How should we deal with global warming?

We appeal to you to save every drop of water to protect our common home.

In order to protect our common home, please plant more trees to slow down desertification.

In order to protect our common home, please don't use convenient bags any more.

In order to protect our common home, please don't throw waste batteries at will.

In order to protect our common home, please reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

In order to protect our common home, please take good care of flowers and trees.

In order to protect our common home, please actively publicize and protect the environment.

In order to protect our common home, please protect our common home.

I remember Miss Longfius, a famous book by barbara cuny, an internationally renowned graphic writer. The little girl in the story told her grandfather that when I grew up, I would travel far away, and then I would live by the sea. Her grandfather said that all these are good ... but you still have to do one thing: make the world a better place. As a result, when the little girl grew up, she chose to plant beautiful purple-blue flat bean flowers on the beach to beautify the earth. "Who says you can't change the world? Who says you can't change the world? What about you? Especially on the anniversary of International Earth Day on April 22nd, how to choose actions?

When eating:

1.On April 22nd, Earth Day is a vegetarian day. Animal husbandry consumes a lot of grains and beans, as well as a lot of precious water; In order to herd cattle and raise pigs, the virgin forest was sacrificed and the greenhouse effect was produced.

Second, eat less (cook at home, eat out in moderation, and pack up and go home if you can't finish eating)

Third, fast for one day (experience the taste of environmental protection in the body)

4. Refuse to use styrofoam, and ask cafeterias or coffee shops to use paper cups (styrofoam is a carcinogen, and it also destroys the ozone layer that protects the earth. Styrofoam cups and buffet plates for drinking coffee are still rubbish after hundreds of years and continue to pollute the environment.

5. Refuse to buy alpine tea and high-cold vegetables (alpine tea and high-cold vegetables make forests disappear in Taiwan Province Province, destroy soil and water conservation in mountainous areas, fail to play a role in water storage, use a large number of pesticides and fertilizers, and pollute water sources and reservoir ecology).

◎ clothes:

1. Know the source of fabric: 1. Only natural materials such as natural cotton and hemp (organic) can be recycled. 2. Buy and maintain clothes according to the washing label to prolong the life of clothes.

Second, the demand is determined by four factors: the amount of laundry, the capacity of the home, lifestyle and economic situation. Try to control it as well as possible, and don't overdo it.

Third, the old clothes are newly worn:

1. self-cognition: consideration of body shape, skin color and lifestyle.

2. Find out the key points of fashion: such as length and color. Generally, simple and good cutting (three-dimensional cutting) can best express the interactive relationship between people and materials.

3. Accessories, such as scarves, pins, belts, etc., are small, diverse, effective and easy to collect. A small amount of clothes is a reliable accessory that highlights the artistic effect of dressing.

◎ Live:

First, use more second-hand furniture (whether buying a house or renting a house, using more second-hand furniture can not only recycle and save resources, but also help each other and enhance interpersonal friendship if flea markets for regular second-hand goods exchange can be held in offices, communities and the Internet).

Second, use planting greening to do home decoration (don't do excessive decoration at home, be simple and natural. Home decoration does not necessarily need artificial materials, it is best to use ecological natural materials. Potted plants of all kinds of flowers and plants, try to use native tree species, leave more natural soil in the courtyard at home, and use less cement or hard pavement).

Please use utensils to hold water, wash fruits and vegetables, wash dishes, brush your teeth and wash your face, so as to save precious water resources (China is the 18 water-deficient country in the world. At present, South Taiwan Province Province has fallen into severe drought, but our current water demand has reached the standard of 100. At present, the propaganda policy of water saving in France is to take a bath once a week. If our water consumption continues to deteriorate, we will face the same situation.

Fourth, the power supply and air conditioning in the room are used centrally (try to turn on the air conditioning in one room as little as possible, and try to concentrate on office when there are few people, so as to reduce the amount of air conditioning and electric lights).

◎ Line:

First, take the stairs instead of taking the elevator (people who live in the building, whether in the office or at home, might as well take the stairs instead of taking the elevator if they are not in a hurry, which will save energy and exercise).

Second, go out and walk more, ride a bike, use the public transport system, drive less and ride a motorcycle.

◎ Other:

1. If you keep a pet, please refuse to buy a cat and dog pest control ring (when you discard the cat and dog pest control ring, its pesticide composition is very destructive to the earth and will cause serious harm to the animal's body).

2. Refuse to buy products that use animals for experiments (a large number of cruel and unnecessary animal experiment plans not only waste taxpayers' taxes, but also cause natural genetic problems, which do not help and improve the ecological environment and major health problems in Taiwan Province Province.

Refuse to ride or use balloons (balloons are difficult to decompose chemicals and cause serious pollution to the earth. In addition, when the balloon floats away, it may lead to the death of wild animals (eagles, whales or turtles, etc.). ). (Note: Since June 1 2008, China has implemented the system of paid use of plastic shopping bags in all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other retail places to encourage consumers to carry cloth belts and shopping baskets again and reduce the use of plastic bags. )

Please protect the environment and don't destroy nature.

[Edit this paragraph] The American magazine Time listed 50 measures.

Some of them are simple.

wiring

Turn off the computer—

Screen saver is not equal to environmental protection program. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 75% of household electricity consumption is spent on keeping televisions, computers and stereos on standby. On average, a desktop computer (excluding the monitor) consumes 60 to 250 watts per day. If a computer is used for 4 hours every day and turned off at other times, it can save you 70 dollars a year and reduce 83% of carbon dioxide emissions, which is 63 kilograms a year.

Take care of the water heater-

Improving the thermal efficiency of domestic use does not mean spending hours coating the attic with insulation. In fact, the method can be very simple, such as giving your water heater a warm "hug"-wrapping a blanket, which only costs 10 to $20, but it can reduce your family's carbon dioxide emissions by 250 pounds (1 13 kg) every year.

After most water heaters are used for 5 years, the internal heat insulation performance will deteriorate, heat will be lost and energy will be wasted. So touch the surface of the water heater. If you can feel the warmth, buy it a coat.

travelling requisites

Bring the workplace closer to home—

Driving to work is a waste of time and energy. It seems that the only solution is to move home to the office. But what if the office is closer to your home?

This concept is called "recent exchange". If a company has many branches in the subway coverage area, this concept can be well used and play a role. Jean mullins, a software development engineer in Seattle, Washington, USA, designed a project to help companies keep their workplaces close to employees' residences and save a lot of time on the way to and from work.

Mullins found that only 4% of firefighters work in the nearest fire station, and some firefighters need 145 miles (233.3 kilometers) to get to work one way. Boeing's 80,000 employees in Puget Sound, Washington can travel around the world 85 times a day.

After mullins used the project, the commuting distance of employees in some branches of Key Bank Bank was shortened by 69%. For employees, being able to escape the rush hour congestion is the best reward. The same salary, the same job, who doesn't want to spend less time on the road?

By bus-

The carbon dioxide produced by transportation accounts for more than 30% of the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. One of the best ways to reduce such emissions is to take a bus. According to the data of American Public Transportation Association, public transportation saves about 6,543.804 billion gallons (5,299.6 million liters) of natural gas every year, which means that carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 65.438+0.5 million tons.

Unfortunately, only big cities in the United States have convenient transportation, and 88% of the distance is still borne by cars. At present, it is feasible to establish a bus rapid transit system to transport long-distance passengers on specific roads.

Although buses emit more carbon than trains, using mixed fuel or compressed natural gas engines can reduce emissions. A study by the Breakthrough Institute of Science and Technology last year showed that a BRT system in a medium-sized city can reduce 654,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions in more than 20 years.

Pay bills online—

In order to avoid driving to the bank on payday and emitting unnecessary carbon dioxide, the employer is required to transfer the salary directly to your account.

Online banking and billing operations can not only save trees, but also reduce the energy consumption of transporting paper documents. According to the estimation of Javelin Strategy Institute, if every American family is aware of this and pays bills through the Internet, it will reduce paper consumption by 654.38+0.6 billion tons and greenhouse gas emissions by 265.438+10,000 tons every year. What is the security of online payment? Don't worry. Ignore emails that "capture" personal information, monitor bills sent by unauthorized institutions, and report problems in time to prevent your credit card from being "attacked".

Clothing and food

Take off your tie—

The summer of 2005 can be described as "cool" in Japanese business circles. White-collar workers took off their trademark dark blue professional clothes and put on light-colored clothes with open collars. This is part of the Japanese government's energy-saving measures. That summer, the temperature in the government office remained at 28 degrees Celsius.

This policy puzzled tailors. But over the summer, Japan reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 79,000 tons.

Hang a clothesline-

Raising a sheep, shearing wool, spinning, weaving, cutting clothes … Even so, your clothes are not necessarily environmentally friendly, and ultimately it depends on your laundry method. According to the latest research by the School of Manufacturing, Cambridge University, 60% of the "energy" of a garment is released in the process of washing and drying. For example, a T-shirt can emit 9 pounds (4.0824 kilograms) of carbon and oxygen compounds in a lifetime.

It should be noted that warm water should be used when washing clothes, not hot water; If there are many clothes to be washed, choose a large-capacity washing machine instead of multiple small-capacity ones; Choose an efficient washing machine as much as possible, because the new washing machine consumes a quarter of the energy of the old one.

After washing clothes, hang them on the clothesline to dry naturally. Don't put them in the dryer. In this way, you can always reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 90%.

Give up steak—

Which is more responsible for global warming, the car or the Big Mac? Believe it or not, it's actually a meat pie. According to the report released by FAO last year, the global meat processing industry accounts for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions, even exceeding the transportation industry.

These greenhouse gases mainly come from nitrogen monoxide in fertilizers and biogas. Fertilizer and biogas are "natural results of dairy cow digestion". The impact of biogas on global warming is 23 times that of carbide, and the impact of nitrous oxide is 296 times that of carbide.

There are/kloc-0.5 billion domestic cattle and bison on the earth, and/kloc-0.7 billion sheep and goats. Their numbers are still growing rapidly. From 200 1 to 2050, the global meat production is expected to double. Think about the energy consumed in the process of raising, transporting and selling livestock. A 16 ounce (453.592g) steak on the plate is like a buzzing buzzer.

Research by the University of Chicago shows that if you become a vegetarian, your annual carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by about 1.5 tons.

Residential articles

Plant a bamboo fence—

Bamboo can be a beautiful fence. Bamboo grows very fast. Some kinds of bamboo can grow 1 foot (0.3048 m) or more a day. So it can absorb more carbon dioxide than Rosaceae plants.

Most homeowners restrict bamboo because they are worried that it will grow too fast. In fact, this reduces the function of bamboo as a carbide absorbent.

Open the window—

An American produces about 25 tons of carbon dioxide every year. Most of this carbon dioxide comes from the family. How to reduce this number? There are some simple and effective methods: opening windows instead of indoor air conditioning; With air conditioning in summer, the temperature rises a few degrees slightly, and it is lower in winter; Block the doors and windows tightly; The walls and ceiling are insulated; Wait until the dishwasher is full before washing; Install small-flow shower heads; Wash clothes with warm or cold water; Turn down the thermostat on the water heater. In this way, by the end of the year, your house will only emit 4000 pounds (18 14.4 kg) of carbon dioxide.

Life articles

Install energy-saving lamps—

The most popular energy-saving master in the family is the non-compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). This small fluorescent lamp was born in the mid-1990s. Although it is 3 to 5 times more expensive than ordinary incandescent bulbs, it consumes only a quarter of the electricity and its service life can generally reach several years. In addition, the compact fluorescent lamp has another advantage, it will not blink at the moment of opening.

Refuse to use plastic bags—

Plastic shopping bags in supermarkets are usually buried as garbage in the end. More than 500 billion plastic bags are consumed worldwide every year, of which less than 3% can be recycled.

Plastic bags are all made of polyethylene, which will take thousands of years to biodegrade after being buried, and during this period, harmful greenhouse gases will be generated.

The way to reduce the pollution of plastic bags is to use cloth bags or bags made of decomposable plant materials instead. Don't forget to bring your bag when you go to the grocery store next time.

Hold a green wedding-

On the wedding day, you can't stop global warming, but you can choose to reduce carbon emissions. No matter where the celebration is held, you can buy local red wine or beer, customize wedding cakes from local cake shops, replace imported flowers with seasonal flowers, wear rented dresses and use recycled paper ... all these can reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

This is your wedding gift to this planet.