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Global Warming is a dramatically urgent and serious problem. We don't need to wait for governments to find a solution for this problem: each individual can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle: starting from little, everyday things. It's the only reasonable way to save our planet, before it is too late.

Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of these ideas are at no cost, some other require a little effort or investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term!

1. Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)
CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

2. Install a programmable thermostat
Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 a year on your energy bill.

3. Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer
Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

4. Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner
Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

5. Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases
Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.

6. Do not leave appliances on standby
Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

7. Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket
You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.

8. Move your fridge and freezer
Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.

9. Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly
Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

10. Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period
When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.

11. Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing
This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.

12. Get a home energy audit
Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.

13. Cover your pots while cooking
Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!

14. Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full
If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.

15. Take a shower instead of a bath
A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximise the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.

16. Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.

17. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible
You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.

18. Insulate and weatherize your home
Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.

19. Be sure you’re recycling at home
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.

20. Recycle your organic waste
Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing bio-degradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul.

21. Buy intelligently
One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.

22. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can
You will also cut down on waste production and energy use... another help against global warming.

23. Reuse your shopping bag
When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.

24. Reduce waste
Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.

25. Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership.

26. Switch to green power
In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don't use for yourself.

27. Buy locally grown and produced foods
The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.

28. Buy fresh foods instead of frozen
Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.

29. Seek out and support local farmers markets
They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. Seek farmer’s markets in your area, and go for them.

30. Buy organic foods as much as possible
Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!

31. Eat less meat
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.

32. Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible
Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.

33. Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates
Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year. eRideShare.com runs a free service connecting north american commuters and travelers.

34. Don't leave an empty roof rack on your car
This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight - removing it is a better idea.

35. Keep your car tuned up
Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.

36. Drive carefully and do not waste fuel
You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car mantainance.

37. Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated
Proper tire inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!

38. When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle
You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid! You can find information on fuel efficiency on FuelEconomy and on GreenCars websites.

39. Try car sharing
Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance. Many companies – such as Flexcar - offer low emission or hybrid cars too! Also, see ZipCar.

40. Try telecommuting from home
Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week. For more information, check out the Telework Coalition.

41. Fly less
Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel carbon emissions by investingin renewable energy projects.

42. Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions
You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.

43. Join the virtual march
The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort to bring people concerned about global warming together in one place. Add your voice to the hundreds of thousands of other people urging action on this issue.

44. Encourage the switch to renewable energy
Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them. U.S. citizens, take action to break down those barriers with Vote Solar.

45. Protect and conserve forest worldwide
Forests play a critial role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Conservation International has more information on saving forests from global warming.

46. Consider the impact of your investments
If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming. Check out SocialInvest and Ceres to can learn more about how to ensure your money is being invested in companies, products and projects that address issues related to climate change.

47. Make your city cool
Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation. If you're in the U.S., join the cool cities list.

48. Tell Congress to act
The McCain Lieberman Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act would set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it.

49. Make sure your voice is heard!
Americans must have a stronger commitment from their government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Get the facts about U.S. politicians and candidates at Project Vote Smart and The League of Conservation Voters. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!

50. Share this list!
Send this page via e-mail to your friends! Spread this list worldwide and help people doing their part: the more people you will manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action on first person too)!

If you like, you are free to republish, adapt or translate the list and post it in your blog, website or forum as long as you give us credit with a link to the original source.
Thank you.

Reference: http://globalwarming-facts.info/50-tips.html
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中文版　(來自於:http://www.wretch.cc/blog/blueandpink&article_id=8715527)

1. 用螢光燈泡或省電燈泡換掉傳統的白熾燈燈泡，螢光燈泡較傳統燈泡省電60%。

2. 裝設具有可調整的恆溫器，使冷暖氣機可依照溫度變化調整其出風量。

3. 冬天時將暖氣機的溫度調低2度；夏天時冷氣機的溫度調高2度。

4. 清洗或汰換冷暖氣機的過濾網。

5. 若需要採購新家電，選擇具有省電能源標章的家電用品。台灣有節能標章，經濟部能源局彙整了節能產品資訊在以下網址: http://www.energylabel.org.tw/purchasing/product/list.asp

6. 家電用品不用的時候，應完全關掉，而盡量不用「待機中(standby)」的選項。

7. 用隔熱布包裹燒水壺。(國內普遍使用的是舉有保溫效果的熱水瓶，國外比較少用保溫效果的熱水瓶，所以才建議用隔熱布包裹，減緩熱度下降的速度)

8. 若電冰箱放置在熱源旁，如瓦斯爐、廚房內，移至空曠或離開熱源較遠的空間。

9. 若使用舊型電冰箱，應定期解凍。未來採購新電冰箱時，選擇具有自動解凍循環裝置的機型。

10. 無論是開冷氣或暖氣時，盡量不要讓冷氣或熱氣外漏。若有必要開窗戶透氣，可增加開窗的頻率，但每次開窗時間維持幾分鐘即可。(原文只有提到暖氣，應是國外比較通用暖氣的情境)

11. 使用雙層窗戶。(此點也是比較通用於氣候較冷，需要使用暖氣的情境)

12. 進行能源稽核。

13. 煮飯、炒菜、煮湯、燒開水時，將鍋蓋蓋上。最好使用如壓力鍋、悶燒鍋等結省瓦斯的廚具。

14. 無論是使用洗衣機或洗碗機，只在滿載的時機使用。若未裝滿必要使用時，利用機器的半滿或節約模式。

15. 以淋浴取代泡浴，不用出水量大或者強而用流量較小的蓮蓬頭。

16. 少用熱水，如用溫水洗衣服、洗澡。使冷水變熱水是非常消耗能源的。

17. 以晾衣服取代烘衣機。

18. 家庭的牆面或天花板使用具有隔熱效果的材質。

19. 在家就落實資源回收，台灣有關於資源回收的方式可參考行政院環保署基管會資源回收網︰http://recycle.epa.gov.tw/

20. 廚餘回收。

21. 買大瓶、用回收紙。1個1.5公升的飲料塑膠瓶製作所消耗的能源比3個0.5公升的瓶子；製作回收紙也比製作一般紙張要節省能源約7-9成。

22. 選購不過度包裝的產品，購買產品的補充包(如洗衣粉、洗髮精、洗碗精、咖啡等)。

23. 重複使用購物取得的塑膠袋或使用環保購物袋。

24. 若可以，使用可回收的餐盒、或甚至帶自己的可重複使用餐盒到外頭用餐。

25. 種棵樹或小植物。一棵樹在其生命週期中可以吸收約1噸的二氧化碳

26. 使用綠色能源，如風力與太陽能。(在台灣，目前適合家庭使用的風力或太陽能源產品尚未普及，未來會持續關注相關的報導與發展；國外的相關網站有Green Power Network )

27. 多買當地生長與製造的食品。以美國人每日的用餐情況為例，其食材平均得從約1,200哩遠的產地運送至餐盤中，多選購當地的食材可降低運送所需的能源，並且活絡產地的經濟力。

28. 選購新鮮食品取代冷凍食品，因為冷凍食品在生產過程中需要10倍的能源。

29. 當地傳統市場中採購食品。

30. 儘可能地選購有機食品。和一般泥土比較，有機泥土可吸收及儲存更多的二氧化碳。若全世界的黃豆和玉米都採有機泥土栽種，可減少大氣層中5,800億噸的二氧化碳。

31. 少吃肉。甲烷是第二大溫室氣體，而牛隻則是全球對大的甲烷排放者。

32. 降低開車次數，儘可能地走路、騎單車、多人共乘、搭乘大眾運輸工具。若每週少開10哩(約16公里)的車，每年可減少500磅(約227公斤)的二氧化碳排放量。

33. 和同事或同學共乘上下班(學)。

34. 沒有使用車頂置物架時，將其拿下；車頂置物架會產生風阻並增加車子重量，這些都會消耗汽油並且產生額外10%的二氧化碳量。

35. 定期保養車輛。

36. 養成良好的開車習慣，可省油也可讓車子開得更久，例如選擇適當的檔速、不隨意踩油門、車子不動的時間超過1分鐘時就熄火等。

37. 每週檢查汽車輪胎確保其充氣狀況，適當的輪胎充氣狀態可讓車子的用油效率提高3%。

38. 若需要買新車時，選購省油車款。

39. 需要車子又不想買車時，嘗試租車。

40. 若可以，在家遠距上班。

41. 少搭飛機，少些出國差旅。

42. 鼓勵同事或同學一起減少二氧化碳消耗。

43. 參與網路上的虛擬保護地球活動。

44. 鼓勵使用可重複使用的能源，如太陽能、風能或生物質量(biomass)能源*。*國科會化學中心的解釋，生物質量(biomass)是指各種有機體的整體質量，亦即太陽能經由光合作用以化學能的形式貯存於生物體中的一種能量形式。因為燃燒生物物質可釋放出熱能，甚至將這些熱能用以推動發電產生電力，所以這些貯存於動植物或動物代謝物的化學能量，稱之為生質能。

45. 保護與保存森林。森林會保存碳，當樹木被燒或者砍下時，其所儲存的碳會釋放到大氣層中。

46. 若要投資錢在公司、商品、企劃案之前先三思，這樣的投資結果是否會造成全球暖化?

47. 讓你居住的城市參與像是推動停止地球暖化的活動，例如在美國有194個城市(約4千萬個居民)參與了美國市長氣候保護協議(U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement)。

48. 告訴你的國會議員針對全球暖化採取行動。

49. 確保你對環境保護的關切與期望聲音被政府聽到!

50. 分享這份清單讓更多的人知道。