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If every American home replaced just one
light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified
bulb, enough energy to light
more than 3 million homes for a year will be
saved, more
than $600 million in annual energy costs,
and prevent greenhouse gases equiva- lent to
the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
Imagine if all homes on Earth would do the
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Compact
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
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Simple
Ozone Protection Tips |
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Air pollution,
including that of ozone, is mainly the
result of human activities. The small things
you do every day can help reduce air
pollution and hence improve the protection
of the environment as well as human health.
Here are some tips on what you can do, on a
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prevent air pollution:
1. Take public transport or
carpool!
A good
solution for longer journeys may be
public transport or carpooling,
since more people can be transported
in a single vehicle. If you choose
to take the car rather than the
train or bus, for instance, you will
generate several times more ozone
pollution and up to 30 times more
CO2
emissions.
2. Walk or use the bike!
45 %
of the ozone precursors and 38 % of
the particulate matter emitted in
Europe comes from transport. On
average, one out of three journeys
we do by car is only to go as far as
2 km. Replacing a car ride by
walking or using the bicycle not
only helps reduce traffic but also
emissions. |
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Water is
essential to life on earth. We need water to
grow food, keep clean, provide power,
control fire, and last but not least, we
need it to stay alive! |
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If water is
constantly being cleaned and recycled
through the earth’s water cycle, why do we
need to conserve it? The answer is that
people use up our planet’s fresh
water faster than it can naturally be
replenished. For more information on using
water wisely click
here. |
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One of the
most well known forms of carbon offsetting
is to plant trees. The idea being that as
trees grow they absorb carbon dioxide, one
of the most prevalent greenhouse gases. The
carbon is then locked, captured or
sequestered in that tree until it is burnt,
or falls over and become forest humus, at
which time the carbon is released again into
the atmosphere. While all this is true, we
don’t yet know just how effective trees are
at trapping carbon.
Importance of preserving forest cover. |
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1. Invest in a
ceramic mug that can be washed and reused
for coffee and other beverages instead of
using plastic, styrofoam, or paper cups at
work.
2. Do you know
that most bottled drinking water are sourced
from TAP or Local Reservoir? You are better
off drinking from TAP, save money and lessen
plastic wastes.
3. Hate eating
left over from a meal at a restaurant the
next day? Doggie bag food and give it to the
next homeless person you see on your way
home. |
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Ten Simple Ways to
Recycle at Home |
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Call your local
recycling center to determine what types of
materials they accept, if they do curbside pick-up
and if they provide recycling bins.
Purchase or
make the number of recycling bins to match the
number of different types of materials you will
recycle (i.e, one bin for cans, one bin for
plastics, one bin for glass).
Place the
recycling bins in an accessible area called the
'family recycling center.'
Place an extra
bin in the kitchen with a sign on it saying 'Place
All Recyclable Materials Here.'
Assign some
person in the family the daily recycling chore.
Once a day (or
more if needed), rinse and crush the items in the
'kitchen' recycling bin.
Take the rinsed
and crushed items to the family recycling center.
Sort the items
and place them in the appropriate bins.
If you have
curbside pick-up, remember to put the bins out on
the assigned day.
If you must
take your recyclables to the recycling center,
choose a regular day. |
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"I
have been using energy efficient light bulb
for 3 years kahit mabilis napundi yung iba.
Pero bili pa rin ako... Request to stop
receiving junk mail and recycle
everything..." - Kiko
