What You Can Do


What YOU can do!

Actions aimed to directly lower your carbon footprint in order of importance:

1) Understand Climate Change and Carbon Footprint. Calculate your carbon footprint and commit to reduce it and to talk to your friends, family members and colleagues. Start a group in your community.

2) Save Energy in the house, remodel/build house with Energy Efficiency in mind and use green renewable energy.

3) Save Gasoline, use energy efficient vehicles with energy efficient clean fuel/power. Use green public transportation. Reduce the use of anything made with oil (plastic bags, chemicals, etc).

4) Start to Reuse-Reduce-Recycle and buy products made out of recycled materials or produced in a sustainable way. Composting

5) Calculate your water footprint and Save Water. Promote sustainable agriculture. Local gardens.

Other general action to consider which are very important:

A) Lower as much as possible our dependence on fossil fuels.

B) Protect environments that absorb CO2 (forest, ocean, soil, etc). Protect biodiversity and ecosystems.

C) Invest in research.

D) Protect food/water sources.

E) Green your work place.

F) Promote telecommuting, create green jobs and/or retrain workers.

G) Teach the Kids.

H) Protect and help the poor.

I) Get ready for Emergency.

J) Volunteer for a good cause



EPA Climate Change What you can do