What can we do to protect our enviroment?

Answer 1

the following link goes to an excerpt from an inconvenient truth and lists a whole host of things that we can do (in our day-to-day lives):

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature_and_Environment/2006-10-01/What_You_Can_Do_to_Help_Solve_the_Climate_Crisis

if the link doesn't load, just go to www.MotherEarthNews.com and search global warming, it's like the first thing to pop up. on that page is also a CO2 calculator so you can see how much you contribute.

meanwhile, if you have money to spare, i contribute to two organizations which are highly influential:

the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is just that, and they provide much of the science (ignored) by the white house. they also have taken the bush administration to court on several issues. http://www.ucsusa.org/

so has the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC), who seek to preserve and protect our environment. they are also quite active in the courts. http://www.nrdc.org/

these are arguably the most active and most effective organizations you can support. they aren't extremists like many people think of when they think greenpeace...it's more using the system to fight the system...check them out and see for yourself?

Answer 2

It's those little things that matter. Every time you make a purchasing decision, whether it's at the grocery store or the car lot, think about the implications for your environment.

Remember the pronoun: It's YOUR environment we are talking about, my friend. When your car puts out extra emissions, they are closer to you than anyone except maybe the guy in the car directly behind you on the open highway. But running around town, you're going to be driving in your own exhaust fumes some of the time, and your neighbors' all of the time.

First of all, it's attitude. It's those little everyday decisions. Buy things made from recycled products, which are often superior anyway because they are made with newer technology and the chance to build the factory to higher standards. Buy products which are all-natural and biodegradable. I have found more than once that they are more effective than the conventional chemical soups. And as to possibly being more expensive, that's a market force: you stop buying the harsh chemicals, the price on the bio friendly products will come down due to mass market strategies.

But when your attitude is focused on doing right by Mother Nature, and you and your neighbors realize that group efforts are more effective in this sort of thing, the new challenge will be to get the young people involved. They are the ones with the energy, new ideas, artistic and creative solutions, and who will carry it forward when we old baby boomers get to mostly advisory positions.

Check out the work Yahoo for Good did at the Fremont High School to restore the outdoor science lab, including the video on the Answers Team's 360 page. Group efforts tend to end in group parties and new friends made, something the Amish demonstrated for a long time with their barn raisings.

Work hard, play hard, and be a part of your community. You will naturally make that community greener. And communities are what the World is made of.

Answer 3

W want to do a verity of issues yet start up off with a lot less transportation reason that causes chemical stuff to bypass on with the even if then we want to recycle trash do not throw its self away then human beings want to end littering its undesirable sufficient its contained in the sea and sea so we want to lessen that. i'm no longer declaring its going to be basic yet its surely no longer merely to allow you to no yet who's conscious we are able to do alot for our community~ chuffed judging

Answer 4

live in a community where there is decent transit, or where the housing is close enough to jobs and shopping so that you can walk to your destinations.

Change out all the light bulbs in your house to flourescent bulbs.

If you must drive, buy a fuel efficient car, and keep it tuned-up and the tires properly inflated.

Contribute cash to organizations that buy and preserve green spaces.

Plant some trees in your yard or a neighborhood park.

Recycle, recycle recycle.

Answer 5

First and foremost thing is that we have to restrict fuel consumption by using less vehicles on the roads. This can only be done by putting restrictions on owning the vehicles. Then you can go for other steps for better environmental conditions.

Answer 6

By recycling things to help,Walk instead of taking the car,By using energy efficient appliances.These all help protect the environment....

Answer 7

the best solution would be to decrease the number of people but that is REALLY not PC

it goes like this 1/2 the people = 1/2 the pollution = 2x the resources ( like i said not PC but purely LOGICAL )

Answer 8

According to Nasa studies of human space flight requirements, one human emits approximately 1kg of carbon-dioxide per day by breathing. So, for the current population of the earth, breathing produces 660,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per day or 241 million metric tons per year. There are approximately 5,500 species of animals on earth and, if we assume that humans are "average" in their numbers and carbon dioxide emissions through respiration, then all of the animals breathing on the planet produce about 1,300,000 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

Conversely, the burning of fossil fuels produces about 27,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year -- 50 times less than the respiration of animals.

So, to protect the environment (at least from carbon dioxide), go hunting in your gas-guzzling Hummer.

Answer 9

Carpool

Answer 10

The same way you protect your life.