Climate change and the environment are hot topics at the moment; are we doing enough to help, how can we help or are all the changes to our ecology nothing more than natural eco-shifts? Well, I say if we do nothing we can only blame ourselves. But if each and everyone of us can make an effort to live a little greener, a little cleaner than it can only help, if only to make our beautiful planet a better place to live in.

Here's a few hot (and easy) tips for today.

Change to energy saving lightbulbs; they're just as cheap as ordinary ones, they'll save you money and they last for ages so once they're in you can forget about them!

Cover your saucepans when boiling water; it'll come to the boil quicker and save energy too.

Don't leave things on standby or mobile phone or MP3 chargers plugged in. It's a simple thing to switch them off and it saves so much energy.

Why not walk to the shop today instead of taking the car? You'll feel better for it as well as helping reduce your carbon footprint.

Have a meat free day; more forests are being cut down for meat production than for anything else.

Re-use your carrier bags or invest in some shopping bags - in the UK we get through between ten and fifteen thousand carrier bags a year, each!

Try to buy eco-friendly cleaning products and organic goods.

Visit my site at www.ecoready.info for more top tips to help in the fight against global warming and great advice on how to go green. It doesn't cost a lot and just imagine what you can save!