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Working together to beat
rising prices
No one can have
failed to feel the impact of rising food and
fuel prices especially those with young
children or living on a low fixed income.
Listed below are some ways of working with
others to make your money go further, make
new friends and reduce your environmental
footprint.
Travel
If you have to use the car to travel to work
consider car sharing with a work colleague,
neighbour or register with your local car
share scheme, up to a third of all car
mileage is accounted for by the drive to
work.
www.carsharedevon.com, Telephone 08700
11 11 99
www.carsharecornwall.com, Telephone
08700 11 11 99
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Share walking the children to
school with neighbours and friends and
create your own ‘walking bus’, up to 20% of
rush hour traffic is due to children being
driven to school. Talk to your school about
joining the national campaign. To find out
more visit
www.walktoschool.org.uk or Telephone
0207 820 1010
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Don't use your car for short
journeys - these are most polluting - walk
or cycle
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Use public transport as much
as possible.
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Choose a fuel-efficient /
environmentally friendly car. Look at
converting it to LPG or Bio-diesel.
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Turn off your engine when
waiting in your car.
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Join a car club.
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Make sure that your tyres are
inflated correctly - this can save you 5% on
the cost of your petrol.
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Take off your roof rack /
remove heavy objects from the boot when not
in use.
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Avoid accelerating (or
braking) sharply as this uses fuel more
quickly.
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If you must travel by air
offset your carbon emissions - to find out
more visit
Choose Climate or
Carbon Neutral
