Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 13:53.
I try my best to fight climate change by how I live, the way I vote, and by educating others.
The simple yet environmentally conscious things I do on a daily/ weekly basis are: recycling whatever I can, using public transit or walking as much as possible, using cloth bags instead of plastic or paper bags at the grocery store, buying items with the least amount of packaging possible, printing on both sides of paper, emailing my representatives about important policy decisions, conserving water when I brush my teeth, and I also buy carbon offsets when I can.
I also recommend visiting the website "therainforestsite.com" and clicking on the green button every day (it's free and sponsors donate 11.4 sq. feet of rain forest for every click). Another good site is "goodsearch.com" because it donates 1 cent to a charity of your choice for every search you make. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's really simple, free, and it adds up. You can also make purchases through these sites, so these are good ideas for gifts.
I've found that one of the simplest changes is using the cloth bags because they usually only cost a dollar at the larger supermarkets, and they last a really long time!! It's really important to stop so much plastic from getting into the rivers and oceans. I learned in a Marine Biology class that one plastic bag in the ocean can kill up to 40 sea turtles (amongst other sea life) before the pieces of plastic are small enough not to get caught in their digestive tracts. For other ocean lovers out there, remember to avoid buying shrimp which are trolled in coral areas or farmed in areas that used to be mangroves, as both cause habitat destruction and lower species diversity.
Good luck to everyone else out there, can't wait to read your ideas!
LSL
Climate Change
I try my best to fight climate change by how I live, the way I vote, and by educating others.
The simple yet environmentally conscious things I do on a daily/ weekly basis are: recycling whatever I can, using public transit or walking as much as possible, using cloth bags instead of plastic or paper bags at the grocery store, buying items with the least amount of packaging possible, printing on both sides of paper, emailing my representatives about important policy decisions, conserving water when I brush my teeth, and I also buy carbon offsets when I can.
I also recommend visiting the website "therainforestsite.com" and clicking on the green button every day (it's free and sponsors donate 11.4 sq. feet of rain forest for every click). Another good site is "goodsearch.com" because it donates 1 cent to a charity of your choice for every search you make. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's really simple, free, and it adds up. You can also make purchases through these sites, so these are good ideas for gifts.
I've found that one of the simplest changes is using the cloth bags because they usually only cost a dollar at the larger supermarkets, and they last a really long time!! It's really important to stop so much plastic from getting into the rivers and oceans. I learned in a Marine Biology class that one plastic bag in the ocean can kill up to 40 sea turtles (amongst other sea life) before the pieces of plastic are small enough not to get caught in their digestive tracts. For other ocean lovers out there, remember to avoid buying shrimp which are trolled in coral areas or farmed in areas that used to be mangroves, as both cause habitat destruction and lower species diversity.
Good luck to everyone else out there, can't wait to read your ideas!
LSL