Watch this if you can spare 90 minutes .. or at least the last few minutes of the movie if you are too busy.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
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Global Warming - The words that scientists use to always threaten us doubting our very survival in future. Some take it easy as we are all going to survive 'tomorrow'. But it is the question of how many tomorrows. We all know our current way of living is unsustainable. But yet, we dismiss it saying what can 'we' do. It is the job of scientists and 'others'. Our contributions are too trivial for this. I beg to differ and ask you to be generous in begging (you got to appreciate the oxymoron there :P )
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What am I doing from my side? A few trivial things but I believe it makes a difference. And I request you to join hands and even tell me if we could do more
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Global Warming - The words that scientists use to always threaten us doubting our very survival in future. Some take it easy as we are all going to survive 'tomorrow'. But it is the question of how many tomorrows. We all know our current way of living is unsustainable. But yet, we dismiss it saying what can 'we' do. It is the job of scientists and 'others'. Our contributions are too trivial for this. I beg to differ and ask you to be generous in begging (you got to appreciate the oxymoron there :P )
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What am I doing from my side? A few trivial things but I believe it makes a difference. And I request you to join hands and even tell me if we could do more
- I am not a materialist. I buy/get only things I need and use. Nothing more (and maybe something less). You don't have to be a miser but at least you can avoid using resources lavishly. Following are some examples
- I try to use as less paper as possible, double side printing (or sometimes even avoid printing if I can just peruse it in a comp), do not use paper towels but switch to good old cotton wipes, be as efficient as possible on the paper towels in restaurants (absolutely never take it and dump it in a dumpster without using it)
- Bike (=bicycle in US) to places where I can bike and avoid using my car
- carpool whenever possible
- Being a vegetarian (Processing meat consumes 10 times more water and uses 5-10 times more energy!)
- Try to get the produce from the local farmers who use less energy and of course do not pack it in plastic bags. It is also good for my health
- Use a grocery bag instead of the tens of plastic bags each time I shop
- Recycle and reuse whenever I can (the plastic bags, paper)
- Switch to organic whenever I can afford
- Avoid wasting food and water.
