Thinking Green - Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Recently I've been really interested in the environment and being green. I subscribed to the feed from planetsave.com because they have really interesting articles. Reducing your carbon footprint has been becoming more and more important. Because of global warming, people are freaking out about saving the planet. While some people take it to the extreme, there are some things that you can do to help the environment.

Simple, small acts can help drastically in the race to save the planet. Things like "installing compact fluorescent bulbs, using warm or cold water to wash clothes rather than hot, and making sure the tires on your car are inflated" (Tell Ten People to Cut Their Emissions) can help reduce your carbon footprint. The power of ten website is a great resource with tons of different ways to reduce your emissions. It also gives you the "one-ton challenge" where you can reduce your carbon emissions by two thousand pounds or more right away. I know already that I'm reducing my emissions by one thousand seven hundred pounds just by replacing bulbs, washing my clothes with cold water, and turning the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.

The theory of "power of ten" is to reduce your carbon footprint and then tell ten people to do the same, then those ten people tell ten more people, and so on. I believe that if Tech High could get involved in something like this, we could make a huge impact on our community.