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THE NEXT STEP: 50 MORE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE EARTH

Here are 50 new projects that show you how to: Get organic produce onto your grocer’s shelves. Set up a carpooling program at work. Put together an environmental resource guide in your area. Make your community bicycle friendly. Do an environmental audit of City Hall. And more. If you’re ready to take the next step, 50 More Things You Can Do To Save The Earth is the guide that will get you going….

What causes global warming? The answer is that the greenhouse gases. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, CFCs are greenhouse gases. The burning of fossil fuels emits carbon dioxyde and water vapor.

According to the EIA report, about 72% of electricity is generated by burning of fossil fuels and the burning of fossil fuels emit greenhouse gases. Therefore, I consider that saving electricity use can reduce the contribution to global warming.

Change your incandescent light compact fluorescent light house. A compact fluorescent light uses only 25% of the energy of incandescent light.
Turn off all electrical appliances when not in use.
Need to change the monitor? buy an LCD monitor rather than causing CRT LCD monitor uses about 56% less energy than CRT. Turn off the computer screen when you are away from the computer. Configure your monitor screen saver mode will not save electricity.
Do not open your refrigerator door, but necessary. This should open the door for a minute strength refrigerator motor to operate for half an hour.
Use solar heating technology to heat your home and water so you can save electricity use.
Need to change your car? considering to buy an electric car or a hybrid car instead of petrol cars. Normally petrol cars have a yield about 20-30 mpg (miles per gallon), hybrid cars have a yield of about 50-60 miles per gallon, while having a performance electric car as high as 130-140 miles per gallon.
Planting trees in the front or the back of his house. Trees have shading effect that can make your home cooler during consumer. In addition, trees can absorb carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. This will directly reduce the concentration carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Recycling paper, aluminum cans and glass. This is because recycling uses 60-70% less energy production raw material products. Using more energy means burning more fossil fuel quantity and the degree of severe global warming.
Conserve water. This action has two advantages: (i) Clean water becoming less available today, experts believe that we will face a water crisis in coming decades. (ii) A large amount of energy is needed to process the clean water.