Your children may not like eating their greens but being green and helping to look after the environment is easy and can be good fun too!

Children often learn faster than adults and pick up habits very easily, so why not make sure they’re good ones? By making a few small changes in how you live such as turning lights off when you leave a room and switching your TV, stereo or games console off when it’s not needed, you can help to save energy, lower your bills and save the environment.

Being energy efficient can be fun, and simple tasks like closing the curtains and blinds at night will insulate your windows and help to keep heat inside your house, making it nice and cosy. Looking after the environment can be made more exciting by making being energy efficient into a game for your children! Searching for lights that need turning off and making sure all your appliances are switched off could become a fun game before bed time.

Bath times are great but did you know that showers as they use only 40% of the hot water needed for a bath?* Now that’s what I call a power shower!

It’s not just children that can help us become more aware of our environment. Things like only boiling the amount of water you need in your kettle, setting your washing machine at 40 degrees and using energy saving light bulbs are little things that we can all do around the house to be greener.

Remember, each little change you make helps protect the planet for everyone!

*Source: Energy Saving Trust