Change your light bulbs to LEDs or (less preferred) CFLs; you will save money on your electricity bill and reduce CO2 emissions that cause climate change.

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Led light bulbs do the least environmental harm

Lightbulbs FAQs

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Can you switch to a 100% renewable power provider within the month?

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Most electric power comes from burning fossil fuels, which produce greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. By seeking a renewable energy provider and reducing your electric consumption you greatly contribute to mitigating climate change. 

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The meat industry is one of the biggest contributors to world deforestation, as forests are cut to graze cattle and for land to grow livestock feed; in turn deforestation causes soil erosion and flashfloods. Eliminate or reduce your meat consumption to help stopping deforestation.

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Eat less meat to fight deforestation

Demand for beef speeds up destruction of Amazon forest

An opinion on the global impact of meat consumption

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Deforestation increases transmission and epidemics from vector-borne diseases. To minimize deforestation, reduce, reuse and recycle, and encourage other people to do the same.

See also: Link between Malaria epidemics and rainforest destruction in the Peruvian amazon , The 3 R's

Restore damaged ecosystems.

With more deforestation, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, contributing to climate change. Help restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees, and consider giving live trees as gifts.

Global deforestation: contribution to atmospheric carbon dioxide

Tropical forests and atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

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