皇冠体育app

Ecotricity logotype 0345 555 7100
/Our news/2021/Moving Home: Your Green Checklist

Our news

Article tags
Article tags
  • lifestyle
  • Support
Browse archives
Our news

Moving Home: Your Green Checklist

Press enquiries

If you are a journalist with a media enquiry, please contact our Press Office by email at [email protected]

For all other general enquiries, please call 0345 555 7100 or email [email protected].

By Christopher Appleby
15 Mar 2021
Moving House Green Checklist
Moving Home: Your Green Checklist

One of the great things about moving home, is that it provides us with an opportunity to start afresh. It鈥檚 not just about bricks and mortar, it鈥檚 a chance to reimagine our lives, to try a new place, to upsize or downsize depending on our stage in life, to see a different view out of the window every morning.

It鈥檚 also the perfect time to shake off the habits of our old existence and begin again, becoming more sustainable while improving our quality of life.

Quick green wins

Moving home is always a little stressful. So let鈥檚 start with three quick and easy changes that will make a real difference to your day-to-day life and the environment:

1. Check your energy is green

If the people who used to live in your new home weren鈥檛 already with Britain鈥檚 greenest energy company 鈥� that鈥檚 Ecotricity, by the way! 鈥� join us and we鈥檒l give you 拢50 free account credit when you sign up (拢25 per fuel. Just head to 聽or give us a call on 0808 123 0 123 and quote ECOCRED.

If you鈥檙e already with us, you can take us with you us to your new home (and still get that 拢50 credit!), just give us a call on 0345 555 7 500 and we鈥檒l sort everything out for you.聽

2. Go green when you clean

The harsh chemicals we use to clean our homes, do the dishes and wash our clothes eventually make their way via our drains to the sea, with serious consequences for marine life and biodiversity. has a huge range of green products that work brilliantly to keep your home sparkling 鈥� better for you and better for the environment.

3. Upgrade your toilet paper

Switch to feel-good recycled or bamboo toilet paper from companies like to make a sustainable difference every day. Their deliveries cut out all that unnecessary plastic packaging and the cost per sheet is similar to buying from supermarkets.

New house, new habits

皇冠体育app're all spending a bit more time at home at the moment due to government restrictions in response to COVID-19. Check out our energy advice blog for helpful info about how to save energy when working from home. And don't forget to spend plenty of time in the great outdoors - make the most of your new surroundings! Here are a couple of our top tips:

Exercise and explore

Our top tip: check out local cycle routes and walking paths. Both are fantastic ways to get to know a new area, stay healthy and reduce the amount of driving you need to do.

If you like a bit of planning, make a list of the first ten routes to try out when you get to your new home 鈥� it鈥檚 also a great way to unwind after unpacking for hours on end!

Make space for nature

If you鈥檙e lucky enough to have a patch of outdoor space at your new place to call your own, check out the RSPB鈥檚 . It鈥檚 packed with everything you need to make your garden attractive to wildlife, particularly pollinators. They even have seed packs for specific plants to attract birds, butterflies or bats. In autumn or early winter, pop some bulbs in the ground or in pots for an amazing display of colour come spring.

If you don鈥檛 have access to outside space, how about a that attaches to your window? It gives our feathered friends a much needed meal and you get to watch their colourful antics without moving from your chair!

If you take us with you or switch to us when you move into your new home, we鈥檒l give you 拢50 free account credit (拢25 per fuel). Just click on the link below or聽give us a call on 0345 555 7 500 and quote ECOCRED.

Similar articles

Why we鈥檙e supporting the Young Green Briton Challenge

The Young Green Briton Challenge is an investment in a cultural shift that places sustainability at the heart of our communities.

More
Manifesto book with long shadow

Get the book!

Manifesto out now

Dale Vince portrait with bandana

DaleVince.com

Our founder Dale Vince shares his thoughts on the green revolution

Don't just take our word for it...

Ecotricity is recommended by
  • Our story
  • Our mission
  • Our manifesto
  • Our history
  • Ecotricity innovation
  • Walking the talk
  • Our partners
  • Green news
Ecotricity logotype

Climate Clock

The Climate Clock is a version of the Doomsday clock that has been running since 1947 - this tracks the risk of global man-made disaster, through man made technology (like nuclear weapons) - displaying the minutes and seconds left before midnight, when disaster strikes. The climate crisis is a small part of the calculations made.The climate clock uses a similar approach, but, focuses only on the climate crisis - which is the biggest and most urgent existential threat we face."The Climate Clock is a countdown to the biggest man-made disaster we face - but also a measure by which we can track our progress - moving from fossil to renewable energy. It shows we have no time to lose - the clock is ticking鈥�" Dale Vince, OBE.