What can we do to help improve our environment?
Answer:
Well there are many ways that we can improve our environment.
One of those ways is to lessen our motor vehical transportation. Taking the bus to and from your everyday destinations on a regular basis greatly lessens the amount of toxic gas that is released into the air. This can clean up the air as well as making the environment a safe and friendly place to live in.
Read
Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask a teacher or a librarian for some suggestions. You also can look at the Links page to find other good web sites with information about the environment and climate change.
Save Electricity
Whenever we use electricity, we help put greenhouse gases into the air. By turning off lights, the television, and the computer when you are through with them, you can help a lot.
Bike, Bus, and Walk
You can save energy by sometimes taking the bus, riding a bike, or walking.
Talk to Your Family and Friends
Talk with your family and friends about climate change. Let them know what you've learned.
Plant Trees
Planting trees is fun and a great way to reduce greenhouse gases. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the air.
Recycle
Recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags, and newspapers. When you recycle, you send less trash to the landfill and you help save natural resources, like trees, oil, and elements such as aluminum.
When You Buy, Buy Cool Stuff
There are lots of ways we can improve the environment. One of the ways to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the air is to buy products that don't use as much energy. By conserving energy, we help reduce climate change and make the Earth a better place. Some products – like certain cars and stereos – are made specially to save energy.
Some Things to Think About
Did you know that you can help the environment if you buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones? Look for the recycle mark – three arrows that make a circle – on the package. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that already have been used. It usually takes less energy to make recycled products than to make new ones. The less energy we use, the better.
Solar Energy
Imagine that it's a hot summer day. You put a scoop of ice cream on the sidewalk, and it melts. Why? Well, you probably know that the sun causes the ice cream to melt. But you may not know that the sun produces solar energy. Solar energy is a fancy way of saying "energy that comes from the sun." Solar energy can be used to heat homes, buildings, water, and to make electricity. Today, more than 200,000 houses in the United States take advantage of the sun's energy.
Cars
Cars are an important part of life for most people. But cars also cause pollution and release a lot of greenhouse gases into the air. Fortunately, there are some cars that are better for the environment. These cars can travel longer on a smaller amount of gasoline. They don't pollute as much, either. Using these kinds of cars can help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air.
We can go back to the suggestions of the 70's.
1. Carpool and save gas
2. Use biodegradable products
3. Stop littering on highways and city streets
4. Stop dumping in lakes and streams
5. Have your vehicle emissions tested regularly.
6. Set thermostats at 70 degrees on cold days
7. Use solar light panels
8. Don't use electricity at the height of the hot days
9. Recycle newspapers, plastic, paper, aluminum cans... etc.
10. Ride bikes or catch the bus to work.
11. Drink bottled water
12. Dispose of old prescriptions properly.
Walk
I walk a mile and half each way just to buy groceries.
Do not buy the latest technology.
Each time you get a new iPod or a cell phone or the new computer your old one adds to the trash in the environment. It encourages these companies to come up with minor changes that makes these products obsolute sooner than they would have been if you had held on to your technology a bit longer. It also encourages them to make them disposable and encourages them to manufacture them with cheap material.
Do not use your car for short trips. Walk
Do not buy new clothes every season. Most studies show that people only wear about 10% of what they own, so why keeping buying. The more you buy, the more they make, the more pollution and resources used.
Stop buying convenience food. These produce the most trash. Do you need Starbucks or can you make your own coffee. Buy fresh fruits and vegetable and meat, they have the least packaging. The more processed the food is, the more packaging it contains and so more trash.
Turn off the lights when not in the room.
Do not buy bottled water. It is just tap water. If you want the bottle just buy one and refill it.
Reuse everything.
Junk mail and envelopes can be scrap paper.
Old clothes can be used to clean up spills or dust furniture.
If you do not have the money to insulate drafty windows or doors, use the material from old backpacks, purses, shoulder bags etc.
-Sign any petition regarding clean air, recycling, clean water, noise pollution, or any others to improve the environment.
-Write to your Congressman and/or Representative about problems you notice in the environment.
-Vote against anyone who wants to cut down more trees and wildlife sanctuaries
-"Reduce, reuse, recycle"
-Don't buy styrofoam products or disposable diapers
Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. If we try, most of us can do our part to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere. Many greenhouse gases come from things we do every day. As we have learned, these greenhouse gases trap energy in the atmosphere and make the Earth warmer.
Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it.Some people use less energy by carpooling. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Here are some additional ways you can help make the planet a better place!
Read
Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask a teacher or a librarian for some suggestions. You also can look at the Links page to find other good web sites with information about the environment and climate change.
Save Electricity
Whenever we use electricity, we help put greenhouse gases into the air. By turning off lights, the television, and the computer when you are through with them, you can help a lot.
Bike, Bus, and Walk
You can save energy by sometimes taking the bus, riding a bike, or walking.
Talk to Your Family and Friends
Talk with your family and friends about climate change. Let them know what you've learned.
Plant Trees
Planting trees is fun and a great way to reduce greenhouse gases. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the air.
Recycle
Recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags, and newspapers. When you recycle, you send less trash to the landfill and you help save natural resources, like trees, oil, and elements such as aluminum.
When You Buy, Buy Cool Stuff
There are lots of ways we can improve the environment. One of the ways to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the air is to buy products that don't use as much energy. By conserving energy, we help reduce climate change and make the Earth a better place. Some products – like certain cars and stereos – are made specially to save energy.
Some Things to Think About
Did you know that you can help the environment if you buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones? Look for the recycle mark – three arrows that make a circle – on the package. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that already have been used. It usually takes less energy to make recycled products than to make new ones. The less energy we use, the better.
Solar Energy
Imagine that it's a hot summer day. You put a scoop of ice cream on the sidewalk, and it melts. Why? Well, you probably know that the sun causes the ice cream to melt. But you may not know that the sun produces solar energy. Solar energy is a fancy way of saying "energy that comes from the sun." Solar energy can be used to heat homes, buildings, water, and to make electricity. Today, more than 200,000 houses in the United States take advantage of the sun's energy.
Cars
Cars are an important part of life for most people. But cars also cause pollution and release a lot of greenhouse gases into the air. Fortunately, there are some cars that are better for the environment. These cars can travel longer on a smaller amount of gasoline. They don't pollute as much, either. Using these kinds of cars can help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air.
ENERGY STAR®
Many things, like computers, TVs, stereos, and VCRs, have special labels on them. The label says "Energy" and has a picture of a star. Products with the ENERGY STAR® label are made to save energy. Buying products with ENERGY STAR® labels will help protect the environment.
Go to http://www.epa.gov for ways to help improve the environment!
I don't think that anyone mentioned eating low on the food chain. It takes a lot of energy to raise animals for meat, eggs and milk. Also buying locally grown fruits and veggies is good so that lots of energy isn't used in transporting the food.
Shop at and donate to thrift stores. We don't need to manufacture new things if we just trade around the stuff we already have we can reduce our consumption and landfill usage. And the money usually supports a good cause; (Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.)
As a country we need to set standards for pollution control and see they are regulated. We have to go after the big companies that manufacture goods such as those who heat treat metals of all kinds and see they meet air pollution standards. California set strict regulations about 20 years ago on company's levels of air pollutants but to get around these limits, these company's sent their products to be heat treated in other states that do not have the stringent air pollution regulations. We need national air, water and land pollution regulations set and enforced.
the best we can do as individuals is be more responsible ,in our own neck of the woods
organise well publicized clean up parties ,talk on the radio
have citizan meetings
get the shools involved to plant trees and listen to environmental awareness talks,
that is what we do in Mexico
POSITIVE ACTIONS
print Tshirts with slogans ,hang posters all over the place (with recycled paper if possible)
classify trash take out all the organic waste and make compost with it ,the worst you can do is throw it with the trash
70% of contamination is due to organic waste that is mixed in with the garbage .
and it is just as bad in the sewer where it helps to breed rats and in the landfill it poisons the ground
and it is the easiest to take care of
o first of all we have to clasify trash at least keep the organic to one side ,like in a plasic bin with a lid
if you got a few meters of ground ,you only need 1 or 2 square meters in a shallow hole ,in the shade ,that you can wet now and again ,where you dump everything that is organic ,from toilet paper,bones vegetable cuttings ,eggshells,,dead bodies ,excrement ,and cover regularly with leaves to keep humid and to hide any smell
the worms will come and decompose the wastes truning it into beautifull blck soil for the garden of flower pots .
if you are in a apartment ,if you have a balcony get a big plastic bin drill some holes in the side and lid ,
and add a few buckets of sand now and again to put over the trash ,you should realt stir or move the stuff at times to airate it and ensure that the decomposition is overall ,keep moist
this rubbish does not get big very fast and the thing works for a long time with out getting full
got a compost heap in the garden for 6 years ,have added tons of banana poles ,and palm leaves at times tree trunks ,the mountain goes up and down and never seems to get any bigger ,the stuff rots and becomes a very fine black compost of high density
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global warming cannot be stopped but we can stop helping it becoming faster,and being friendlier to out Environment cannot be bad
if you do any cleaning up leave signs behind saying who cleaned,why and ask people not to start dumping rubbish again ,leave a hole or bins ,in case people come with trash ,
we have done a lot of comunity cleaning and if you dont leave alternatives or try to work on peoples guilt feelings (some people actually have those ,but not many)
than your efforts are a waste of time.
these are Al gores sites
http://events.stepitup2007.org/...
http://www.stepitup2007.org/
http://events.stepitup2007.org/...
if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to slowdown the destructive processes
reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.
the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.
the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia
Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.
the protection of existing forrests.
stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.
education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.
education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´population
Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.
more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks
,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour
alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine
recicling wastes,limit water use
here are a 100 more ways
http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...
doing something even how its been simple could already help our environment. because for me in a single act you do you start to improve it. like planting trees is one of most simple way but it cou7ld already help a lot. and to avoid flash flood in your community.
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