Reach out to homeless shelters to find out what types of cleaning products they may need and offer to purchase “green cleaning” products to help reduce exposure to chemicals for those living in poverty.…
If you cut five servings a week of dairy, you can save 0.3 tons.…
If you cut five servings a week of fats, oils, sugar, and processed foods, you can save 0.5 tons.…
If you cut five servings a week of poultry and eggs, you can save 0.5 tons.…
The biggest lever to cut food emissions is to stop producing more food than we need. The United Nations estimates that the annual carbon footprint of global food waste is 4.4 gigatons of CO2 Americans, specifically, waste about 25 …
If you cut five servings a week of processed meats and nuts, you can save 0.7 tons…
If you cut five servings a week of beef, pork or lamb, you can save 1.0 ton.…
If you plant 5 trees in your yard, you can save 0.3 tons of CO2 emissions. (Assumptions: Some of the savings come from reduced AC as the result of shade from the trees.)…
If you install low-flow showerheads, you can save 0.2 tons of CO2 emissions (Assumption: Household takes 2 showers per day for eight minutes each, savings come from heating water)…
If you put your desktop computer in sleep mode nights and weekends and turn off monitor during those times, you can save 0.2 tons of CO2 emissions. (Assumption: Remember to do this 50% of the time)…