Where can I learn to make my life more " Green" ?
( also, if you can find any good websites, too)
Answer:
Go meatless for one day each week.
Recycle all steel ("tin") cans, aluminum cans, and glass containers.
Recycle all steel ("tin") cans in your garbage.
Recycle all aluminum cans in your garbage.
Recycle all glass containers in your garbage.
Take one less short domestic round-trip flight this year.
Take one less cross-country round-trip this year.
Take one less overseas round-trip this year.
Buy locally grown foods.
Buy organic foods.
Use a washable mug for your morning coffee instead of a Styrofoam cup.
Get a reusable water bottle instead of disposables.
Bring your own canvas bags to the store instead of using plastic or paper.
Buy products in the largest size you can use to avoid excess packaging.
Use washable plates and utensils for takeout dinners and parties instead of paper and plastic
goods.
Buy vintage clothes instead of new stuff at the mall.
Unplug electronics when you're not using them.
Turn out the light when you leave the room.
Shut down your computer and peripherals each night.
Run the clothes washer with only full loads.
Wash your clothes in cold water.
Run the dishwasher with only full loads and let dishes air-dry,
Take showers instead of baths.
Take shorter showers.
Clean or replace dirty air-conditioner filters every three months.
Get off junk mail lists.
Use a push lawn mower instead of gas or electric.
Replace your lawn with native plants.
Turn off the car instead of idling.
we can plant more tree
How can we fight global warming...
Raise your voice. We need new laws that will steer our nation toward the most important solutions to global warming -- cleaner cars and cleaner power plants. Send a message to your elected officials, letting them know that you will hold them accountable for what they do -- or fail to do -- about global warming.
You can learn to make your life more green right here. Read other people's questions and the answers they got. I have learned a lot already, and have made many changes. It's really not as hard as a lot of people think (or make it out to be) to get started in living greener. Here is what I have posted to a couple other questions similar to yours:
When I have errands around town, I ride my bike. I use an evaporative cooler instead of an air conditioner. I water my grass deeply once a week instead of shallowly every day. I don't use fertilizers or pesticides to keep my grass green or my veggies growing. I have replaced several of my regular light bulbs with CFLs and we recycle everything that we possibly can, including kitchen scraps. We turn off lights that aren't being used and turn off the TV when no one is watching. We take shorter, cooler showers, have a low flow toilet and faucets and wash our laundry in cold water and hang it out to dry as the weather allows. We also buy things in bulk to cut down on unnecessary packaging as much as possible. If we could... we'd go solar, but that's not an option right now. Is there something I missed? Probably. But I'd say that's a pretty good start. Wouldn't you?
Good luck, keep it up, and God bless!
Simple, leave no footprint behind.
We are a family of six, We used to have 4 trash cans a week. We recycle and have 3 recyling bins and 1 trash can that we barely fill up.
Recylce, wash out your containers, remove the labels.
Return returnables. Keep them clean and if you don't want to return them, donate them. My mother works at a special ed school, she gives them to the teachers who use the money to take the kids to movies.
If you see garbage in a grocery cart, put it in the garbage can so it doesn't end up on the street.
Don't litter.
Ask for no bag or a brown paper one so you can put your newspapers in for recyling.
Recycle your lunch you will be surpised how much garbage you make at lunch.
Use a water container rather than water bottles. Freeze one at night and keep on in the fridge.
Use a refillable coffee cup,
Reuse your coffee sleeve. Write REUSE on it so that if someone sees it they might REUSE also.
Use cloth bags, Reuse the plastic ones for smelly gym clothes, sneaker.
Make your errand list and work it around your schedule so you are not driving around in circles.
Keep your car running well and check your tire pressure.
Dont litter, keep a trash container in your car.
Remember, if we can do it, you can do it. Even if you only do one thing everyday, its something that helps.
well if everybody uesed there head and came up with a hydro powered car it would be all goody
There are many AMAZINGLY SIMPLE ways to save energy. Here's a list of my fave's -
1) Turn off lights, open the shades. Natural light is really effective.
2) Turn off the TV and computer when you are not watching it/ using it.
3) Sign petitions. As a member of the Sierra Club, I sign a few petitions and send them in to the office, and they send them in.
4) Carpool. I walk home from school, which is good excersize and I don't have to get a ride!
5) RECYCLE. THere are so many things to recycle. I usually have 4 things of recycling and 2 bags of trash! You can even take the time to *walk* down the the supermarket and deposit your bottles.
6) Re-use bags. I've used the same demoulas bags for 3 weeks now. Rather effective!
There are many good answers right here. If you want to see and learn about the American company that began green cleaning 50 years ago, type in the address bar:
www.shaklee.net
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your...
GO TO THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH WEBSITE, IT SHOWS ALL OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING.
The website for An Inconvenient Truth does have some information but it's vague and a bit incomplete.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/index.ht...
OCA has a lot of information on many different green issues and a weekly newsletter which I actually enjoy reading.
Good luck... I think you'll find it isn't really that hard. :)
global warming cannot be stopped but we can stop helping it becoming faster,and being friendlier to out Environment cannot be bad
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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,
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.
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 ,
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
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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...
Stop burning paraffin candles - they are made of crude oil!
visit www.naturalsoycandles.com.au - you'll be glad you did!
Grow more plants stop killing animals for our own needs. Get the wonder product Method it is the new go green product and little on the Up scale side as far as prices but this will help you out alot. Try to go Vegan, No meat no dairy. Good Luck and You will make a difference
To me it seems strange that most people think of exotic solutions, such as buying hybrid cars. (Cars produced in the early 70's had EPA's of 50 - 60 mpg, far better than hybrids now. Thin about that, and why that is so.)
Start at home. Most people just run the shower for several minutes, waiting until the water warms up to take a shower. Or even to wash their hands or to wash the dishes. All that water could be used to water the lawn, flowers, trees or just to flush the toilet.
One could collect the water from taking a shower/bath and use that to flush the toilet.
Hang clothes out to dry; if you life in a big apartment complex, hang your clothes on the balcony or in the bathroom to at least partially dry before placing into the dryer.
Recycling is good; buying less stuff to recycle is better. For example, buy potatoes and cook them, instead of buying instant potatoes or TV dinners.
Buy as close to natural as possible when it comes to food. It is better for you and produces less recyclables/waste.
Walk whenever you can; try bicycling; try public transportation or car pooling.
Avoid buying harsh chemicals to clean the house/clothing as much as possible.
Reduce chemicals on the lawn, such as insecticides/pesticides.
That's just for starters.
Hi, nice to meet you!
There's a great women's website - actually the #1 women's website - that just launched an iGo Green channel. Little changes, big difference, you know? : ) It has information on "clean" foods, how to create a green bedroom, a great carbon calculator, and even an interactive flower you can grow. Message boards, too. Take a look - I think you'll really like it!
http://www.ivillage.com/green
plant trees or keep the surrounding of your home green with plants
Once in a while,sun dry some your larger or heavy clothes.
Wash the few the dishes with your hands instead of using the dishwasher
Open windows and blinds during daytime when you are at home for some fresh air from outside.
Open your car windows and put off the air conditioner.
Sun dry your hair once in a while and stay off the electric hair dryer.
Use less detergent in cleaning.Too much detergent isn't good for the environment.
Recycle cans and papers.
Save money on gas by walking sometimes.
Desist from public smoking:your pollute the air you and others breath.
Buy your favorite clothes made with cotton
Use the trash can for your waste.
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