Stop Global Warming
How can we stop Global Warming?
- Swapping normal light bulbs for the energy saving kind.
- Use a thermostat that you can program so as to avoid heating or cooling rooms unnecessarily
- Make a two degree adjustment in your temperature controls - 2 degress down in winter and 2 degrees up in summer.
- Carry out regular maintenance on your heating system and air conditioner.
- Go for modern energy saving home appliances.
- Stop using the standby button. On off is almost as convenient and much cheaper.
- Improve the insulation of your hot water tank. If you never have your thermostat any higher than 50 degrees centigrade that too reduces energy use.
- Place your white goods (freezer and refridgerator) to a cooler room. Obviously the cooler the air the less work they have to do.
- Maintain a regular defrosting cycle on your freezer or better yet get a modern frost free on.
- Double glaze your home. This can reduce your energy expenditure by up to half.
- A lot of energy companies offer to conduct a survey of your home for energy efficiency. This audit can help you make money and energy saving changes
- Change your cooking style - cover your cooking pans.
- Don't turn on the either the washing machine or the dishwasher until you have filled it.
- A shower is many times more efficient than a bath. Make your a baths a treat.
- Stop using your tumble dryer and use a washing line instead
- Almost all homes can improve their wall and ceiling insulation. Get a reputable company to have a look.
- Visit the bottle bank, and the recycling bins. A few moments on home recycling can save huge amounts of energy.
- Buying larger containers of food and liquids means you reduce your waste prodcts. Looking for recycled goods adds to your contribution.
- Products that come in refill form or that have little or no packing around them reduces your waste even further.
- Take your old shopping bags with you and reuse them.
- Go horticultural - plant a tree. Not only will you feel good but it also absorbs CO2 and produces oxygen.
- If you have the option go for a supplier of energy that incorporates wind and solar energy.
- Get your food from local suppliers so as to reduce the transportation imapct.
- Where possible choose the fresh option over the frozen option. Frozen food takes ten times the energy to produce than fresh food.
- The use of organic soils means that greater amounts of CO2 are kept within the soil. So buy organic when you can.
- Animal farming is the main cause of methane production. Eat less meat and you will be reducing methane in our atmosphere
- Use your feet when you can to get to work or wherever you need to go. If you can't then try sharing lifts, biking or public transport.
- Take your roof rack off. Keep your car well maintained and you will save a lot of fuel consumption.
- Drive more slowly, properly inflate your tires and turn the engine off when stationary.
- Buy modern more fuel efficient cars.
- Aeroplanes use an enourmous amount of fuel. Take less trips where flying is involved.
- Influence those around you to take up some of your initiatives.
- March for the planet. The virtual march looks to develop action on the global warming issue.
- Contact your governmental representative and push your point about global warming.
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