Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!
Here are a few small things you can do to be kinder to the Earth:

REPLACE YOUR LIGHTBULBS
Each bulb replaced will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year and reduce your electric bill. Popular Mechanics reviewed a number of CF bulbs to find which one offered the best lighting. Check out their review here:
http://www.popularmechanics.com
You can purchase bulbs online here: http://www.energyfederation.org

TURN OFF/UNPLUG ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Also, unplug electronic devices you do not use regularly.

USE LESS HOT WATER
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead. (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold water (500 pounds saved per year). Consider hanging your clothes out to dry!


OFFSET YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
You can purchase offsets from the companies above and they use the funds to support eco-friendly projects

Terrapass
www.terrapass.com
"TerraPass has reduced over 250 million pounds of CO2 pollution by funding clean energy projects..." including windpower and biomass projects.

Carbonfund.org
carbonfund.org
"Your contribution to Carbonfund.org supports climate-friendly projects that directly reduce a specific amount of carbon dioxide emissions...You’ll have the option of supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency, reforestation projects, or a combination."

DRIVE LESS
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive!
Also, consider purchasing a more fuel efficient automobile; you can visit: http://www.fueleconomy.gov to research the MPG of any vehicle.

CHECK YOUR TIRES
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%.
Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!

RECYCLE MORE
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.

PLANT A TREE
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
Plant one in your own garden, or plant a tree through the http://www.americanforests.org

More to follow!!!!


These tips, with many embellishments by Jen, are courtesy of the Inconvenient Truth website: http://www.climatecrisis.org

10 Things You Can Do to Help Stop Global Warming

Want to do something to help stop global warming?
Here are 10 simple things you can do and how much carbon dioxide you’ll save doing them.

CHANGE A LIGHT
Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
You can purchase a 4 pack of 15 watt compact fluorescent bulbs for $11.95 at this website:
http://www.energyfederation.org

DRIVE LESS
Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive!
Also, consider purchasing a more fuel efficient automobile; you can visit: http://www.fueleconomy.gov to research the MPG of any vehicle.

RECYLCE MORE
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.

CHECK YOUR TIRES
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%.
Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!

USE LESS HOT WATER
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead. (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year)

AVOID PRODUCTS WITH A LOT OF PACKAGING
You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.

ADJUST YOUR THERMOSTAT
Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer you could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

PLANT A TREE
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
Plant one in your own garden, or plant a tree through the http://www.americanforeststore.org

TURN OFF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Also, unplug electronic devices you do not use regularly.


These tips, with a few embellishments by Jen, are courtesy of the Inconvenient Truth website: http://www.climatecrisis.org

Support a Filibuster Against Judge Alito

From John Kerry (johnkerry.com)
Yesterday, Senator Ted Kennedy and I told our colleagues that we supported a filibuster of Judge Alito’s nomination for the Supreme Court. And we weren’t alone. But the bottom line is that it takes more than two or three people to filibuster successfully. It’s not “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” If you want to stop Judge Alito from becoming Justice Alito, use your own email list and organize. We can’t just preach to our own choir. We need to prove to everyone – from our friends and neighbors to our fellow Senators – that the American people know Judge Alito will take our country in the wrong direction, and they expect something to be done about it.

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/filibuster/

Help Air Move On's New Alito TV Ad

Watch and Help Air Move On's TV Ad To counter Alito's attempts to mis-represent himself to the American public and the Senate as a moderate:https://political.moveon.org/donate/alito.html

Petition for special prosecutor re: spying on Americans?

It now appears that President Bush conducted illegal wiretaps on American citizens. We're calling for a special prosecutor to investigate. Can you help reach 250,000 signers before Congress holds hearings on this matter in early February?

http://political.moveon.org