GreenHQ’s Top Ten Ways to Prevent Global Warming
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1) Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents. There are many styles available now to blend with your decor.
2) Turn your thermostat up in the summer, and down in the winter. You don’t have to get really radical, but you’ll probably be healthier, and you’ll save on your fuel bill.
3) Eat local and organic. Trucking your food back and forth across the country (or the world) makes absolutely no sense. Fresh produce tastes better, it’s more nutritious, it’s usually less expensive, and it supports your local economy.
4) Drive a fuel-efficient vehicle. The technology for electric and hybrid cars is already here, but if this isn’t an option for you, at least get make sure your car gets over 25 mpg.
5) Use public transportation, ride a bicycle, or walk instead of taking your car, when possible.
6) Use a clothesline to dry your clothes – weather permitting. You get exercise and that wonderful fresh smell!
7) Recycle, and buy goods that are made with recycled materials. Avoid disposables.
8 ) Replace older appliances with newer, more efficient ones.
9) Unplug (or use a power strip you can turn on and off) your electronics when you’re not using them. Phantom loads are a big waste.
10) Use renewable energy. Your electric company can switch you to Green Energy for a few extra cents per kilowatt.
BONUS ENTRY:
Plant something. In your yard, or even in your apartment, plants absorb and filter out harmful greenhouse gases.
For more ways to prevent global warming, visit the Union of Concerned Scientists website.
Still unsure how to start preventing Global Warming?
Check out this Global Warming Action Kit. It’s cool.
3 compact fluorescent light bulbs (uses only about 25% of the energy that standard incandescent bulbs consume).
while you’re preventing global warming.
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