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1. Know:
    
Two pounds of CO2 are released into the atmosphere
                             for each kWh of electricity produced from coal.

2. Change to an energy provider that supplies 100 % renewable energies electricity.

3. Improve the insulation in your home.

4. If you live in a sunny area, use solar energy.

5. Drive a more efficient car.

6. Demand and buy 100 % recycled paper.

7. Spend less time in the shower.

8. Stop ideling your car.

9. Know how many kWh of electricity you use per day.

10. Consume less.

11. Switch off any light or other electrical devices when not in use.

12. Eat less meat or even become a vegetarian.

13. Invest your money in renewable energies.

14. Use hemp plywood as building material.

15. Replace a regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent one.

16. Use real cups, plates, silverware, ... and stop producing waste.

17. Recycle.

18. Buy recycled.

19. Travel less or carpool.

20. Refuse paper junk mail.

21. Plant a tree.


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LINKS


Youth:       

Focus the Nation

Carbon footprint calculator

What Can I Do To Help Prevent Global Warming?

Ten Personal Solutions

Sign a petition to the presidential candidates

51 Things We Can Do to Save the Environment

Green-e

Stop paper junk mail - and leave rainforests where they belong



to be continued








"We can only save the planet together.
We also almost destroyed it together."

 Julia Butterfly Hill



"Be the change."

Mahatma Gandhi











SOLUTIONS
                                                       for Government and Industry


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Solar                      DESERTEC          A Solar Grand Plan

Wind

Geothermal

Biogas





   

The Trouble With Biofuels

Biofuels menace rainforests

Biofuels switch a mistake, say researchers

Brazil's ethanol push could eat away at Amazon




to be continued