- CHANGE A LIGHT: Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
- DRIVE LESS: Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don't drive!
- RECYCLE MORE: You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
- CHECK YOUR TIRES: Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!
- USE LESS HOT WATER: It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow shower head (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year).
- AVOID PRODUCTS WITH A LOT OF PACKAGING: You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
- ADJUST YOUR THERMOSTAT: Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
- PLANT A TREE: A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over it's lifetime.
- TURN OFF ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you're not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
- SPREAD THE WORD: Let everyone around you know about what they can do!
I got these from the Myspace page of "An Inconvenient Truth" a long time ago. Been going through some old documents on my LT and I saw these. Thought I share them with you, since Global Warming is one of the most impornant issues of today. Let's take action people, now! You can find more info about this here.
4 comments:
Sounds good I'll look into this (but I dont think I can give up hot water, I like nearly burning the back off myself in the shower :) )
Haha! :D If you can't give up hot water, then don't... Give up what you can, even the slightest change can make a difference. :)
nice tips!
ps, yeah agree on the shower point. =)
No worries people! I ain't giving up hot water either... No way, sister! Haha! :D :D
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