What you can do.

Install a compact fluorescent lightbulb.  They are 4x as efficient, last 10x longer.  Save money and CO2.

Join the We campaign at www.wecansolveit.org

Go Carbon Neutral.  Calculate your CO2 emissions and purchase offsets that completely balance your emissions.  www.terrapass.com

Tell Congress to pass global warming legislation.

Drive less.  Take public transportation or try to minimize your transit.  If you drive 20 miles less/week, you save 1,000 lbs. of CO2; one mile on the road = 1 pound of CO2.

Keep your car tuned up.  Keep tires fully inflated and replace your air filter.  Save 250 lbs of CO2 with tire inflation and 350 lbs yearly for the air filter.  When it comes time to buy a new car, choose a fuel efficient one.

Buy Energy Star appliances like washing machines and computers.  They use 40% less energy.

Modify your diet.  Buy locally grown products and eat less meat.  Meat requires 8.5 times the fossil fuels than grain; the animals we eat contribute 21% of global greenhouse gases.

Change the heat. Set your thermostat down 2º in the winter and up 2º in the summer.  Save up to 2,000 lbs of CO2 per year.

Your purchases. Choose items with less packaging and buy recycled paper products.  Recycled products use 90% less CO2.  Water bottle production and transportation uses 1.5 million barrels of oil/year.

Your energy. Call your utility to ask for an energy audit to determine where you can save energy.  Ask for green power from your utility.