AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
If you haven't/can't/don't want to see this movie, here are some things
you,
as an
individual,
can do to help combat global warming:
1) Replace
a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl).
*Replacing
one
regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save
150 pounds
of carbon dioxide a year!
2) Educate yourself.
Don't let your ignorance give the higher-ups stength. Visit these websites to learn the FACTS:
The Science of Global Warming
3) Air conditioner filters-
keep 'em clean! (Both in your home and car.)
4) Turn off electronic devices
you’re not using. Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
5) Unplug
electronics from the wall when you’re not using them. Even when turned off, things like hairdryers,
cell phone chargers
and televisions use energy. In fact, the energy used to keep display clocks lit and memory chips working accounts for 5 percent of total domestic energy consumption and spews 18 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year!
6) Buy recycled paper
products. It takes 70-90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
7) R-E-C-Y-C-L-E
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
8) Plant a tree.
9) Switch to
green power.
In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. Check out this site to learn more:
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Green Power
10) Buy locally grown and produced foods. The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will reduce the amount of energy required to drive your products to your store and keep money in your community.
11) Buy fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
12) Buy organic foods as much as possible. Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
13) Avoid heavily packaged products.
14) Check your tires often to make sure they’re properly inflated.
Proper inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!
