Global warming and pollution... what are YOU going to do, or not do?
POSTED BY: needleseye
UPDATED: Saturday, July 18, 2026 13:17
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Ok, been following the Global Warming thread, but I think I want to hear what one does about it.
Do you recycle, car pool, choose a hybrid car? Do those of you who disagree that humans are adding to the problem not do anything? It just seems to me that pollution really begins locally, at your house. Just curious.
Myself, I follow my city's recycling plan, and when I need to, I seek out other places to dispose of paints, styrofoam, whatever. I got mad when I moved here because they didn't take all the plastics that the last town I lived in did.
I cloth diaper my boy. (That's right, you too can save the planet from nearly 2 tons of diaper waste per child) edited to add a source, http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5503.html
I carpool with my mother-in-law a lot for shopping trips. The result, I have a 96 saturn with only about 45,000 miles on it.
My bad is, I've gone thru several trees worth of paper plates in the last year because with my schedule, my 1yo., and trying to get dishes done just hasn't worked out for me! I guilt trip myself for it on a regular basis, as small as it may seem.
Oh, and given funds, instead of wood flooring that is so popular, I would chose bamboo. It takes much less time to mature than trees. I think it's much prettier too. 
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Recycle ? Sure, that's just common sense. Drive a economical vehicle ? Why not. No need to drive a monster ride unless you need to. As Ben Franklin said.. 'a penny saved is a penny earned'. Live life in moderation.....most of the time. 
But am I going to anything different than I normally would for the sake of global warming ?
Nope. Not a gorram thing.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Recycle thru the city's recyling program, energy-efficient car (not hybrid but 33 mpg), perennial light-turner-outer, replaced my old wash machine with a front loader (that machine is awesome BTW), watch the thermostat, buy paper products - TP, paper towels, tissues, paper plates etc.- made from RECYCLED PAPER. (I have to get it on-line at drugstore.com, seventh generation, or whole foods, where I also get fully biodegradeable non petroleum-based detergents.) I try not to buy too much "stuff" that we don't need... not so much to save the planet as to save my sanity since I live with two pack-rats who refuse to get rid of ANYTHING... repair first before replace... just normal conservation-type activities.
Since we are looking at rennovating our house, we will choose energy-saving options (dual-glaze, low e windows, extra attic insulation etc). because right now our '50s-built house leaks like a sieve!
I also give generously to Californians Against Waste (CAW) since they have been the driving force behind recycling in CA, to TREE PEOPLE whose sole purpose is to plant trees, and other organizations that bring this issue to the public and our legislators.
I'm sure I've forgotten a whole bunch of stuff. OH, and BTW- I cloth diapered my baby too!
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Turn down the heat and wear a sweater, etc
We don't personally own a car, but if we did, we'd use it sparingly and buy a *very* fuel efficient one, hybrid if possible, tends to be a $$$ issue.
Walk, yes it is still possible in todays world as well as public transportation.
Recycling is always a good idea.
Sending letters to my MP and the various ministers that have influence in these matters. Signing petitions that fight for these things because we typically don't have time.
I could go on, but needless to say, there are *tonnes* of things that one can do to reduce the amount of pollution that we send into our enviornment.
All evidence points towards that this is happening. But even if it isn't, the benifits of reducing emissions are many. One of them being $ savings. Others including increased health, etc.
So, even if you don't believe, then it is benifitical to do something. Here's acouple links.
From David Suzuki's site http://www.davidsuzuki.org/ :
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/Challenge/
The 1 tonne challenge from http://climatechange.gc.ca/ :
http://climatechange.gc.ca/onetonne/english/index.asp?pid=81
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To me it's not only a matter of Global Warming, it's also about preserving the various resources for the future generations - and not spend too much money 
Small car, car-pooling when possible, bike when possible, recycling, reasonable heating, doors "closed" (they're a little bit open to let the cats move), lights off when not in the room, tap not left open when not necessary, economical flush, use of the same big bags I own when food shopping, not buying stuff when there's too much plastic packaging, switching completely off devices such as TV, VCR, etc., using re-usable stuff and not disposable stuff... I should also buy food at the local market and not frozen and/or already cooked food at the supermarket...
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Originally posted by SignyM:
I also give generously to Californians Against Waste (CAW) since they have been the driving force behind recycling in CA, to TREE PEOPLE whose sole purpose is to plant trees, and other organizations that bring this issue to the public and our legislators.
I feel the same way. I give to the Federation for Unclean Commericialism, the Ohio Foundation the Future Trampling of Renewable Earth Ecology, and Humanity Upbringing Great Global Ecological Ruin
Yup the (FUC), (OFFTREE), and (HUGGER). I give to them as often as I can.
There's lots of stuff I do to reflect my love for the enviroment. Ny friend and I celebrate Earth day by trudging off into the State Game lands and cutting down a tree. Then we change our oil, careful not to let the oil spill down the sewer (thats illegal). We take the oil and dump it directly into the Cuyahoga River. In the spring I spray pesticides, in the summer I fish (catch, remove fins, release)in the fall I hunt deer...by deer I mean anything that is furry and moves, and in the winter I dump salt by the ton.
I never recycle. My neihbors try to, I always take their recycle bags from the recycle dumpster and put it in with the regular. I try to waste enough for ten people and think about the people of California while I'm doing it.
Am I evil? No. I merely desire global warming. This morning it was very cold outside. When the thermometer reads 2 degrees at 11am then I say we NEEDS us some global warming.
Ok. I'm not really that bad. I do favor more coal. I live less then 100 miles from one of the largest natural gas reserves in North America, but its unexploited because we might hurt Lake Erie so my gas bills are barely managable and my elderly neighbors are forced to make the choice between food and heat.
So if those so called scientists can gather in Rio in December they can take their recomendations and shove them up their collective asses. Come to Cleveland in December and talk global warming. I dare you.
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the standard recylcing and carpooling things. There is one other thing Jake and I do that just seems geeky to other poeple, but it's helpful. We read all our books electronically. Neither of us have bought a hard copy book in years. Think of all that paper. When you have nine dune sized books on your pda you begin to realize how many trees that would have equaled. We have one printer, for his photographs, and we use that maybe six times a year. We are very thrifty in the paper department. Dorks, but tree saving dorks. We've even got my mother and his dad converted to reading electronically. I take my news and magazines on my pda too.
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The eniviromental issues is a worldwide issue and it needs to be addressed and dealt with by the world community, if any real changes are going to be made..until then, I doubt seriously if anything is really going to help,
but I look at it like this, where not really destroying the earth, were destroying ourselves, and making this planet unsustainable for ourselves, , the earth will be here long after we are gone, ....
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@Hero:
Pick a fight lately?
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@ThatWeirdGirl:
Where do you get your e-books? Do they have a math section where you get them? Do they come in pdf or any other portible file format? etc.
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