A Wimbledon woman has compiled a book containing 365 ways in which people can help the environment in everyday life.

Annabel Short, of Somerset Road, in Wimbledon Village, is a freelance journalist who has worked on The Ecologist Magazine and National Geographic. She has put together the tips, facts and contacts in the book, called Go Mad, to enable people to save the planet in little ways in their daily routine.

She said: Things that can make a difference to the environment include not leaving a tap running, using an energy-efficient car, not putting too much water in the kettle, or campaigning against baby milk or air pollution.

The books editor, Zac Goldsmith, who edits The Ecologist, states in his introduction that our lifestyles are not inevitably destructive and we do not need to adopt monk-like existences to save the world. We need, rather, to moderate and adapt.

He said on an individual level it has been the efforts of ordinary people which have put pressure on big business to remove mobile phone masts from residential areas and on supermarkets to stop food radiation.

Go Mad is a guide to ecological living which also provides information on how people can actively get involved in environmental change.

The paperback, easy-reference guide costs £3.99.