What can I do to care for God’s creation and reduce my energy consumption?
- Join Presbyterians for Restoring Creation: http://www.prcweb.org/index.cfm
- Visit these websites to learn how small steps can make a big difference:
- Carbon Conscious Consumer (C3) is a national climate campaign sponsored by the Center for a New American Dream that challenges individuals to establish climate-friendly daily habits and inspire their friends to do the same
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Simple Steps
- The Stop Global Warming calculator shows you how much carbon dioxide you can prevent from being released into the atmosphere and how much money you can save by making some small changes in your daily life
- Find out how much carbon you are contributing to the environment, and compare your impact to that of people in other countries:
- Change the way you drive – adopt fuel-saving habits, and consider energy efficiency the next time you purchase a car:
- Look for the “Energy Star” label when you are:
- Shopping for lighting, office equipment, appliances, or home electronics
- Installing any heating or cooling system; or
- Building or improving a home
- Purchase “carbon offsets” to neutralize your negative impact on the environment:
- Shop green.
- Find out what happens to all that garbage: The Story of Stuff
- Put your investment dollars to work for the environment: http://www.coopamerica.org/socialinvesting/
- Become an advocate for energy efficiency and taking care of the earth:
- Buy locally grown food. Most produce grown in the United States travels an average of 1,500 miles before it gets sold. http://www.nrdc.org/health/foodmiles/default.asp
