Instead consider these tips for travelling:  Make fewer car journeys choosing instead to walk or cycle. Many car journeys are just one mile, which would normally take just 20 minutes to walk. Walking your one-mile trips could save you over £160 each year in fuel.  Plan your journeys to combine trips and reduce the number of car journeys.  Approximately a fifth of a household’s car's CO2 emissions come from journeys under five miles, and 64 per cent come from journeys under 25 miles, so combining trips is a really effective way of tackling CO2 emissions.  You can check your CO2 emissions for car, bus, plane and train journeys using the government's online CO2 emissions calculator .  Reduce the amount of fuel you burn and cut down on CO2 emissions by driving in a way that puts the least strain on your car engine.  By following smarter driving tips you can cut emissions by 8 per cent - equivalent to annual fuel savings of up to one month per year.  Making sure your tyres are pumped up.  Reducing any unnecessary weight being carried by the car.  Have the car serviced regularly.  Drive at an appropriate speed - staying within the 70mph limit can bring savings of 10 per cent for your fuel bill compared to driving at 80mph.  Speed up and slow down smoothly.  Change gears at lower revs.  Avoid leaving your engine running.  Don't use air conditioning unless you need it - however, at speeds above 50-60mph it the drag created by an open window means it more efficient to keep them closed and use aircon.  Domestic heating accounts for 14 per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions. Making these investments can prevent unnecessary heat loss around the home saving money and reducing carbon emissions.  Fit loft insulation. Houses lose a quarter of their heat through the roof - insulation of 270mm will save on heating bills as well as reducing emissions. It can cost as little as £250 to fit lagging and there are offers available to cover the cost - it can be free if you are elderly or on benefits.  Cavity wall insulation. Houses lose a third of their heat through the walls. This can save £115 a year on fuel bills and reduce carbon footprint. Solid walls can also be insulated.  Draught excluders can save £20 per year.  Double glazing can save up to £80 a year.  Upgrade your boiler - by upgrading your G-rated boiler to an A-rated equivalent, your household heating bill should drop by, on average, around £235 a year. The reductions in CO2 emissions and running costs are a consequence of the fuel efficiency of A-rated boilers.  In addition, these improvements are either very cheap or free of charge.  Switch off appliances rather than leave them on standby - this costs around £800 million a year in the UK alone.  Only boil as much water as you need for your cup tea.  Hang clothes out to dry and only switch on the washing machine for a full load, using a 30 degree wash.  Take quick showers rather than long baths.  Turn down the thermostat - a change of 1 degree C can cut fuel bills by up to 10 per cent.  Set your hot water thermostat to 60 degrees C.  Close the curtains to prevent heatloss through windows.  Switch to energy saving light bulbs.  Recylcle anything your local council will collect.  Fit an insulating jacket to your hot water tank - if every UK household that could fitted an adequate tank-jacket tomorrow, it would save over £132 million of energy every year.  Stop buying cheap disposable clothing - it uses more energy to make a tonne of clothing than it does to make a tonne of steel. More than one million tonnes of clothes is thrown into landfill sites every year in the UK. There, it degrades and releases methane into our atmosphere, a greenhouse gas which is 21 times more powerful than CO2.  Reduce electrical waste. The average UK citizen generates 3.3 tonnes of electronic waste in their lifetime. Keep your mobile phone for an extra year or two or increase your computer's memory instead of buying a new one.  Think about buying wind-up or solar-powered gadgets like radios and torches that allow you to dispense with batteries altogether.  Producing, transporting and consuming food is responsible for nearly a third of individuals’ contribution to climate change.  Buy seasonal food that has not had to be transported from abroad.  Home composting diverts waste from landfill, saving on climate change emissions – and it can also provide a cheap compost for the garden.  A study from February this year found that vegetarian diets based around meat substitutes such as tofu can cause more damage to the environment.  This contradicts previous claims that avoiding red meat is beneficial to the environment, because it lowers emissions and less land is used to produce alternatives. But a study by Cranfield University, commissioned by WWF, the environmental group, found a substantial number of meat substitutes – such as soy, chickpeas and lentils – were more harmful to the environment because they were imported into Britain from overseas.
Cutting carbon emissions can be as simple as changing your driving habits and   buying differently in the supermarket. Here are some tips for you to do your   bit.