I want to help with global warming.. What can I do to help on a budget?

Question

I would like to work for an environmental agency, or contribute somehow, but where do I get started? Show me what line to get in, because I want to sign up!

Answer 1

look here
http://www.epa.gov/

Answer 2

You cant sign up you just have to participatee. You allready began by recognizing the problem. Now you have to spread the word. Tell friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers. Wear green clothes it will show that you support the cause even if it just a green bracelet. Recycle everything and anything you can from paper, to paint cans, to plastic. Cans, Bozes, and bottles should all be recycled. Glass too. Garbage can be reused. Say you have some bags from grocery shopping (shouldnt be used but i will get to that) you can sue them when walking the dog, holding lunch, in a little garbage can and as a little tote. If you have kids or even yuo can do it before throwing out something put it in a little bin. Any maybe every Sunday or anyday look in the bin and make collages, or statues out of the garbage. Bring it to your local library or towl hall and ask if they cn display t to show the support of Global Warming Awareness in the city. Use fabric bags when shopping in the super market or anywhere for taht matter. Turn off the lights and other allpiances when ever possible. Unplug things completley and use more battery orperated mechancis. Use flourescent light bulbs. Only do full loads of laundry and dihses in the dishwasher. Take showers not baths and if you allready do take a minute shorter shower. Dont use air freshener or other harmful cleaning supplys try using things like baking soda for stains, soap and vinegar, and flour. Dont paint often and if you do use environment safe paint. Liomit your use of aerosol cans. If you work in an office get a labtop because tehy save more energy then a desktop. Print on both sides of the paper. Just sprad the word.

Answer 3

There are certain things you can do that will actually save you money.

Drive less, which saves you money ad reduces your co2 emissions. You can perhaps ride a bike or run to any nearby stores for small erands. If your work or school is far away you can use public transportation, which is relatively cheap.

Set your hot water heater to a lower temperature, and take shorter showers or start taking baths instead of showers. This will save you money on electricity and will reduce your emissions because your power plant is most likely coal fired.

Simply turn off the lights when your not in the room. Same thing with tv's and other electrical creature comforts.

Also, if your willing to invest time and energy, you could go join a local chapter of Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, or any other environmental organization. If you don't want to invest any time in it, you could make minor monetary contributions to one of these organizations as well.

We can all make an effort!

Answer 4

Is it full time work you're looking for or are you wanting to do voluntary work?

If it's voluntary work you should find that there are plenty of local organisations covering a wide diversity of subjects. They won't specifically be to do with global warming but there are plenty of environmental groups which have an awareness of global warming. Not knowing where you are makes it a bit awkward to provide links and so on but you should be able community and voluntary websites relevant to your area.

If you want to work for an environmental agency, as in a full time job, then you'll almost certainly need an appropriate degree qualification. It's a very broad subject and there are many courses available.

Specifically if you want to work just in the area of global warming you would need to be a climate change scientists. There are now degree courses available in this specific subject.

Personally, I would recommend studying the much broader subject of climatology, within which you can specialise in climate change. This will provide you with a much greater understanding of all aspects of the climate system and enable you to work in many more fields.

I qualified as a climatologist in the 1980's and my work has enabled me to travel round the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and meet a huge range of peoples and places. If you want to get involved on a hands-on level you need an adventurous spirit as the work can take you deep underground, high into the tops of trees, to mountain tops, deserts, glaciers etc. That's the fun side of it, there's a much more mundane side involving endless hours in front of computer screens. The work is diverse, climate change making up just a small proportion of the overall job. My recent projects have included medical research, the effects of extreme cold on people and things, revising the global temperature record, providing practical demonstrations, advising government departments, extensive research for the insurance indusrty etc. Next year we'll be going to Africa to study rainforests and hopefully to Australia to study the effects of climate on insects (bugs). All interesting stuff (apart from the boring bits).

To become a climatologist you have to have a degree and to get onto a climatology degree course you need a sound college education with good grades. Mathematics will almost certainly be a prerequisite. I don't know how the education system in the US works but here in the UK you would need at least three advanced (A) level qualifications with grade A or B passes before being considered.

There are pure or applied climatology degree courses for which subjects such as physics and chemistry would be desireable. There are coupled courses such as climatology and geography or climatology and ocean studies for which suitable subjects such as geography or biology would be desireable.

Climatology is a very broad subject and you may wish to choose a specialist area. You could do this by taking a combined course or by obtaining a degree in climatology and then moving into a specialised area.

Answer 5

If you mean, by an environmental agency, a governmental agency, I think you will be disappointed about being able to contribute anything meaningful. Rather, get a degree in nuclear or mechanical engineering, and work on projects aimed at energy efficiency and carbon free generation.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

buy food and all other products that are produced and manufactured locally or atleast in your own country! theyll help boost the economy of your country if everyone does it and would save emissions from shipping and flying in goods if they are produced here. Turn off lights and electronics off standby when not using them, use energy saving lightbulbs, depending on where you live you could install insulation, pipe insulation and double glazed windows to keep your home warm meaning youll use less gas or electricity heating your home. plant trees and bushes and plants in your garden as these take Co2 out of the atmosphere and produce oxygen, recycle as it saves energy to recycle than produce things from raw materials

Answer 8

just follow the endless tips for energy conservation. always seek help of an expert to expand your knowledge about what you want to contribute because your contributions can have negative effects. keep on track on current to know what could be better to do or contribute :-)

Answer 9

Turn the lights off when not using them, use power bars, and flip the switch off because even though appliances are off, they still drain up to 70% of your total electric bill! Drive with cruise control on, because you are not constantly accelerating (which wastes gas). Use lower octane gasolines because having more is unnecessary for proper engine combustion.

Answer 10

Plant a tree and take care of it till it grows and can live on its own.. keep planting trees.. thts the beginners lesson.

Try using less electricity.

Dont burn things.. try to recycle..

Try to use a bicycle more than cars... or prefer walking.. (that can keep u in shape) :D

Answer 11

May I suggest before you drive to the nearest lineup to signup that you try learning about energy conservation.