How can i help stop Global Warming?

Question

Even though i am a teenager! i still really want to help stop global warming... what can i do to help?

Answer 1

I would like to share with you our Future Scientists Clubs experience in this regard.

Google partnered with Global SchoolNet to invite teachers and students to use Google Docs & Spreadsheets collaborative software in a project to brainstorm strategies for combating global warming. Children of all ages from more than 80 schools around the world participated, and on November 27th we took out a full-page ad in USA Today to put their ideas in the spotlight. Without further ado, here are their top 50 ideas:
1.Include global warming/climate change in school curricula (as part of National Science Standards), so when the students are in charge they can make educated decisions.
2.Increase availability of low-interest Energy Efficient Mortgages to support homeowners who increase the energy efficiency of their homes.
3.Put light sensors in all office and school buildings so all lights go off when the rooms are empty.
4.Require that all products contributing to global warming be marked with a specific color (e.g., chemical pesticides could be marked with a red sticker for being extremely dangerous to the environment).
5.Use less paper; use the back of the paper to print on or write on; use recyled paper.
6.Plant more trees to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
7.Teach recycling techniques in classes and school-wide programs.
8.Make recycling mandatory in all public facilities, such as schools, parks and beaches.
9.Do public service announcements on TV featuring celebrities promoting carpooling, walking, riding bikes, using public transportation, conserving electricity and recycling.
10.Give grants and tax credits to companies that invest in alternative, sustainable, emission-free fuel technologies while ending such subsidies for fosssil fuel production.
11.The media should conduct interviews of legislators to help the public become aware of their ability and willingness to help solve the problem.
12.Replace incandescence light bulbs with fluorescence light bulbs.
13.Restrict the use of chemical fertilizer in agriculture.
14.Provide incentives and policies to encourage car makers to make more fuel efficient cars.
15.Protect wetlands and preserve more open space.
16.Provide tax incentives for regular recyclers and car poolers.
17.Use solar panels in the construction of new homes and office buildings.
18.Substitute local community transportation fleets with hybrid vehicles.
19.Require that car dealers hand out fact sheets that inform car buyers about the pollution levels of different cars.
20.Send scientists to talk about global warming in schools. They can bring hands-on activities so students feel more involved.
21.Unplug all electronics from the wall when they're not in use.
22.Have another Global Warming Student Speakout in one year - to see if any of these ideas have been implemented.
23.Raise mandatory emissions standards for cars and other vehicles sold in the US.
24.Use solar power in the day and use electricity at night when needed.
25.Give tax rebates for using solar power.
26.Congress should ratify the Kyoto Agreement.
27.Establish off-shore wind farms - saves land space and produces reliable power.
28.Levy higher taxes on companies that pollute the air.
29.Wait until you have a lot of clothes to wash before using the washing machine.
30.Provide tax incentives for companies that create Hybrid cars. That will reduce the need for oil.
31.Schools and businesses should be fined for not having recycling bins available to the people on their premises.
32.The media should tell us about what is really going on with global warming. We don't think that we have all the information we need.
33.At the end of the weather forecast, report “CO2 emissions levels today…” or comparative average temperatures (i.e., this year's temperature as it compares to the past several years).
34.Lead by example and convert 50% of government vehicles to environmentally friendly cars by the year 2020.
35.Place recycling bins throughout the city wherever there is a trash can.
36.Require companies to limit the amount of packaging an item can have and it must be recyclable.
37.Block bills that cause more damage to the environment.
38.Media could reduce advertising costs for alternative energy products to inform and increase sales in these areas.
39.Keep your tires fully inflated to improve gas mileage.
40.Replace old appliances with Energy Star appliances.
41.Promote awareness of local recycling centers.
42.Require college and high school students to take a global warming class.
43.Give tax reductions to public transportation users.
44.Protect our oceans - prevent plankton in the ocean from dying.
45.People running for elections should use email, radio and other media to campaign and stop using so many paper signs and flyers that use up our natural resources and then get left out and become pollution.
46.Reuse newspapers as wrapping paper for gifts.
47.Enforce laws about littering.
48.Use less electricity, turn off the TV, read books, walk, run, bike, surf, play tennis.
49.Business should require employees to telecommute several days a week.
50.Provide scientists appropriate resources to help them research the future of energy and the freedom to explore innovative ideas. _results.html

Answer 2

Pretty much stop existing.. Global Warming is Earth's way of pretty much saying..NEXT...We arent causing global warning its time for a change and the earth is doing it.. Mt St helens and also Mt Pinatubo put out more green house gases than anything humans did in history ..Its just a normal trend..Getting ready for the coming of another species.. just like it did with us and we survived ..that should be the question here ,how to survive the earths changes not what we can do about it. There is nothing we can do that will make a difference..Told Decaprio the same thing..

Answer 3

Teenager or not, you are an individual and you are important in the grand scheme of things. What you can do as an individual is mostly insignificent. Think one rain drop in a storm. However, if you act with others in concert, then you DO make an impact. So, you need to act in concert woth people like me, and others, who recycle, avoid products with high carbon footprints. Use less electricity, conserve water, wear a sweater then use the house heating, things like that. The problem is that global warming is a result of our technology, increasing the rates at which carbon is released into the atmoshpere by things like burning of wood, coal and petroleum products. More carbon in the atmosphere increases the overall warming of the planet, i.e., greenhouse gasses, carbon dioxide. So, by yourself, it may not seem like much and in the grand scheme of things, your personal effort is in fact, insignificant, however, in concert with others, you DO become significant and you can make a REAL impact on the environment. Those of us who are concerned with global warming act to reduce our carbon footprint. You would be joining us in the combined effort, which because of the quantity of those involved can have a real impact and effect. Nuclear power is an example. I know many people who are totally against nuclear power. What they do not realize is that 20% of their electricity comes from a nuclear source. When I challenge them to turn off their electricity for 20% of the day, they balk at doing this. Why don't they stop using the portion of their electricity which comes from nuclear if they are so opposed? This is the root problem, people want convenience and are willing to pay money to get these things and it is the money which drives the whole process of the economy, which is how we as humans, live in this day and age. So, you, a teenager, an individual, by yourself have little impact, however the good news is this: you are NOT alone. Add your effort to those of us out there doing the same types of things and together, we CAN make a difference in spite of what the government is doing.

Every little bit helps!

Answer 4

fire up closed coal plants.What ever you do get get a hydro car!
The opposite of what you hear out there is what we really need to do
all the stuff they have been telling us to do is a lie and making the process faster. Its a fact that we could have a ice age now that's the end result of global warming.But there is not enough water vapors in the atmosphere. Hydro cars produce water vapors.HAY there is a spark lets throw some gas on it.Also fact in 70s globe cooled down they figured out it was do to coal particles in the air reflecting the suns rays.more pollution less warming.

Answer 5

My name is Rafael Lomena. I write from Alicante (Spain). I am independent investigator on the Accelerated Global Heating and want to share with all something that can turn out from interest to fight this phenomenon.
I believe that the main cause of the Accelerated Global Heating is in the great and increasing forest fires that are whipping to the planet in the last years.
My complete report is in: http://inicia.es/de/rlv/clim.htm...
If they do not understand the Spanish they can use the automatic translator that will find in the main page of site:
http://inicia.es/de/rlv
Thanks to all.
(* This message has been translated with a translation software)

Answer 6

Take the bus, or bike, everywhere. Buy only locally grown produce, and locally made items. Use products made from recycled materials. Take shorter showers, and use energy efficient light bulbs. Turn off the lights when you leave a room. Don't use your dryer (hang your clothes to dry). Basically try to reduce your energy consumption as much as possible. Plant trees.

Join an environmental group to promote change.

Answer 7

U can plan to buy a land where U can plant as many trees as possible, U can inspire pple to do the same, specially children who r younger to you, b'coz it will be the next generation who will suffer the most.
Nice to know ur concern, keep it up.

Answer 8

buy stuff in recyclable packaging,
put off the light when u leave a room,
don't use so much electtricity especially if its from hydro source,
do not bush burn around the yard,
use deodorants without chlrofluorocarbons in the aerosol

Answer 9

Ride a bike, carpool, mass transit, petroleum alternatives for transportation, efficient water heaters, lowering the maximum temperature for your water heater, turning off lights when you leave the room, more efficient termostats, timers that will turn of flights afterhours in commercial/industrial settings, more efficient lightbulbs, biofuels, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy...etc

Answer 10

you or another else... ı think everybody have to consider important envıronment .. there are wather, air and land pollition in the our world..we know that .. so there are global warming.. ı think we should be sensitive for our and another lifes ..for example..simpler ..use public transportation..

Answer 11

Everyone who reads this, after you are done looking at your computer turn it off. Also if you have any random things plugged in that don't need to be (curling iron, fan, toaster) unplug them.