Notecard - How To End Global Warming

How To End Global Warming

Text: Guy Dauncey and SCW©2003

A blueprint (complete with coffee ring stain!) for people and institutions seeking practical ways to cool the climate. Revised text 2007.

Get excited about an energy revolution
Visualize our Earth from space
Know that it's fragile
MAKE YOUR HOME ENERGY EFFICIENT
Don't drive, unless you have to
Walk more*Cycle more*Skate more
Switch to energy star appliances
Turn off lights when you leave a room
Avoid drive-thrus
Install Solar Panels...They Work
Build political will for local change
DEMAND BETTER MASS TRANSIT
Use buses, trains, and trams
Share cars*Carpool
Avoid fast food*Eat Less Meat
Share what you have*Buy Less Stuff
Reuse before you Recycle
Dig up the concrete
PLANT TREES*SAVE FORESTS
Buy eco-certified or re-used timber
Put your hot water heater on a timer
EAT LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC FOOD
Don't fly, unless you have to
Support climate friendly politicians
Support neighborhood businesses
Take Pride in being Resourceful
Put on a sweater
Turn off the air conditioner
Buy tree-free or post-consumer paper
Use a clothesline instead of a dryer
Dream of a solar-hydrogen economy
Close down coal-burning power plants
BUY GREEN ENERGY
Slow down* Find your voice
DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE AUTO
AND OIL COMPANIES SAY
Support the Kyoto Protocol
Demand Strict Emission Controls
And Fuel Efficiency
On All Vehicles
Kiss the carbon years goodbye
Our world will be whole
And Healed Tomorrow
If We Pay Attention Today.