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Want to do something to help Stop Global Warning?

here are 10 simple things you can do 

and 

how much carbon dioxide you'll save doing them.

1.Change a Light

Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light, will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxcide per year.

2. Drive Less

Walk, bike, carpool or take metro transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don't drive!

3. Recycle More

You can save 2.400 pounds of carbon dioxide year by recycling just half of your household waste.

4. Check Your Tires

Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!

5. Use Less Hot Water

It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low - flow showerhead (350 pounds of CO 2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year)

6. Avoid Products with a lot of Packaging

You can save 1.200 pounds of CO 2 if you cut down your garbage by 10% 
7. Adjust your Thermostat

Moving your thermostat down just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer, could save about 2.000 pounds CO 2 per year.

8. Plant a Tree

A single tree will absorb one ton of CO 2 over its lifetime

9. Turn off Electronic Device

Simply, turning off your TV, DVD player, stereo and computer when you're not using them will save thousands of pounds of CO 2 per year.

10. Be a Part of The Solution

Learn more and get active at ClimateCrisis.net