What Can I Do About Global Warming?
Did you know that clothes dryers use at least six percent of all household electricity consumption, or that livestock production is responsible for substantial amount of global greenhouse gas? What can we do in daily life? Take action and make a difference.
Regarding Global Warming
Take Action
- Learn the issue and sign the www.climatelobby.com 'Fee & Dividend' petition now.
- Try to put awareness into how to use resources. Think about ways to save energy in daily activities.
- Contact your Congressman and Senator and tell them we need a direct progressive tax on carbon emissions now.
Things we can do right now:
- Change your light bulbs. It will save you money and lower your energy usage.
- Reduce use of your dryer (it accounts for about 6% of household electrical usage).
- Think about how to get more done with less fossil fuel.
- Talk to your friends about global warming and what it means.
- Buy Local Food
- Choose products that use least-waste packaging.
- Switch off or unplug unused electronics (vampire usage).
- Try to eat less meat. We reluctantly admit that meat is greenhouse gas intensive.
- Plant plants that grow without watering system on your lawn.
- Reduce consumption, especially of products that have build in planned obsolescence.
- Participate or organize actions like the "Carrot Mob"
Reduce waste
- Recycle
- Make sure toxins are properly disposed of
- Reduce consumption of throw-away products
I came across this small movie clip, it inspired me to write this page.
Drying For Freedom Trailer > http://youtu.be/7gm2ZL1CVWU
Alexander Lee, a lawyer in Concord, N.H., who runs a Web site, Project Laundry List
to promote hanging clothes to dry. I had no idea that such a simple act could be so controversial....
