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Promotional Stuff Printing

https://sustainableprint.co.uk/product/eco-banners/

https://www.go-displays.co.uk/eco-friendly-display-stands.html

Carbon Calculators

Pawprints app https://www.pawprint.eco/pawprint-app - or the web-based version: https://app.pawprint.eco/

Warmd mobile ccalc app: https://fredjul.github.io/Warmd/

Islington Council citizens' pledge https://climatepledge.islington.gov.uk

WWF: https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/

Another WWF: https://climatecalculator.co.uk/

https://www.lifestylecalculator.com/

Quite detailed: https://www.carbonindependent.org/

How bad are bananas from Mike Berners-Lee: https://www.sw-consulting.co.uk/carbon-calculator

Dutch one (in English) https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en

One of the originals: https://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx?c=Full&tab=4

In French: https://carbometre.herokuapp.com/footprints/new and https://impactco2.fr/comparateur

Bank account-based: Joro - links to your bank account & takes money to offset the other transactions!

Bank account-based: https://www.yayzy.com/

Swedish bank account-based: Sweden's Klara bank offers to keep track of your carbon footprint

Food only: https://cat.org.uk/lauras-larder/

Food only: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46459714

Google Doc list of more calculators from ClimateAction.tech - maybe we should copy this in case it gets removed - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1blN3J2g_m5SUk7Y8s6rH5H7WsiMBztSRWj9VusGDE04/edit#gid=401631631

Climate Fresk's list of carbon calculators: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sc4Gd2JfmXeS91mlxF3cCNBUNYRRt62-

2Tonnes calculator (French) https://app.2tonnes.org/participant/carbonFootprint

Zurich - a Swiss approach to calculating people's energy use: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/gud/de/index/umwelt_energie/2000-watt-gesellschaft/energierechner.html#

Flights - https://www.clevel.co.uk/flight-carbon-calculator/

Sustainability & Lifestyle Motivators

UN's app: https://actnow.aworld.org/

Things to do from bFoundry Gather in Stockwell: https://featuresdev.wpengine.com/

Family, children, lower impact: https://hubeco.co/about/

Imperial College's Grantham Institute: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/climate-action/

Actions against ocean plastic: https://shift.how/

Action for Happiness - 10 keys to leading a better life, including being green

10 Easy Ways to Save the Climate - from 2016 but still relevant

Hubbub - find the ideal eco-action for your character: https://www.riddle.com/showcase/342682/personality-test

Find an eco-project to join / support: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives

Ducky https://globalactionplan.ie/education/ducky-for-change/

Info & Courses

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/how-to-measure-reduce-and-offset-your-companys-carbon-footprint for companies

Centre for Alternative Technology - carbon calculators and ecological footprints

Council rankings: https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/

World in Data UK page

Average footprint of people where you live: https://www.carbon.place/

CREDS, Oxford study shows best way to reduce carbon footprint (2020)

For data nerds & research: https://www.exiobase.eu/

See this forum thread for more detailed sources

Similar Organisations

https://takethejump.org/ international?

http://www.cally.community - Caledonian Road area

https://www.islingtonalliance.com/engaging-communities - Islington Environmental Emergency Alliance

https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk/ - somewhere to meet or even have office space

https://www.climateresilience.co.uk/contact - consultants in Hackney

Carbon Footprint Labels

Doconomy are putting carbon labels on everything

5 Top Articles on Carbon Counting

  1. What a carbon footprint actually is https://carbonwatchdog.org/definition-of-carbon-footprint/
  2. Food is the worst place to start counting carbon - but it can be done: https://carbonwatchdog.org/go-vegan-to-stop-climate-change-it-should-be-obvious/
  3. Your hypocrisy is not a moral dilemma as long as you are trying - unless you are a politician: https://theconversation.com/are-you-a-climate-change-hypocrite-heres-why-you-shouldnt-worry-159615
  4. Travel carbon footprint https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint
  5. Eco-anxiety is real: how to know whether you’re suffering from it, plus how to act https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/reports/eco-anxiety-669285