what can i do to help prevent climate change?

Change a light - Replace a regular lighbulb with a fluorscent saves 150 pounds of carbon dioxided each year.

Drive less -walk bike carpool taks mass transit and or trip chain. All of these things can help reduce consumption and one pound of carbon dioxide for each mie you do not drive.

Recycle more and buy recycled - save up to 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide each year just by recycling half of you house hold waste. By recycling and buying products with recycled content you also save energy.

Check your tires - properly inflated tires mean good gass mileage. For each gallon of gass saved 20 pounds of caron dioxide are also never produced.

Use less hot water - it takes alot of ebergy to heat water. reducing the amount used means big saving in noy only your energy bills, but also carbon dioxide emissions. Using cold water for your wash saves 500 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Avoid products with alot of packaging - preventing waste from being created in the first place means that there is less energy waste and fewer resourse consumed.

Adjust your thermostat - keeping your termostat at 69 degrees in water and 78 degrees in the summer not only helps with your energy bill but it reduce carbon dioxide emission as well.

Plant a tree - a single tree can absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Turn off electronic devices when not use.(TV, DVD, VCR, Computer and etc) - simple turning off your TV, VCR< computer and other electronic devices can save each household thousand of pounds of carbon dioxide each year.


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