[Raptor235]

Whether any of us want to admit it or not, it is in our collective best interest to be kind to the environment. Although it may seem overwhelming to think of changing the world yourself, it’s amazing how much difference a couple of minor changes will make.

I was like many people; I didn’t think there was much point in changing many of my habits, because how much can one person help? I stopped using aerosol hairspray, I let my mother take my recycling, and I spent evenings following my family through the house, turning off lights. I knew that these things didn’t add up to much, but I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about it, really. My major contribution to the world in recent months has been to exchange every light bulb in the house that I could to the energy-saving variety. My real reason was to avoid constantly changing light bulbs; I didn’t consider that it helped the environment.
Then I discovered this great website, www.terrapass.com. On the homepage, you are given many user-friendly options: how it works, how to calculate your emissions both for the home and car, and how to reduce emissions.

http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environ...our-daily-life

[duffystar]

Another excellent carbon emissions calculator is at www.stopglobalwarming.org--this is one of the most user-friendly I've found, and if you register with the site you can keep track of your emissions and watch your impact decrease as you do more and more. The site also has a number of great and simple ways to reduce your impact!

[Raptor235]

seems like a very good site I'm going to add it to my list of daily sites

[duffystar]

There's a great, semi-entertaining article in the New York Times today of one man's account of his quest to reduce his carbon footprint. Coming up with the concept of the "Energy Diet" Andrew Postman vows to shed 20,000 pounds of carbon emissions. It's worth reading, and passing on to friends who may be doubtful or reluctant to do anything for this planet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/ga...=5070&emc=eta1

[Raptor235]

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Whether any of us want to admit it or not, it is in our collective best interest to be kind to the environment. Although it may seem overwhelming to think of changing the world yourself, it’s amazing how much difference a couple of minor changes will make.

You can find the entire article here http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/alterna...our-daily-life