Ten Things You Can Do

Want to do something to help stop global warming? Here are 10 simple things you can do and how much carbon dioxide you’ll save doing them.

Change a light
Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 70 kilograms of carbon dioxide a year.

Drive less
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one kilogram of carbon dioxide for every two kilometres you don’t drive!

Recycle more
You can save 1,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.

Check your tires
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 10 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!

Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (200 kilograms of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (250 kilograms saved per year).

Avoid products with a lot of packaging
You can save 500 kilograms of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.

Adjust your thermostat
Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer you could save about 1,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one tonne of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Turn off electronic devices
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

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