Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was first held on April 22, 1970, it is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year, pretty impressive stuff!

We’ve come up with some ideas in which you can help take action and help protect the planet by doing your bit.
· Become a paperless office
· Recycle all plastic and glass bottles, tins and cardboard
· Plant a vegetable patch
· Use Cotton shopping bags, such as The Naked Shopper
· Change your light bulbs to low energy ones
· Eat more local food from your friendly neighborhood butcher or greengrocer
· Use paper bags (or not at all) instead of plastic bags when buying fruit & veg at the supermarket
· Wash your clothes at a cool temperature & hang them out to dry instead of using the tumble drier
· Take shorter showers and less baths
· Instead of driving short distances walk instead
· Switch of the tap whilst brushing your teeth
· Use rechargeable batteries