| There are many ways that a person can go about | | | | 7. Move into a smaller, more practical house. A |
| reducing the effects of climate change. Many of the | | | | mansion is just a major waste of space and a horrible |
| world’s leading scientists are saying that global | | | | drain on resources. |
| warming is already here, so doing things to reduce | | | | 8. Wash laundry in cold water and hang it to dry |
| it’s effect on climate change is about all that | | | | outside. |
| people can do right now. People around the world are | | | | 9. Start a home business; this will take away the |
| becoming more creative with how they do their part | | | | need to travel from the home. |
| to reducing the effects of climate change; things that | | | | 10. Pay the bills online. Why use paper when you can |
| anyone can do. It is just a matter of doing it. Below | | | | view everything online? |
| is a list of twenty different things a person can do to | | | | 11. Make your own, re-usable fabric bags or purchase |
| reduce the effect of climate change: | | | | them and avoid using plastic or paper. |
| 1. Change all the light bulbs in the house to compact | | | | 12. Purchase local food. |
| fluorescent light bulbs. | | | | 13. Purchase goods that are not over-packaged. |
| 2. Use alternative methods of transportation, such as | | | | 14. Live a simpler life. Only purchase the things you |
| walking, riding a bike, purchasing a hybrid vehicle or | | | | really need. |
| car pooling. | | | | 15. Be creative with your trash. Decorate soup tins |
| 3. Design and build your own solar cooker to cook | | | | into pen holders, etc. |
| your own food instead of using that horrible, energy | | | | 16. Give green gifts, like growing a flower in a |
| wasting oven and stove. | | | | decorated pot and giving it to your mother on |
| 4. Stop purchasing bottled water. Not only is most of | | | | Mother’s Day. |
| it simply tap water, a lot of energy and water is | | | | 17. Use white vinegar for some of the cleaning. |
| wasted in bottling water. | | | | 18. Time the showers and avoid baths. If you’re |
| 5. Eat less meat. Raising livestock uses up a lot of | | | | brave enough, you can have a cool shower. |
| water, and a lot of energy is used in processing the | | | | 19. Purchase a lawn mower that doesn’t require |
| meat. | | | | electricity or gasoline. |
| 6. Take the excess concrete off your property and | | | | 20. Get rid of the lawn and replace it with a rock |
| plant trees, shrubs and flower in its place. | | | | garden. |