute and WFH
- For those who can, ask your employer to work from home for a few days a week, cutting commuter carbon and breathing life into community shops and cafés. Could your employer join the Good Business Charter? If they are based in Ealing, we would love to hear from them.
- WASTE
- Forget the bin – repair, upcycle or share
- Save money and carbon by repairing or recycling your electrical equipment with the Restart project.
- Learn new skills to fix or refresh old favourites. Wedding dresses, furniture, cooking oil and electronics, there are Ealing organisations to help. Explore the options at West London Waste.
- Ealing Reduce Reuse Recycle is a great place to find treasures or let go of items that someone else will love.
- Dress for true success
- Pick up handy tips to create your own style or make your clothes last longer by learning to darn and patch with Ealing Repair Cafe or pop along to one of their sessions ealingrepaircafe@gmail.com.
- Find something unique (and save money) in the fashion filled charity shops of Ealing including:
- Alice’s Attic (furniture and clothing)
- British Heart Foundation (furniture and clothing)
- Cancer Research (clothing and homeware)
- Children’s Society (books, clothing, accessories, homewares and music)
- Families’ Relief (clothing and homeware)
- FARA (clothing, some specialise in children’s clothing and toys)
- Mary’s Living and Giving (designer / fashion – check out their depop shop)
- Oxfam (clothes, books and music)
- RSPCA (clothing and homeware)
- Save the Children (clothing and homeware)
- Scope (clothing and homeware)
- The Salvation Army (clothing and homeware)
- YMCA (clothing and homeware)
- Get your school on trend with a SwopItUp fashion exchange.
- Click here to find our schools eco-resources for more ideas!
If you still want to do more….lend your voice to call for bigger change….
● Support this environmental bill which is calling for stronger UK legislation protecting against Climate Change. Click this link: bit.ly/2VydjhU
● Make it easier for communities to generate their own renewable power. Click this link: bit.ly/3nqShgI
● Sign the petition calling for manufacturers to make electrical goods easier to repair to cut landfill waste. Click this link: bit.ly/3C1iUNm
● Join Ealing Friends of the Earth to drive solution focused environmental campaigns to tackle the environmental problems facing us all. Click this link: bit.ly/3942JT7