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Originally Posted by CraigD
...convincing millions of people just getting accustom to a first world lifestyle that they should scale back, or convincing long-time first worlders to give up their wide-screen plasma TVs.
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Excellent points Craig! Waste less, want less.
I recently heard a statistic quaoted that most our household electronics when swithced to "Off" continue to use as much as 40% of the current they draw when "On"; that is to say, standby mode, microwave/VCR clocks and/or anything with a remote. I encourage everyone to UNPLUG everything not in use. Not only smallen your carbon footprint, it's money in your pockets folks!!
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Originally Posted by Michael
Michaelangelica
There must be lots of things we can do on an individual level to slow Global Warming.
There are lots of clever people here so any ideas?
3) A ban on Office (and MacDonald's et al) Plastic plants (see my post in What Bugs You thread suggesting a Terror campaign against PP).We all need to carry a bundle of nice big stickers which say "This is a dead plant please grow a live one" something that sticks with industrial strength glue.
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I agree on action to stop McDonalds et al wasteful use of plastic in toys. On the plastic plants, I hesitate because real plants need water & you have just exchanged one resource use to another. Ixnay on the ickerstay
as the stickers & glue waste resources themselves. I suggest writing e-mails to companies you wish to influence. You know, of the lotso' people writing kind? Proven effective method.
