Protect and conserve forest worldwide:
Forests play a critical role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
A: Stop Global Warming
Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions:
You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.
You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.
B: Stop Global Warming
Keep your car tuned up:
Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly millions kg. of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.
Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly millions kg. of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.
C: Stop Global Warming
Make your city cool:
Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation.
Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation.
D: Stop Global Warming
Don't leave an empty roof rack on your car:
This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.
This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.
E: Stop Global Warming
Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible:
Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 225 kg. of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.
Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 225 kg. of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.
F: Stop Global Warming
Buy fresh foods instead of frozen:
Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
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 maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
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 maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!
G: Stop Global Warming
Seek out and support local farmers markets
They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer's markets in your area, and go for them.
They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer's markets in your area, and go for them.
H: Stop Global Warming
Start a carpool with your co-workers or classmates:
Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 700 kg. a year.
Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 700 kg. a year.
I: Stop Global Warming
Eat less meat:
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and meats are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and meats are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.
J: Stop Global Warming
Plant a tree:
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.
K: Stop global Warming
Reduce waste:
Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.
Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.
L: Stop Global Warming
Re-use your shopping bag:
When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
M: Stop Global Warming
Use less hot water:
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.
N: Stop Global Warming
Take a shower instead of a bath:
A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximize the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.
A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximize the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.
O: Stop Global Warming
Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full
If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.
If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.
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