MP attempts to juggle 'three planet' lifestyle

Mike Penning supports WWF One Planet Living Campaign.

Mike Penning MP may be used to juggling his workload but in Parliament last week WWF challenged him to juggle three planets to highlight how everyone in the UK is using more than their fair share of natural resources, and emitting more CO2 than the planet can absorb.

WWF held the event to raise awareness about its One Planet Living® Campaign which aims to make sustainable living easy, affordable and attractive.

WWF says Government has an important role to play in helping people live within the planet’s natural capacity. Our homes, our communities and our lifestyles – what we buy and consume, the energy we use and what we do with our waste, all have an impact on our environment. If everyone in the world lived as we do in the UK as a whole, we would need three planets to support us.

After the event, Mike said: “There is so much we can do in our everyday lives to reduce our impact on the environment. Simple steps like cutting down on using our cars for short journeys and switching our televisions off from standby can help make a difference.”