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ten tips
1. Change a light Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 67,5 kg of carbon dioxide a year.
2. Drive less
Walk, bike or take public transit more often. You'll save 300g of carbon dioxide for every kilometer you don't drive!
3. Recycle more
You can save 1,080 kg of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of hour household waste.
4.Check your tires
Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3% Every liters of petrol saved keeps 2,4 kg of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!
5. Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (157 kg of C02 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (225 kg saved per year).
6. Avoid products with a lot of packaging
You can save 540 kg of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
7. Adjust your thermostat
Moving your thermostat down 2 degrees could save about 900 kg of carbon dioxide a year.
8. Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
9. Turn off electronic devices
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, laptop and stereo when you're not using them will save hundreds of kg of carbon dioxide a year.
10. Cancel your emissions with co2logic and spread the word
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