The sheer weight of all the stuff you buy for a new baby will give you an idea of the environmental impact.

Cut it down.

Choose a relatively light pushchair. Accept anything your friends and family offer to pass on to you. Buy second hand clothes and equipment and just a few beautiful fair trade, organic items.

And hand them on to the next new parents when you're done with them.

It is difficult to quantify the carbon savings of some Actions. In this case we allocate a nominal 10kg CO2e per year. This is not reflective of the actual savings which may be significantly more, but to show that you are making a difference. If possible, we will provide representative calculations at a later date.