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What is the Low Carbon Diet?

The Low Carbon Diet helps you reduce your carbon footprint at home. It is all about making simple and low-cost changes to your everyday actions to reduce the amount of CO2 emissions you and your home produce.

The Low Carbon Diet can help your household reduce your carbon footprint by up to 2000 kgs in just 30 days.

How does it work?

Your Low Carbon journey takes just ten simple steps:

Getting Started

   1. Form an ‘EcoTeam’

   2. Register your ‘EcoTeam’

   3. Apply for funding if you are eligible

Set your goals

   4. Have your first meeting

   5. Calculate your footprint using the carbon calculator

   6. Select actions to reduce your carbon emissions by 2000 kg

Get active

   7. Meet regularly with your ‘EcoTeam’

Measure the results

   8. Calculate your CO2 savings

   9. Tell us what you’ve achieved

   10. Encourage others to take action

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