no cost/easy actions
- Drive efficiently
- Drive at lower speeds (90kms/hr uses 25% less fuel than 110kms/hr)
- Keep vehicles tuned & tyres at the correct pressure
- Remove unnecessary weight like roof boxes, bike racks & golf clubs from the car
- Use car air conditioning less – this can add 10% to your fuel bill!
- Make one day a week car free and walk, cycle or use public transport instead
- Share some of your car journeys with others
- Think smart & do all your local journeys in one go – a cold engine uses more fuel
- Plan trips to avoid peak traffic & congestion
- Encourage children to walk to school or join a walking school bus
some cost/medium effort actions
- Have your car regularly serviced
- Replace some petrol with biofuel produced sustainably
- Cycle, walk or take the bus at least three times per week
- Carpool to work and/or use Jayride for trips around your home town & the rest of New Zealand
- Combine all shopping into one weekly car trip
- Replace one domestic flight with a bus, train or shared car journey
- Choose to offset flights when possible
- Investigate teleworking with your employer
more cost/more effort actions
- Cycle, walk or take the bus at least five times per week
- Cycle all trips less than 3kms in distance
- Purchase a fuel efficient/lower emission smaller, hybrid or electric plug-in vehicle
- Implement teleworking with your employer
- Replace all domestic flights with bus, train or shared car journeys
- Take one less international flight this year than you did last year
- After reducing emissions as much as possible, offset the remainder through gold standard carbon credits and through native tree planting .