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What can I do?

Start here with some simple lifestyle changes:

1. Buy food and other products with less packaging or reusable/recyclable packaging instead of those in non-recyclable packaging.
CO2 reduction = 230 lbs/year

2. Replace your current washing machine with a low-energy, low-water-use, energy efficient machine.
CO2 reduction = 440 lbs/year
Wash clothes in cold water, not hot.
CO2 reduction (for two loads a week) = 500 lbs/year

3. Turn down your water heater thermostat; 120 degrees is usually hot enough.
CO2 reduction (for each 10-degree adjustment) = 500 lbs/year

4. Buy energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs for your most used lights.
CO2 reduction (by replacing one frequently used bulb) = 500 lbs/year

5. Install a solar water heater system to help provide your hot water.
CO2 reduction = 720 lbs/year

6. Recycle all of your household’s waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal.
CO2 reduction = 850 lbs/year

7. Wrap your water heater in an insulating jacket.
CO2 reduction = up to 1000 lbs/year

8. Caulk and weather-strip around doors and windows to plug air leaks.
CO2 reduction = up to 1000 lbs/year

9. Leave your car at home two days a week (walk, bike or take public transportation to work instead).
CO2 reduction = 1,590 lbs/year

10. Ask your utility company for a home energy audit to find out where your home is poorly insulated or energy-inefficient.
CO2 reduction = potentially 1000’s of lbs/year

11. Insulate your home, tune up your furnace, and install energy-efficient shower heads.
CO2 reduction = 2,480 lbs/year

12. Drive a fuel-efficient car (rated 32 mpg or more).
CO2 reduction (fuel-efficient car)= 5,600 lbs/year
or buy a new hybrid gasoline electric vehicle which gets 50 to 70 mpg.