Ten Cool Things To Do - to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Brief Article

National Wildlife, June-July, 2001

While Congress and the Bush administration debate strategies to reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, you can take immediate steps to help the planet. Here are ten ways to reduce global warming, and the amount of carbon dioxide you'll keep out of the atmosphere for each:

10. Plant two trees: 20 pounds/year

9. Use a push mower instead of a power mower: 80 pounds/year

8. Replace your old, inefficient refrigerator with a high-efficiency model: 220 pounds/year

7. Buy products with reusable or recyclable packaging instead of those packaged in nonrecyclable materials: 230 pounds/year

6. Replace your old washing machine with a more efficient model: 440 pounds/year

5. Install a solar hot-water system in your home: 720 pounds/year

4. Recycle all of your newspapers, cardboard, glass and metal: 850 pounds/year

3. Walk, bike or take public transportation to work two days a week: 1,590 pounds/year

2. Insulate your home, tune up your furnace and install energy- efficient showerheads: 2,480 pounds/year

1. Replace your old car with a fuel-efficient vehicle (32 miles per gallon or more): 5,600 pounds/year