Global Warming
- www.CitizensClimateLobby.org
- Recommended videos, Global Warming: What's Up with the Weather?, Cowspiracy
- Please write your State Governor and U.S. Congress Senators and Representatives www.conservativeusa.org/ mega-cong.htm
- Purchase a Plug-in hybrid
- Hybrids, work at home, telecommuting, carpool www.marc.org/rideshare, ride the bus www.kcata.org, efficient trip planning, using a gps, and getting a job close to home reduces global warming gases and saves gas money.
- Switch to wind and solar energy. Fuel prices are about to increase dramatically. Good time to switch!
- Volkswagen XL1 270 MPG Diesel Hybrid
- Best Electric Cars 2013. Buy an electric car and use home roof solar panels to recharge it as well as power your house.
- Insulate your house.
- Plant trees now $1=1 tree, www.nature.org
- Bike share, go to www.bikesharekc.com and select "See it in action".
- Avoid forest, house, and trash fires
- Eat at home or at locations near your house. Don't use drive-thru's.
- Don't overpopulate the planet
- Rising sea levels will doom the 2000 Maldives islands who may be completely underwater in 40 years. Help save this beautiful country!
- Change incandescent bulbs to CFL bulbs
- www.climate.gov
- www.ncdc.noaa.gov
- http://debunkatron.com/#Climate
- www.ncdc.noaa.gov /indicators
- www.wecansolveit.org
- www.climatecrisis.net (Al Gore's global warming web site)
- www.fightglobalwarming.com
- www.carbonrally.com
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Avoid all Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam
- Please watch The Plastics Problem: PBS NewsHour Presents
- Try every day to avoid using single-use plastics and styrofoam (such as bags, cups, bottles, plates, utensils, cartons....) Create new habits for a better future world. This article is helpful for identifying these plastics and how to replace them.
Convert to Paperless
- Convert all accounts and snail mail to paperless online delivery.
Recycling
- Recycling helps the environment and it helps to clean your house too!
- Recycle Spots (all cities)
- Old Electronics
- Old, broken, smaller TV's, stereos, dvd players, speakers, etc... can be recycled at most Best Buy stores. As of Dec. 2018, they charge $25 for each monitor or TV, with other devices being free. Old televisions are considered hazardous waste, so be sure to contact your city's waste services department for disposal options.
- Many charity donation centers won't accept old televisions so be sure to call before you go. charity.
- Recycle Spots (KC)
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Save the Bees
Environmental web sites
Endangered Animals
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