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STOP GLOBAL WARMING

1. USE COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS
Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.

2. TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS
Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $99 per year

3. PLANT A TREE
Trees suck up carbon dioxide and make clean air for us to breathe. Save 2,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year

4. AIR DRY YOUR CLOTHES
Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer instead of using the dryer. Save 700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $75 per year.

5. CARPOOL
Own a big vehicle? Carpooling with friends and co-workers saves fuel. Save 790 lbs. of carbon dioxide and hundreds of dollars per year.

6. ADJUST YOUR THERMOSTAT
Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer. Save 2000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $98 per year

7. CHANGE YOUR AIR FILTER
Check your car's air filter monthly. Save 800 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $130 per year.

b>8. CHECK YOUR WATERHEATER Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120°F. Save 550 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $30 per year.

9. UNPLUG ELECTRONICS
Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $256 per year.

10.PUT ON A SWEATER
Instead of turning up the heat in your home, wear more clothes Save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $250 per year.

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People who recognize a need for change and do something about it.

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Dunedin GREEN DAY

Take Action Products brought its "green" message to ..:namespace prefix = u1 />..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Knology Park on Friday June 20th, 2008, for...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Green Tips

Green Tips Pump up. Properly inflated tires could improve your gas mileage by up to three percent. The average American who drives 12,000 per year could save about 16 gallons of gasoline annually. Lo...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Hemp Facts

* Hemp Fuel: Hemp produces 10 tons of biomass in four months, 4 times the production of corn, which makes it the only legitimate cost competitive energy crop for charcoal, ethanol, etc. * Global Warm...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:25:00 GMT

LEAD (Livestock, Environment And Development)

LEAD (Livestock, Environment And Development) is a multi-institutional initiative of FAO formed to promote ecologically sustainable livestock production systems. It promotes research on livestock envi...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:10:00 GMT

United States scores badly in world environmental assessment

The United States ranked poorly in a recent international environmental assessment, coming in 39th out of 149 countries. Nations were ranked according to their performance in key categories, including...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:57:00 GMT

Save trees by saying NO to junk mail !!!

  http://www.catalogchoice.org/ Did you know? Over eight million tons of trees are consumed each year in the production of paper catalogs. Nearly half of the planet's original forest cover is g...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:18:00 GMT

EPA to Ignore Inconvenient Data from Bad Air Days

August 16, 2007 ..> ..> San Francisco, CA -- On August 15th, EPA announced its plan to re-affirm its October 2006 determination that the San Joaquin Valley is attaining the feder...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:59:00 GMT

Re-Thinking Energy in Homes

Pretty much everything we do requires energy. Over the centuries, we have tapped different energy sources to heat, cool, cook and light up the dark. Fire was one of the earliest one-stop energy source...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:55:00 GMT

What are we doing?

Our natural state is supposed to be of one of "few desires" right? Then why do we continue to hurl ourselves into the sun? Why would anyone destroy the value of their own property? Or better yet, the ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:15:00 GMT

What are the most important causes...

...worth fighting for?
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:14:00 GMT