*** 20th Anniversary: 2003 to 2023 ***
It's preventable...
by Chuck Russell
(Camp Hill, PA)
Design your own footprint
Just a small change in our daily habits can reduce the average home's
carbon footprint by 15%. That's quite a large amount if multiplied by the 150,000,000 residences in the US.
Barry's Response - What's preventable? Reduction is good, Chuck. Prevention seems undefined, still.
Here's a few techniques, anyway:
- Anything but the car (walk bike etc)
- Think globally shop locally - a hundred miles or less if possible
- Go veg
- Remember your three R's
- Keep that car in good shape if you really need it
- All errands in one trip
- CFL's, LED's
- Discover painting with latex
- Push for environmental laws and corporate policies
- Support green foundations (e.g., GreenPeace)
- Insulation, caulking and such
Get a smaller, newer car- ...or a hybrid
- Kill the lights
- 78's cool enough in summer, 68's warm enough in winter
- Tap water will do
- Shop online
- Power save yer computer
- Energy-Star appliances
- Compost
- Buy environmentally correct
- Clean cleaners
- Solar Panels
- Microwave
- Rain Barrels
- Donate stuff
- Buy at thrift stores
- Refillable ink cartridges
- Form a green committee at work
- Include environment in your mission statement
- Reusable & renewable stuff at the office
- Car pool
- Outreach
- Get clients 'n suppliers into the game
Howz that for starters?
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