Get on your bike

25% of car trips in the UK are less than two miles and 58% are less than five miles, and the catalytic converter only starts working after 2 miles. Bikes are ideal for short journeys. Check out the Love Your Bike website for inspiration...

Use public transport

One litre of fuel will carry a person 4 miles in a large car, 5.5 miles in a small car, 31 miles in a bus with 40 passengers and 34 miles in a train with 300 passengers.

Share your car

If you feel you need to make a particular journey by car, then see if you could share it with someone (perhaps a colleague) who is making the same journey. Or join a car club to get access to a car near you when you need one - WhizzGo have recently started operating a scheme like this in central Manchester.

(Certain actions taken from 'Go MAD!', published by The Ecologist)