How can you help to reduce the effects of global warming?

Answer 1

Besides putting pressure on all your elected officials to take action against climate change, living a more sustainable life with a smaller carbon footprint is a positive step forward. "Leading by example" means using less energy to heat and cool your home and office, using less gas by driving smarter, and "living la vida local" -- buying food and other products that are made locally.

All these efforts will help to make a difference, even though some folks say managing climate change by living green is like bailing out the Titanic with a teaspoon. Decisive action on an international level is probably the only thing that will effectively stave off global climate change.

Answer 2

It is probably too late to prevent global warming but some simple ways that might help to slow it are:

• Get your government to legislate to reduce carbon emissions (from burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels)
• Get your government to encourage alternative and renewable ways of producing electricity
• Get your government to reduce the use of fossil fuellike oil and gasoline in transport.
• Get your government to stop cutting down forests, but instead plant millions of trees.

Simple things you can do which will work if millions of people do them too:

• Cut down your use of electricity (unless it comes from hydro, solar or other renewable sources). Never waste electricity. Turn everything off at the wall when finished. Adjust your heaters and coolers to save electricity. Wear more or fewer clothes when you are hot or cold (just like your grandparents and great grandparents did). Recycle everything (saves power).
• Cut down your use of oil in transport. Walk or cycle or skateboard instead of jumping in a car (free, green and healthy!). Use public instead of private transport. Carpool. Train instead of plane.
• Plant trees. Make sure timber comes from sustainable forests (quick growing, replanting to replace cutting etc).

Answer 3

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