3 Things I’ve Learned Tracking My Carbon Footprint Using the Cilo App
Feb 1
10
min read
Your guide to a
low-carbon lifestyle
Cilo's easy to use footprint tracker let's you see the carbon cost of the products you buy, get personalised reduction tips, and compete with friends and family to achieve you climate goals
How to help stop climate change
It’s all about reduction
To achieve net zero, we have to massively reduce our societal emissions, and hope to offset the last little bit. If we all reduced our footprint by just 0.6% each month, that would be enough.
Step 1 - Understand
If we wanted to reduce our financial spending, we would first need to know the cost of things. It’s the same for climate change. Cilo shows you the carbon cost of the products you buy.
Step 2 - Track
It would be a lot easier to reduce our spending if we could keep track of it. Cilo makes it quick and easy to track your carbon spending over time so that you can see what your biggest expenses are.
Step 3 - Reduce
Once we know what our spending is, we need options that will allow us to reduce it without having to make big, uncomfortable lifestyle changes. Cilo provides personalised tips to make footprint reduction easy.
Step 4 - Have fun
Let’s face it, climate change is depressing. But doing your bit to stop it need not be. Complete challenges, get to the top of leaderboards, and share your progress with friends to get that little extra motivation.
See the carbon cost of food and drink products
Everything we buy has a carbon cost, from a loaf of bread to a pint of beer. Search our bespoke database to get an estimate of the carbon footprint of food products in seconds.
Develop your carbon instinct
Products are categorised into tiers so that you can get a quick sense of where on the scale of good-to-bad they lie.
Dive into the data
Why are tomatoes bad in Winter when bananas aren’t? Does chicken really have a lower footprint than cheddar? Cilo won't just give you the numbers, it'll explain them too.
Track your carbon spending
It’s quick and easy to add the data you need to gain a full understanding of your climate impact.
Just 2 minutes a day
Track your footprint in less time than it takes to brush your teeth.
Tried and tested
Our calorie counter-style UX makes it quick and easy to record your purchase data
Learn how to reduce your climate impact
The app will show you which products you spend most on and give you advice on ways you could reduce your associated spending for each product.
Get personalised tips
It might mean buying less of high carbon products, or buying them in more sustainable ways (local rather than imported, cans not bottles, etc).
Set targets
Set yourself at least one small target each month, and keep track of your progress with the app.
Connect with friends and family
A problem shared is a problem halved. Compete with friends and family and achieve your climate goals together!
Top the leaderboards
Sometimes a bit of competition makes all the difference. Try to get to the top of our community leaderboards!
Invite your friends
So that you can both get a referral bonus to shoot up the rankings!
No bulls**t money grabs.
It’s all about reduction.
Our mission is to help as many people as possible reduce their carbon footprint by as much as possible. That’s it.
We don’t share your data.
We don’t greenwash.
We don’t offset.
We just help you reduce.
See the app in action
Start making an impact on climate change today
