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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br]So you changed all your light bulbs last year, and you're looking for a New Year's resolution that will make a difference when it comes to stopping climate change? Look no further. The Sierra Club offers five super easy resolutions to choose from... 1) Read one authoritative book on global warming. Al Gore's book version of An Inconvenient Truth is excellent, but just in case you don't trust his take on things, here are some other titles to consider: * [i]The Weather Makers[/i] by Australian scientist and Man of the Year, Tim Flannery * [i]The Discovery of Global Warming [/i]by Spencer Weart * [i]What We Know About Climate Change[/i] by MIT climate scientist Kerry Emmanuel, (the shortest and most accessible of the bunch.) 2) Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper or send a missive to your Senator or Congressman. Tell them what you think. They work for you. 3) Conduct a home energy audit (http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/energy_audits/index.cfm/mytopic=11160). Find out how much power you use domestically and where you can trim it down. Pick the lowest hanging fruit first -- things like extra insulation and more efficient lighting can make a world of difference. 4) Experiment with alternates to driving. Maybe you can telecommute to work once or twice a week. Or carpool? How about riding your bike to the store for that half gallon of milk? 5) Measure your carbon footprint (http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/)and consider what it would take to become carbon-neutral. Source: http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2007/12/you-say-you-want-resolution.asp Jen [green]Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9[/green] The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.