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Simple ways to reduce carbon dioxideTravel1)
Cut out short car trips. Cars release the most emissions when cold. Plan out your shopping so you can make fewer trips to the store each week.
2)
Remove unnecessary weight from your vehicle; this will cut down fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions 3)
One of the greatest fuel guzzling issues is caused by improper tire inflations. Use public transport wherever possible - if public transport is lacking in your area; make some noise with local officials!
Home1)
If you don't need it, switch it off at the wall. Appliances running on standby power consume a great deal of energy, unnecessarily.
Take shorter showers and use the shower instead of the bath (saves a stack of water too!)
2)
Turn down the heat or air-conditioning a fraction. Do you really need to get around in summer clothes in winter? Even setting your thermostat up or down a degree or two can make a huge difference in electricity consumption.
3)
Recycle whatever you can. While recycling glass, paper, cans etc. does require energy to reform new products, it's far less than having to mine, drill or harvest the raw resources.
Garden1)
Don't burn leaf litter, mulch or compost it instead - burning vegetation spews great volumes of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping pollutants into the atmosphere
Food1)
Try to source locally, organically grown fruits and vegetables. Some green produce is shipped thousands of miles in refrigerated trucks before it hits your supermarket
2)
Cut down a little on red meat - the livestock industry is responsible for millions of tonnes of methane, a greenhouse gas, entering our atmosphere each year.
General purchases1)Before buying anything, ask yourself - "Do I really need this?" Rampant consumerism plays a huge role in carbon emissions as production cycles are for the most part energy intensive and one of the by-products of the cycle is carbon dioxide - not to mention other toxic chemicals. When purchasing, keep "green" close to mind.
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