The United Nations has designated 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Make a commitment this year to reduce your carbon footprint by making these Top 10 lifestyle changes:
- Recycle every day, right down to the receipt from your shopping trip.
- Turn off the lights when you are not in the room.
- Stop using Styrofoam containers. Bring your own reusable container to the restaurant if you know they use them and ask them to make the change, too.
- Stop buying bottled water. Buy a BPA-free bottle and take it everywhere you go.
- Make the switch to mercury-free halogen bulbs.
- Turn down the heat. Don’t wear shorts in your house during the winter. Bundle up and turn the thermostat turn down.
- Buy local. (The shorter the distance to you the better the food tastes anyway.)
- Start Meatless Mondays and overall eat less meat. Livestock production accounts for about 18% of all human caused greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for about 23% of all global water used in agriculture.
- Carpool or take public transportation. It also can save you money.
- Plant a garden, even if it is in pots on your deck. Every little bit helps.
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