Giki Zero helps people learn what they can do for the planet. It will help you calculate your carbon footprint and find steps to reduce it.
Giki Zero helps you understand your personal footprint which is an important first step in discovering way to reduce it. It does this by guiding you through a series of easy to understand questions that will estimate the overall impact that you have where you can provide as little, or as much, information as you want.
Giki Zero helps you understand your personal footprint which is an important first step in discovering way to reduce it. It does this by guiding you through a series of easy to understand questions that will estimate the overall impact that you have where you can provide as little, or as much, information as you want.
You will then be able to see your environmental footprint and understand how your home, transport, food, purchases and services all contribute. You can also see how planting trees can give you a boost as you look to reduce your footprint over time.
With better information about your footprint you can then choose the steps which suit your lifestyle and budget to help reduce your impact over time. Decide on the steps you want to take, rated on impact and ease, and Giki Zero will help you turn those commitments into climate positive changes.
There’s no sugar coating this one. Global carbon emissions are still rising, the world is getting hotter, animals are under threat and people around the world are already being affected by floods, droughts, fires and rising sea levels. We all need to live more sustainably and move towards Net Zero.
You’ll be finding new steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint. At the same time you’ll also find steps that can save you money, improve your health, protect animals, and reduce plastic use. You’ll also be able to share what you are doing with colleagues, friends and your family.
Creating a sustainable life takes time. We’ve got until 2030 to dramatically cut our environmental impact and so we expect Giki Zero to take people months, and perhaps a few years, to get to the point where they are leading a sustainable lifestyle. However, because it takes time it also means that Giki Zero is not another app where we need to be constantly checking back in to measure your progress. You can take your time, make good decisions, and see you impact reduce month by month.
Everyone! Giki Zero helps anyone who is wondering what they can do about environmental issues such as climate change, animal conservation and pollution but does not know where to start. It’s also designed for people who are already making changes to live more sustainably but who want more ideas to help them go further. By signing up you’ll be able to start doing whatever you can, as soon as you can, to help protect the environment and animals.
We cover 10 countries in detail and have a global option for everyone else.
There is an enormous amount of data available about the impact of our everyday actions and consumption on the world around us, but most of this is too detailed and complex for most of us to understand easily or be able to use in our everyday decision making. The tool aims to show information and steps to people in a simple and intuitive interface, displaying the relative impacts of different activities or lifestyle choices. The hope is that this will help people work towards an overall lifestyle footprint that is compatible with the aims of the Paris Climate Change Agreement to limit average global warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade.
Moving to a more sustainable life takes time. We think it’s best to check in every week just to have a look at the steps you’re taking, see whether there are any news ones you are ready with and to see how your Giki score is doing. There’s no need to check in every day – this is a marathon not a sprint!
Progress on Giki Zero
A carbon footprint is an estimate of the amount of carbon (more specifically the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents) that a person emits each year based on their lifestyle. All of us have a carbon footprint and in the Global North almost all of us need to reduce it dramatically over the next decade. It’s important because the amount of carbon we all emit is directly related to the amount of global warming and climate change that we will see.
Many of the decisions we make have a carbon footprint. We look at over 30 different areas, from electricity usage to financial services and from diet to miles driven, in order to work out the carbon impact of each of these decisions. We can then add up the impact from all these different areas to provide an estimate of a person’s overall carbon footprint. See our extensive methodology for a complete guide to how we do it.
The world is already warming and the climate is changing. However, limiting global warming to 1.5C will significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. 2.5 tonnes is important because it is the amount of carbon that the average person globally should be emitting by 2030 that is consistent with 1.5C of warming. It is based on estimates from the UN about the amount of carbon budget we all have left.
By 2050, and probably much earlier, all individuals, companies and countries need to be at net zero. As a result that is the long term target everyone should be aiming for. However, we’ll get there step by step and so the first huge step is focusing on where we need to get to in the next few years and then we can go further.
Your Giki score is intended to give you a single way to track your progress towards a sustainable life. It’s calculated by taking into account your overall carbon footprint, new steps that you are trying, steps that you’ve successfully taken and the amount of information you’ve enter into Giki Zero. Your carbon footprint is the most important contributor to the score. Aim for a score of 1,000 to be a planet saver leading a sustainable life.
The UN have calculated the global carbon budget that we have left if we’re going to limit warming to 1.5C. We’ve estimated how long the budget would last if everyone had the same footprint as you.
Steps
Steps are everyday actions that you can take to reduce your environmental impact. They are rated on ease and impact so you can pick the steps that work for your budget, the time you have and the areas that you’re currently most interested in. Try starting out with a small step to get started.
We’ve got over 160 steps for every lifestyle and budget.
Footprints
The more information that you add to Giki Zero the better we can estimate what your environmental footprint is. This will help you see which areas are the most important to focus on. Entering information also helps to raise awareness of the impact of all the decisions we make in day-to-day life.
For students information about the gas and electricity usage in rented accommodation and halls of residence may be hard to come by. Therefore we suggest that you enter information that you have based on your home address. However, it’s still really important to encourage your landlord to take many of the steps that are highlighted in Giki Zero such as switching to renewable electricity.
If you work from home then technically some of your footprint (e.g for the heating and electricity you use) should be included in your company’s carbon footprint rather than yours. Therefore if you want to you could adjust your heating and electricity down for the amount of time spent at home that is working. At the same time make sure your company is including it in their own calculations so it does not get left out.
Whilst some information (such as what you eat) affects your carbon footprint there are some things that you share with other members of your household (such as electricity and gas usage). By including people from your household we can spread the impact of these over everyone so you get a more accurate estimate of your personal footprint.
Your account
Go to the Sign Up page and enter your email and the password you want to use. That’s it. Giki Zero will then take you through a few questions to get started. Giki Zero is free to use for individuals.
Follow the link to settings via your avatar. Here you can change your password, delete your account and unsubscribe from the regular updates you receive about the service such as the monthly summary.
Yes. Go to your settings page. Here you’ll find the ability to delete your account. This cannot be undone.
Go to your settings page. Here you can unsubscribe from any of the regular updates.
Giki Zero Pro
Giki Zero Pro is for any organisation who want to help their colleagues build sustainable behaviours.
Giki Zero is a tool for individuals so we recommend not. However, if you want to include your work flights then you can do that to see what difference it makes. If you’re a Pro user then talk to your team or organisation leader about whether it’s something that you are doing across your organisation.
Giki Zero is focused on the personal footprints that we all have. For many companies though the personal carbon footprint of their employees is many times greater than the footprint of the organisation they work for so it can really help multiply the impact of any company initiatives that are already in place. However, as people learn about sustainability they are likely to bring that knowledge to any decisions they make in the workplace. This can affect behaviour on everything from flights to electricity usage.
Giki Social Enterprise
Giki is a Social Enterprise who mission is to help people live more sustainably. We believe in providing people with evidence backed information to help them make the sustainable decisions which are right for them.
Giki Social Enterprise runs Giki Zero and has united with Impact Score to run Giki Badges from June 2021. Giki Badges provides product level information on over 280,000 UK supermarket products and Impact Score analyses thousands of companies to see how responsibly they’re behaving. We think the combination, that helps people find sustainable products from companies they trust, is a great step forwards for anyone keen to buy more sustainably and ethically.
Supported Browsers
We know how important it is for you to be able to view and update your carbon footprint wherever you are.
Giki Zero is designed to be entirely responsive and is compatible with most common browsers and platforms. These include the latest versions of Mac, Windows, Android and iOS operating systems as well as the latest 2 versions of the following browsers.
Glossary
When we mention carbon we are referring to carbon dioxide equivalents. This is a measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based on their global warming potential.
Net zero means that any emissions are balanced by absorbing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere over a specified period. We will achieve net-zero emissions when any remaining human-caused GHG emissions are balanced out by removing GHGs from the atmosphere. In order to do this human-caused emissions, such as those from fossil fuelled vehicles and factories, should be reduced as close to zero as possible. Any remaining GHGs should be balanced with an equivalent amount of permanent carbon removal.