tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20351975151316876432008-08-03T22:41:46.723-07:00Antonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-4283689735022342102008-08-03T22:38:00.000-07:002008-08-03T22:41:46.756-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Buy organic foods as often as possible. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Other non-organic farming methods pollute the water supply and use excessive amounts of energy to produce food, therefore contributing more heavily to global warming. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Look for organic on the label. Most likely your local grocery store has organic foods and produce separated into a specific part of the store to make it easier on customers who want to buy organic products.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-90811349051926271732008-07-31T16:18:00.000-07:002008-07-31T16:22:19.561-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Bathe every other day. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />You will only use half as much water and energy as you would if you bathed every single day. You will use only a fourth of the energy that you would if you bathed twice a day. Scientists say that bathing every other day is actually preferable to bathing every day because it prevents stripping of healthy bacteria from your skin. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />This may be more or less socially acceptable depending on where you live, your natural body type, and activity level. Ask your family for feedback.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-15590113012289554592008-07-30T16:30:00.000-07:002008-07-30T16:32:42.602-07:00<p>Wear your jeans at least twice before washing them. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Washing your clothes with excessive frequency uses your energy as well as energy from fossil fuels. It also ruins your clothing faster. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />As long as you wear underwear and wash those, what exactly are you afraid is happening to your pants every time you wear them? You will notice no difference and they won’t smell bad.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-91671105925068976972008-07-29T16:45:00.000-07:002008-07-29T16:49:05.969-07:00<p>Get a haircut that works with your natural hair type. Stop blow-drying, straightening, and otherwise beating your style into submission. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Any appliance that plugs into the wall is using electricity. If you were no longer slave to that half hour of hair transformation, think of the energy you would save over your lifetime! </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Remind yourself that you will be able to sleep in later every morning.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-35973237763095989892008-07-28T22:20:00.000-07:002008-07-28T22:22:07.211-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Buy fresh food instead of frozen. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Every time a food is processed, it uses more energy. Frozen foods require 10 times more energy to produce. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Buy fresh whenever possible and you will probably really start to enjoy the improved flavor as well!</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-47217008983735639122008-07-24T23:56:00.000-07:002008-07-24T23:58:05.296-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Vacation close to home instead of road-tripping or flying. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />You spew less carbon emissions when you choose a vacation destination in close proximity to your home. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />A lot of us have seen different parts of the world, but have not yet explored all of the corners of our own region. Ask around to find interesting areas near your house. You will get the added advantage of spending less time traveling and more time actually relaxing.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-51100953223315486062008-07-23T16:19:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:21:33.282-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Before you buy your next car, check out the Auto Smart ratings by the Canadian government. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Someone else does the work for you by investigating and rating the energy efficiency of different car models. Buying an efficient car will reduce the carbon dioxide you add to the air when you have to drive as a means of transportation. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Auto Smart makes your shopping easier. You can search and compare different makes and models at http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-77645329322472966982008-07-22T03:59:00.000-07:002008-07-22T04:02:57.632-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Can’t afford to buy your own hybrid vehicle just yet? Rent a hybrid while on vacation or business trips. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Obviously, some of us are going to have to save up a bit of cash before we trade in our current junkers for the latest energy-efficient hybrid vehicle. However, you may be able to rent a hybrid at times you would be renting a car anyway. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Remember that just by requesting and renting hybrid cars, you are increasing the market for them. If you make it known that consumers demand hybrids, more will be made and offered.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-34860219991916745702008-07-14T09:01:00.000-07:002008-07-14T09:03:01.562-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Buy water in refillable jugs instead of individual water bottles. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Refilling your own jugs over and over at the store is a great way to save energy by avoiding the production of more plastic bottles. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />See if your grocery offers a refillable jug that you can return each time you come to the store.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-83623588616404927102008-07-11T11:07:00.000-07:002008-07-11T11:11:20.365-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Eat fruits and veggies that are in-season for your area. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Fruits and vegetables that are available locally will not have to be shipped in from somewhere else in the world, which contributes greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Do you remember a time when apple pie and apple cider were made in the fall and fruit salad was made in the summer? If you have no idea what foods are in season at any given time, think about the “traditional recipes" for that time of year in your area and that should lead you in the right direction.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-56185590732614126842008-07-10T13:07:00.000-07:002008-07-10T13:08:14.740-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Invest in “green" stocks and socially responsible mutual funds. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />If you are diligently saving water and energy at home, but are financing huge business projects that don’t think twice about their carbon emissions, you are not helping much over all. Invest in stocks and funds that put money into propagating the kind of businesses you support. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />There are many “green" options out there. Ask your financial institution what they offer.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-79779711884287839162008-07-09T12:02:00.000-07:002008-07-09T12:03:41.368-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Landscape your yard with plants that thrive locally so you can avoid having to water them. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Living in certain drier, rockier areas of the world is not conducive to sporting a lush, green lawn. Attempting to fight the natural climate will result in a huge waste of energy and water. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />If a cactus and rock garden is more appropriate for your living space, do it. Or move somewhere where grass grows naturally.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-25482203311545360422008-07-08T09:55:00.000-07:002008-07-08T09:57:37.346-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Don’t rinse the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Older dishwashers may have required a certain amount of scraping and rinsing before they could successfully clean your dishes, but newer models (like from the last 15 years) will do all of the work themselves. Rinsing beforehand is just another step that increases your use of water and energy to heat the water. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Why do the work if you are ultimately going to use a machine? Either hand wash the dishes entirely, or let the dishwasher deal with them.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-43938919424948309402008-07-07T11:56:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:57:47.376-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Clean the condenser coil in your refrigerator. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Cleaning the coils in your fridge is part of the normal maintenance process that allows the fridge to run at maximum efficiency and save energy. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Check the manual to get detailed directions on cleaning the coils on your refrigerator. This can save you $20 in energy costs each year.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-45680171924432896312008-07-04T06:04:00.000-07:002008-07-04T06:05:37.432-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Close unused heating/cooling vents in your home. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />If you have vents leading into remote corners of the attic or the seldom-used spare guest room, you are using energy to heat/cool parts of your house that don’t really need it. Closing these vents will cause more air to get the rest of the house where you can feel it. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Take a quick walk around your house and notice the locations of your vents and adjust as you see fit.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-9020256934683524842008-06-25T21:51:00.000-07:002008-06-25T21:53:25.975-07:00<p><span class="articleheading">Local Produce Preferred</span><br /> Buy local produce as much as possible. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Shipping produce from the other side of the world by plane, boat, or land uses fuel and increases carbon emissions. Buying produce grown by a neighbor or at least grown in your region will reduce emissions caused by shipping. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Shop at local farmer’s markets for the ultimate in local produce. Pay attention to the stickers on produce in grocery stores; they tell you where it came from. Eating produce when it is in-season in your area means it is much more likely to have come from nearby instead of from another hemisphere.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-90245118418023073302008-06-20T01:28:00.000-07:002008-06-20T01:29:47.259-07:00<p><span class="articleheading">Mountain of Mail</span><br /> Cancel mailings that you don’t use or want. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Many people, vehicles, manufacturing processes, and trees were involved in bringing you your own daily pile of ads and catalogues. If most of that information goes immediately to the trashcan or recycling bin, then why don’t you make the effort to cancel some of that excess? </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Catalogues are the easiest things to stop and are huge paper hogs, so start there. Most likely there is a toll-free number listed that you can call. They probably won’t include explicit instructions on how to cancel their mailing, but “customer service" should always be able to do the trick.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-58916113972803190882008-06-18T17:42:00.000-07:002008-06-18T17:43:52.230-07:00<p><span class="articleheading">Second Edition</span><br /> Give older editions of textbooks to book drives collected for use in developing countries. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Once again, you are finding a very good use for something that has already been manufactured instead of throwing it away so that someone else will have to buy a new one (and therefore cause more carbon emissions.) </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />In developed countries, professors may constantly require the latest editions of textbooks even though very few changes may have been made. Luckily, people everywhere are not so frivolous. Look for on-campus collection boxes to send your textbooks to developing countries where books are more scarce.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-76010729281839875682008-06-17T16:42:00.000-07:002008-06-17T16:43:33.078-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>If you are a student, sell used textbooks back to the bookstore or online. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Hopefully all of those trees that died and fumes that were released in the manufacture of your textbooks won’t have died in vain. You learned something in school, right? Now pass on the favor by reselling your books to other students. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Many college bookstores buy back used textbooks to sell to other students for the next semester. A recent trend is to bypass the bookstore and list your books directly online. Search the web for some sites that can assist you with this process.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-27413706931369337122008-06-15T16:41:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:43:51.768-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Give magazines and books to medical facilities and nursing homes. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Lots of trees and energy are used up during the printing process. Recycling your print materials by passing them on to organizations who might use them will prevent them from having to buy more new magazines and books. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Pick out only your most interesting and current materials and think about who might enjoy them. Political news magazines quickly become outdated, so they are probably not as appropriate for waiting rooms as literary or general interest magazines.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-6228376329272071392008-06-13T15:19:00.000-07:002008-06-13T15:21:12.364-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Use old pages of newsprint to clean your windows. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />You are getting another use out of the newspaper after you have finished reading it. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />This sounds like it will turn into a big, inky mess, but it actually works quite well. There are parts of the world where window washers exclusively use old newspapers on the job, and they know what they are doing!</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-44413186754785106982008-06-11T23:04:00.000-07:002008-06-11T23:05:49.234-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Donate your old wireless phone instead of throwing it away. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Someone else can use your wireless phone and will be able to avoid purchasing a new one (and therefore commissioning a carbon-releasing process to produce another phone). </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />If you don’t personally know anyone who would like to activate your phone with their own number, then donate your wireless phone to a charitable organization.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-77960007845870010202008-06-10T16:45:00.002-07:002008-06-10T16:50:15.736-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Donate your “outdated" personal computer to someone who can use it. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />Since the computer has already been manufactured, it is a shame to waste it. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />There are several organizations that accept donations of computers and give them to schools that cannot afford computers or to residents of developing countries.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-89925974650194828802008-06-09T16:48:00.000-07:002008-06-09T16:50:14.082-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Mulch your live Christmas tree after the holidays. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />If you mulch your live tree rather than putting it in the landfill, it can resume its role in the carbon cycle as it was meant to. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />Check to see if there is a tree drive after the holidays where you live so that you can take advantage of this option. If not, you may want to organize one in your town. You could also just search out someone who happens to own mulching equipment.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035197515131687643.post-39385236992998065542008-06-07T00:54:00.000-07:002008-06-07T01:01:00.694-07:00<p><span class="articleheading"></span>Use an email fax service rather than owning a fax machine. </p><p><span class="boldtext">How it helps</span><br />An email fax service allows you to scan documents into your computer and send them through your email to someone else’s fax number. Likewise, you will receive faxes to your number as email attachments. This saves on paper, ink, toner, the cost of manufacturing the fax machine, and the energy cost of running both a fax machine and a computer. </p><p><span class="boldtext">Make the change</span><br />If you didn’t even know that this option existed, get to it! You can search “fax service" to read more about the possibilities.</p><a href="http://www.how-to-stop-global-warming.com/" class="text" target="_blank">Visit How-to-stop-global-warming.com!</a>epelayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02281659291681718932noreply@blogger.com