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How You Can Help
Be part of the solution
More and more, every decision you make, as an individual or as a family, has a direct impact on the health of our planet.
The way we all live our lives - the products we buy, the food we eat, the transport we use - determine what kind of world
we will leave for our children and for our children's children.
There are numerous ways that you can make a difference:
- Get informed : Use all the links and connection that you find here or else where, to be informed about your life.
- Take action : There are many ways that you can take actions regard what ever you think they are not right. Make
your voice heard, for Ex. You can use this link: Work for a living planet
- Spread the word : You have many possibilities that may be seems nothing to you right now. If you start to use
them, you will get lot of Good people around you. You are going to be a trusted person for them, You are working
while you help every bodies.
- At home: The possibilities which every one of us have to help is so huge, effecting our every day lives. For sure
we can not doing it alone, but we know that we have millions and millions out there, that we have help them, only
by showing the direction and little information. We can check together this list to see really how many of these
simple things we can do it without any extra work. This is a list from one good site, we have to try to apply it,teach
it, talk about it,...And the most important part, we have to develop it and make it better and better every day.
- the list is:
In your home
Turn off equipment like televisions and stereos when you're not using them. That little red standby light means they're
still using power - and that means a contribution to global warming.
Save water:
- turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
- collect the water used to wash vegetables and salad to water your house plants.
Call your local government to see if they have a disposal location for used car batteries and other hazardous household
wastes.
Recycle your paper, glass, plastics and other waste. Call your local government to find out if they offer a collection
service.
Use rechargeable batteries.
Send e-greetings instead of paper cards.
Help reduce the world's rubbish dumps - don't use "throw-away" products like paper plates and napkins, and plastic
knives, forks, and cups.
In the garden
Collect rainwater to water your flowers.
Let part of your garden grow freely and see what wild flowers appear.
Plant local species of trees.
Never take plants or pick flowers from anywhere in the wild.
Buy bulbs from cultivated stocks only (ask the shop or gardening centre for advice).
Stop using chemical pesticides - try to use natural products instead.
Use traps, parasites, and natural predators such as ladybirds.
Use disease-resistant and pest-resistant plants.
Use organic compost and mulch to improve soil health and reduce the need for pesticides and fertilizers.
Don't use peat in your flower beds and vegetable gardens (peat is taken from ancient bog land, destroying some of our
most precious wildlife areas). Instead, make your own compost with grass clippings and vegetable scraps from the
house. How to make your own compost
Use plants that repel insects. Some herbs and flowers - including basil, chives, mint, marigolds, and chrysanthemums -
mixed in with other plants, help keep pests away.
Don't use electrical equipment like leaf-blowers as they consume so much energy for so little gain. Use a rake instead -
it's better for your health too!
Never pour antifreeze, oil or other chemicals on the ground, into storm sewers or down the drain. Take these toxic
substances to your local waste disposal facility.
Don't buy garden furniture or decking made of tropical hard wood - mahogany for example - unless it's got a Forest
Stewardship Council label (the "tick" tree). Read more about FSC.
Take time out to sit out in your backyard with friends and family, and appreciate the beauty of nature!
Shopping
Take your own bags to the shops to carry home your groceries and shopping.
Look for products that have less packaging.
Buy organically grown fruits, vegetables, cotton clothing, and hemp-fibre products. Organic cotton clothing is available
from many WWF websites.
Don't buy bottled water if you know your tap water is safe - transporting water from its source to the supermarket shelves
is an expensive waste of energy. And the plastic and glass bottles add to the already-high mountains of rubbish that we
produce. Find out from your municipality about your tap water. If you do buy bottled water, buy from a local source (read
the labels) and buy water that comes in recyclable glass or plastic.
Choose biodegradable cleaning products so that the chemicals have fewer negative impacts on the soil and water
system.
Buy the most energy-efficient household appliances you can afford.
Use recycled paper.
Buy Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified products - look for the symbol of the tree with the tick on it. What is FSC?
If you enjoy salmon, look for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified mark. And always buy dolphin-friendly tuna.
What is MSC?
Ask one fresh fish market to stock MSC-certified fish.
More ways to be planet-friendly
You can start cutting your own global warming pollution today. How? By cutting down on wasted energy and using more
clean energy.
Find out what YOU can do reduce your risk from dangerous toxic chemicals. You can cut your risks by taking a few
simple precautions when you shop and how you live
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