Saving the world one sheet of paper towel at a time

I read an article recently where someone described how a friend who was a frequent business flyer asked them if it was better to use the hand dryer or a paper towel. I understand that there is not much in it carbon footprint wise, though patting your wet hands on your butt has no carbon footprint at all. The point being that the person was missing the point. If you want to change stuff in your life to reduce your carbon footprint, do the big things first. What do you do when you get down the list of things to do? I still walk round my office every day turning off the hundred or so lights that burn for nobody, despite the fact that I know there are hundreds of Royal Mail offices round the country where nobody is doing this. 

Here are stupid things I do that make no difference at all to the environmental catastrophe but make me feel a little less shit:

reusable kitchen roll, made from chopped up old sheets:

washing up cloths from old swimming towel:

plastic bags washed and reused for my lunch sandwiches:

Some of the left over lino repurposed as a heat mat on the kitchen side:

Conkers collected in Alexandra Park, chopped and dried to try making soap 

yogurt pots for planting tree seeds:

tree seeds, collected at the park and when out on delivery at work:

So, when you've done the no-car-no-flying-no-meat thing (we are not meat free but are eating very little and no red meat at all) you can still stop yourself sinking into a pit of self-hatred for breathing and producing carbon dioxide.