{"id":593,"date":"2010-04-27T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2010\/04\/27\/my-blog-is-carbon-neutral-a-2010-earth-day-initiative\/"},"modified":"2014-10-03T18:20:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:20:53","slug":"my-blog-is-carbon-neutral-a-2010-earth-day-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2010\/04\/my-blog-is-carbon-neutral-a-2010-earth-day-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"My blog is carbon-neutral! (A 2010 Earth Day Initiative)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earth Day<\/span><\/b> is celebrated at the United Nations each year on the first day of Spring. This year it falls on April 22, 2010. Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. With rising carbon emissions, environmental pollutions, devastations of ecosystems, climate change, our Mother Earth is crying out for help. Earth Day creates an awareness for people to reflect about what we are doing to the environment and how we can protect it. <\/div>\n
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We can all do our part to Save the Earth in 5 practical ways:<\/p>\n

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1. Use Less Water<\/span><\/b>:<\/span><\/span> Take showers instead of baths, fix leaks, and turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.  You can also request for a Water-Saving Kit<\/span><\/a><\/i><\/b> from PUB (Singapore’s  National Water Agency) here<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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2. Save Electricity<\/span><\/b>:<\/span> Make conscious effort to turn swtiches off when you\u2019re done, buy products that are certified Energy Consumption Efficient (e.g. Refrigerators), replace your bulbs to energy-saving ones and try to reduce the reliance on Air-Conditioners on cool nights.<\/div>\n
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3. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle<\/b><\/span>:<\/span> Try to find products with less packaging, use reusable bags on shopping trips (or find altenative uses for your plastic bags which you bring home). Creatively reuse other products (e.g. milk cartons, chocolate\/candy containers), and recycle what’s left. Donate your unwanted but usable items to The Salvation Army<\/span><\/b><\/a> thrift stores. <\/div>\n
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4. Commute without Polluting<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>  Leave your car at home and walk every chance you get. As you go along, pay attention to the life around you – birds, insects, trees, flowers, even the plants we call weeds. If it’s not possible to walk, use public transportation, carpool, or bike to reduce air pollution and save on fuel costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
5. Spread the word<\/span><\/b>:<\/span> Teach others where you work or go to school. Encourage people to Pick 5 for the Environment!<\/div>\n
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A German organisation is pledging to plant a single tree for each blog domain submitted to neutralise the carbon dioxide emissions generated by our blogs (I didn’t realise that traffic generated by websites emit CO2 too!)  One tree will be planted  in Plumas National Forest, USA for each of the first 750 blogs participating in the “My blog is CO2-neutral” campaign.  To find out how you too can join this note-worthy cause, check out its official website here: “My blog is CO2-neutral!” <\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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