Here’s something to think about the next time you buy a mattress: how well do you know what you are sleeping on? Many of us would not link our mattresses with global warming, but taking a closer look reveals that the manufacturing of mattresses and bedding is one of the major non-fuel uses of petroleum. …
95% of energy utilized by cell phone chargers is wasted. Only 5% of the energy is used actually charging the phone, while the rest is consumed by continuing to pull electricity out of the wall socket after the unit is fully charged (even in stand by mode). According to Future Forests, an organization that offsets …
You barely have to lift a finger to adjust your thermostat! A mere two-degree adjustment to your home’s thermostat setting (lower in winter, higher in summer) can save lots of energy and prevent about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere every year. Heating and cooling systems use more energy than any other …
Buying locally grown fresh food is much easier than you might think and prices are often competitive with conventionally distributed crops. While it may not be easy to find all of your favorite foods locally, your extra efforts will be worthwhile to the health of our planet. The thought of fresh Chilean grapes may be …
Choosing organic foods supports sustainable agriculture while increasing the demand for foods grown without pesticides or artificial fertilizers. Organic farmers take care to produce food in the healthiest manner possible, nourishingtheir soil, rather than depleting it with the chemical fertilizers and pesticides, as used by many non-organic farmers. The result is not only good for …
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Substituting salad for steak once a week can mean better health for you and your environment— especially when it comes to global warming. Despite carbon dioxide’s bad rap in the global warming crisis, other gases, such as methane, also deserve much of the blame. Contributing more to global warming than all of the other non-CO2 …
If every home in America took the Energy Star® “Change a Light” pledge to replace at least one standard light bulb in their home with an Energy Star qualified compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb. “We would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in …
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Your “carbon footprint” represents the effect that you (or your family, organization, or business) have on the climate in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases you produce (usually measured in units of carbon dioxide). Taking a carbon inventory is very important, because solving the global warming crisis first requires you to know how you …
One of the simplest and most effective steps you can take to prevent global warming is very simple: keep your car tires properly inflated. According to the American Automobile Association, about 80 percent of cars on the road have one or more tires under-inflated. Under-inflated tires can cut fuel economy by up to 2 percent …
An average sea level rise of 10 cm by 2030 and half a meter by the end of the next century may not sound like much. However, half of humanity lives in coastal areas around the world. Many of them living below poverty line. For people living in these areas, even a fraction of a …
