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How Can You Help?

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

A carbon footprint is “the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product”. An individual, nation or organization's carbon footprint is measured by undertaking a GHG emissions assessment. Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it.

Carbon offsets, or the mitigation of carbon emissions through the development of alternative projects such as solar or wind energy or reforestation, represent one way of managing a carbon footprint.

Everyone has a responsibility to reduce their individual carbon footprint, and there are lots of ways to do so. Take a moment to read over just some of the many ways you can change how you live your life to impact the planet in a positive way.

A Great Idea!

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) have that cool curly shape and save more than 2/3rds of the energy of a regular incandescent. Each bulb can save $40 or more over its lifetime. Pretty good for a $3 investment!

Go the Extra Mile with Your Car.

Maintenance: Keep your car tuned up and running efficiently.

More Maintenance: Replace your air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule.

Tires: Keep your tires properly inflated (just this can save 400-700 pounds of CO2 per year!).

Drive better: Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in mpg is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by simply accelerating slowly and smoothly, driving the speed limit, maintaining a steady speed and anticipating your stops and starts.

Make your next car a super efficient one: (41+ MPG).

Downsize: Get rid of your car altogether. Impossible? Read the book How to Live Well Without Owning a Car by Chris Balish and it won’t seem so.

Low flow showerheads now are designed to allow you to conserve water without sacrificing your comfort. They allow you to help the planet and your wallet at the same time

Buy local. Shipping burns fuel. A 5-pound package shipped by air across the country creates 12 pounds of CO2 (3 ½ pounds if shipped by truck).
Eat less meat. If you're already a vegetarian, you're saving at least 3,000 pounds of CO2 per year compared to meat eaters.
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Manufacturing products produces an average 4-8 pounds of CO2 for every pound of manufactured product.
Stop your junk mail with 41 pounds, a nonprofit service that contacts dozens of direct mail companies to remove your name form their lists.