Popsicle®’s Ten Things To Do To Save the Planet
Popsicle® will donate $25,000 to the National Geographic Polar Fund to support research and exploration of the polar ice caps and global warming issues. What can you do to help fight global warming? [here]
1. Take a reusable bag to the store instead of one made out of paper or plastic.
2. Create a lending library. Share items such as books, DVDs or video games with your friends and neighbors.
3. Set the thermostat to no lower than 78° F in the summer and no higher than 68° F in the winter.
4. Choose locally grown food. Transporting food long distances wastes fuel and creates extra CO2.
5. Plug electronics into a power strip and flip off the switch when the gadgets aren’t in use. (Make sure this won’t mess up clocks and recordings.)
6. Turn off the car instead of letting it idle while you’re waiting.
7. Reuse creatively! For instance, use empty yogurt containers as paint cups or plant pots.
8. Keep those fans buzzing in summer instead of turning on the air conditioner.
9. Wash only full loads in the washing machine and dishwasher.
10. Replace incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescent ones. They last up to ten times longer and can use a quarter of the energy.
Note: in addition -
Don’t use, or else reuse, toilet paper
Never take a shower
Eat your pets
Turn off your critical thinking capacity, if you have any.
Don’t purchase products that come with wooden handles, like Popsicle®s for instance
Don’t subscribe to un-recyclable, heavy clay-coat, glossy magazines with huge carbon footprints, like National Geographic for instance