Going Green? any ideas?

Question

I've decided that global warming is really gonna start to suck....ok it already has (im in the middle of a HUGE heat wave, with a busted AC XP) any tips, or ideas to help me go green?

like prodeucts (i.e. make-up, bags, clothes, pamphlets?? idk)

Answer 1

Awesome!!

1.  Take your own grocery bags rather than using plastic

2.  If you buy plastic water bottles, stop - use a bottle like a SIGG

3.  Recycling everything you can - cardboard packaging, glass, aluminum, plastic bottles, paper - even if you have to find a local recycling center and take them yourself

4.  Throw food scraps into a container and out to a composter rather than into a landfill.  Food in a landfill turns to methane gas which is a serious greenhouse gas

5.  Minimize your water use through low flow faucets or adding aerators to your faucets ($2) at Home Depot.

6.  Turn off the water when not in use - like when you are brushing your teeth

7.  Change to organic cleaning products or use lemon juice, baking soda and vinegar

8.  Choose organic foods and products (bamboo, hemp) and organic beauty products that don't contain glycol (which is a petroleum byproduct)

9.  Talk to your friends and family and spread the word!!

Good luck - it's an awesome thing you are doing.

Answer 2

1. Reduce, Reuse Recycle

2. If you own a vehicle own a higher efficient one like a hybrid.

3. Live downtown and rarely drive

4. Give to various environmental charities (Union of concerned Scientists, Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club, etc).

5. Go Vegan. Probably one of the greatest positive impacts an individual can have on the environment as meat production in more energy intensive, and creates massive amounts of methane (20x's more powerful than CO2), as well as takes us to 16 pounds of grain to make one pound of beef).

6. Buy local goods. Being a locovore is key to helping the environment when our food is shipped an average of 1600 miles. I buy at the local co-ops and farmers markets. I also buy local woods, fragrance sprays, clothing and more. Whatever I can find that is of decent quality and price I buy over non-local.

7. Gardening: I have planted many bushes trees and flowers over the last few years. I also have a food garden that brings local and sustainability to a whole new level.

8. Compost: Saves loads on trash and I need not by fertilizers which are often petroleum based. I also save on having buy and to ship in extra dirt.

9. Travel Less: Especially buy plane which literally releases tones of CO2 per passenger per trip.

10. Promote Awareness: We can't do this alone

11. Write elected officials to create green laws.

12. Put CFL's or LED's throughout your whole house.

13. Use solar and crank flashlights: They save me money and the environment in energy as well as the embodied energy of batteries.

14. Use tote bags :America uses over 380 billion bags a year that will not decompose in the landfills.

15. Drink filtered not bottled water which takes petroleum for each bottle you drink and through away.

16. Throw away a little as possible: I often find uses of people who want things in which many would through away out of sheer laziness.

17. Buy hemp clothing: grows more prolifically than cotton, is stronger fabric making it last longer, and requires no pesticides.

18. Buy recycled goods such as toilet paper, reclaimed materials for shoes, used clothing and construction materials, etc.

19. Add extra insulation to you house.

20. Walk or bike where possible; Or if you must take public transportation

Answer 3

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thank you

Andrea

Answer 4

IT'S NICE FOR YOU TO GO GREEN FOR RECYCLING , BUT ON THE GLOBAL WARMING PART -------TURN ON THE WEATHER CHANEL AND SEE IT SNOWING IN JUNE IN 2 - 3 STATES TODAY IN THE NORTH-WEST .-------OVER 7" OF SNOW TODAY ( 6 - 10 - 08 ) IN WASHINGTON STATE .

Answer 5

Feed your dog organically grown dog food.