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In that site you can find many useful info like

12 things to do!

you can also know how to reduce your impact at home or on the move

But what i want to all of you to post and discuss in here is the result of this carbon calculator!


so guys please fill the carbon calculator and post your result here, and also share your tips and thought about this whole campaign to save our mother earth!.

and to any of you who havent watch the an-inconvenient-truth movie, i really suggest you to watch it!

we can't force all people in this world to change, but if we start from our self and can convince at least 1 other person to change his / her way of live, then we will help to prevent the climate crisis!

One thing I find is there is way too much recycling ( Destroy the original ) and not enough reusing.

Example Bottles. You could in theory wash them and reuse them. I wish there were companies that collected bottles to reuse them for their original purpose. Water bottles being washed, refiled with water, and resold. Think of all the energy that might be saved by doing this!

Hmm... Good question... Put it simple, we should recycle and stop using up so much energy! Get your lazy behind off that computer and go out and play outside! Turn the TV off and read a Book! Something along that line~

It says my impact is "much smaller than average," but I don't travel much, and the reason I don't have a high heating/electric/AC bill is because I need to save money, not because I'm trying to save the climate. :l

I do recycle, though.

There were several fields in the calculator that didn't apply or didn't have an appropriate answer, so I couldn't get a number.  However, I try to do my best to limit energy usage.  I think that movie is a very eye-opening one.  I've heard criticism that some of the numbers are inflated, but even if only have of what is said in there is the truth, there's still change that must happen if we're going to continue to prosper on this planet.  Those who have argued against global warming first said that it didn't exist.  Now, after the huge amount of data showing that it does, they agree that it exists, but is created not by humans but is a natural warming.  It's amazing what people will say to avoid changing their lifestyles.  And even if only a small part of the warming is created by people, we still need to do what we can to slow it down.

I tried the quiz and got a 3, but then I do very little traveling

Well... I already fail at the first question "What state do you live in?". I am not living in America. T-T

^I've watched this in a film showing in school.

Kaia wrote: Well... I already fail at the first question "What state do you live in?". I am not living in America. T-T

^This. Anyway I answered without the state.
here:

I'd say that we should just buy/use less. If we use less, then factories runs less, less trees being cut, less trash to think of where to put, less coal/gas to use up, and we'll have less pollution comes out. Not sure if the corporations want this to happen.

Let me tell you about the climate crisis mkay. It's bad. The climate crisis is bad mkay.

We should recycle and reduce our shower by 2 minutes ^^

On my shampoo bottle it says:
Did you know by reducing your shower 2 minutes you can save an average of 40 gallons of water / week

well, I do my best, I re-use the shopping bags when I remember to take them with me, I try to re-use what I can, I do not soak in baths, just showers.....

it is nice to know that people care and try their best 

I saw An Inconvenient Truth in the sci-fi section once. It was awesome.

Hmm, remembers me a little of how we had that topic in school (music, for some reason) and asked what we are doing in that regard, my answer was "no heating". Which is true - me room is kept warm heated up, even during winter, just by me, my computer and the light. Those three together can easily raise, if no regulating measures are used, the inside temperature to 25°C, even if it's -10°C outside. However, as my favourite temperature is 19.8°C anyway, a lot of aerating is involved anyway in order to keep it there. So, no heating for me.

yeah.. we really should reduce what we used..

re use is way better then recycling ! because it need more energy to recycle and also it will cause pollution