Global Warming?

Question

i care a lot about this world. i've read and heard so much about it. but i don't know exactly how to help. what things can i do fer this issue?

Answer 1

Everybody has different lives ,and different ideas apply to different people
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The best i can give you is a list and you just tick of what applies to you or what you want to do is that OK??

101 Ways To Live More Ecologically
1. Avoid disposable in favor of reusable
items.
2. Avoid drying rags in a clothes dryer.
3. Avoid power appliances when handpower works.
4. Avoid highly processed foods.
5. Avoid using styrofoam—it can't be recycled.
6. Avoid watering driveways and sidewalks.
7. Be responsible and creative with leftover foods.
8. Buy in bulk goods to reduce wasted packaging.
9. Buy energy efficient electric appliances.
10. Buy foods without additives.
11. Buy foods without preservatives.
12. Buy food and goods from sources you trust
13. Buy large quantities to reduce shopping trips.
14. Buy living Christmas trees.
15. Buy locally grown food and produce.
16. Buy organic, pesticide-free foods.
17. Compost your food scraps.
18. Discover and protect watersheds in your area,
19. Don't burn trash or other smoky materials.
20. Drain cooking grease onto paper bags, not paper towels.
21. Drive a fuel-efficient car.
22. Drive less: walk, bicycle, carpooland use public transportation.

23. Eat foods low on the food chain; avoid meat.
24. Eat more natural, nutritious foods.
25. Educate elected representatives on ecology.
26. Exercise regularly.
27. Explore and learn about your bioregion.
28. Grow your own food, even a small amount.
29. Hang dry some or all of your clothes.
30. Heat your home less and wear warmer clothes.
31. Heat your home more with renewable energies.
32. Hold a potluck dinner to discuss local ecology.
33. If you use a dishwasher, turn off the drying cycle.
34. Install a water-conserving device in your toilets.
35. Install a water-conserving showerhead.
36. Insulate your home to maximum efficiency.
37. Invest for social responsibility as well as profit.
38. Invest in solar power, where practical.
39. Invest in well-made, long-lived clothing.
40. Keep hazardous chemicals in safe containers.
41. Keep appliance motors well adjusted for efficiency.
42. Mend and repair rather than discard and replace.
43. Oppose meddling in ecological balance.
44. Oppose private development of special areas.
45. Oppose roadside use of defoliants.
46. Organize or join a neighborhood toy exchange.

47. Pick up litter along streets and highways.
48. Plant native trees and shrubs around your home.
49. Plant trees throughout your community.
50. Plant your living Christmas tree.
51. Practice preventive health care.
52. Practice responsible family planning.
53. Prepare only as much food as will be eaten.
54. Protect your favorite distinctive natural areas.
55. Purchase goods in reusable/recyclable containers.
56. Put a catalytic converter on your wood stove.
57. Put toxic substances out of reach of children.
58. Recycle aluminum.
59. Recycle glass.
60. Recycle newspaper.
61. Recycle old clothes.
62. Recycle plastic.
63. Recycle used motor oil.
64. Recycle your unneeded items.
65. Re-use paper bags.
66. Re-use plastic bags for storage and waste.
67. Save up for full loads in clothes washers.
68. Save up for full loads in dishwasher.
69. Shop by phone, then go pick up your purchases.
70. Speak out about your values in community groups.
71. Support efficient energy sources in your bioregion.
72. Support elected representatives on ecological issues.
73. Support energy conservation in your bioregion.

74. Support global ecological improvement efforts.
75. Support local credit unions.
76. Support local merchants before large chains.
77. Support neighborhood food cooperatives.
78. Support proper waste water and sewage treatment.
79. Support the cultural diversity in your bioregion.
80. Support the plants and animals in your community.
81. Take shorter showers.
82. Teach your children ecological wisdom.
83. Turn down the thermostat on your water heater.
84. Turn off the lights when not needed.
85. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.
86. Use biodegradable soaps and detergents.
87. Use cloth diapers.
88. Use cloth table napkins.
89. Use less tapwater whenever possible.
90. Use non-toxic pest control.
91. Use only medications you trust/understand.
92. Use rags or towels instead of paper.
93. Use rechargeable batteries.
94. Use the second side of paper for scratch paper.
95. Use water from cooking vegetables to make soup.
96. Volunteer for work in a community garden.
97. Volunteer to maintain local parks and wilderness.
98. Wash clothes in cold water.
99. Wash dishes in still, not running water.
100. Weather-seal your home.
101. Work to unlearn poor ecological habits.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1996/ip960321.html

Answer 2

Drive your car less, cremations contribute to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. There's not much you can do as an individual and since people pay no heed to global warming, it is unlikely that anything will be ever done until it is too late. Al gore is right that we are doomed if this continued. Unless people work together as one, then nothing will be done. In 100 years, global warming will melt the icecaps and put the statue of liberty underwater. Really, the best thing you can do is to advocate anti-global warming. Go join some club or group that is advocating the dangers of global warming. It is urgent that the general public know about this. Anyways, thats pretty much the most that you could do. Good Luck

Answer 3

oh i suggest you watch a documentary entitled "an inconvenient truth" by Al Gore. it would really open your eyes about the extent of global warming and its effects on our environment worldwide. you would see how the glacier melted drastically in a short span of time, how the polar bears will die due to exhaustion in swimming continuously without any ice to rest on, the projected rate of carbon dioxide elevation for the next few years, the increase in temperature, the heat waves that kill thousands and so many more consequences of global warming as a result of human activities. watch it! i watched it last night and it made me realize so much. i am looking forward to your enlightenment about the topic after you watch the documentary. several ways to combat global warming (on your own) are also given at the end of the docu.

Answer 4

Reduce, reuse and recycle. recycling paper,aluminum cans and bottles saves thousands of tons of smog into the air. Dont take that plastic bag at the grocery store, or put one extra item in. Drive less. Give your old clothes to goodwill.

I also believe in living simply so that others might simply live. America is such a consumerist society, we could all cut back just a bit. That doent mean not having nice things, that means making it last just a little longer, and giving to someone else like a church or goodwill when were done.

Answer 5

Well, walking or riding a bike instead of driving for one, using electricity is part of global warming too so cutting back on it would help, there's lots you can do. A bunch of little steps add up to one big one! :)

Answer 6

You can do quite a bit. I'd suggest walking/ riding a bike, driving less, drive a hybrid, limit water use, turn off lights, buy fluorescent light bulbs, unplug cell phone charger when not in use, recycle as much as possible, research the topic as much as possible, use cloth bags and not plastic, don't burn wood.
Check out grist.org, treehugger.com, stopglobalwarming.org.
These are great websites and they are on myspace as well.
Keep up the good fight!!!

Answer 7

in case you prefer to get carry of grant money for climate study, do you think of which you will get a cheque in case you're saying," i want the grant, as i think of that i'm able to tutor that the figures that the present paradigm is predicated upon are incorrect" ? the super environmentalist, David Bellamy, has been silenced, and refused airtime. there continues to be no shown causative link between the quantity of Co2 interior the ambience, and an improve in worldwide temperatures. The WWWF photos of the polar bears swimming have been taken interior the Arctic summer time; whilst the ice cap in part melts, as they could no longer arise to image interior the wintry climate. The ice became too thick! The East-Anglian uni study figures. "Oh! The figures do no longer tournament our expectancies. Oh properly. save quiet. simply by fact all of us understand that we are desirable." whilst the thought, and the religion is extra substantial than squarely dealing with the valid doubts of distinctive non grant-supported scientists, technological know-how has been superceded by making use of non secular zealots. As Oliver Cromwell colourfully mentioned." I pray thee, interior the bowels of Christ, evaluate that thou mayest be incorrect."

Answer 8

People need to do what they feel is best. We only have 22 more years before Asteroid "2004 MN4" hit the Earth and kill everyone. So, how long this Global Warming going to take? Heck, we all going to be dead anyway.
Of course, this only if the Mayan predictions for 2012 not kill us first.

Answer 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8v5du5_ag

Click the above link, watch that and the following few parts (its around and hour long in total) then forget all about global warming because you'll realise what a joke it is!

Answer 10

You can listen to celebrities and use only one sheet of TP every time you take a crap. Or just recycle, use less oils/fossil fuels. All that good stuff.