Carbon Footprint -- Begone! - a list by kayzee

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Wonder Ball

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Use in your washing machine to reduce soap & the petrochemicals that make it into the earth's water supply. "A proprietary blend of minerals and magnetics within the ball lowers the water’s surface tension, making it “wetter” so it can clean fabric fibers more deeply."

Lasts about two years or 2,000 washes. Manufacturer will recharge Wonder Ball for a fee.

Updated May 30, 2007

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Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning

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How do we save the planet before it’s too late? Monbiot is one of the very few who actually has a specific plan to reduce emissions by 90% within 30 years. If we don’t hit these numbers, if we settle for less, we’re all cooked. And believe me, our kids will point the fingers directly at us and ask us why we didn’t pay attention to people like Monbiot. (via www.southendpress.org)

Updated Jul 27, 2007

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Domestic Power Usage Monitor

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This gadget lets you monitor your electric usage in real time. It's made for the UK, but there's bound to be one for the U.S. Anyone?

Updated Jul 25, 2007

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New Wave Enviro Stainless Steel Water Bottle

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It's time to stop polluting the earth with discarded plastic bottles. Plus, most bottled water is really just municipal water that you're being ripped off for. So pack your permanent water bottle in your re-usable shopping bags, and Get Green!

Updated Jun 26, 2008

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StopGlobalWarming.org: Carbon Calculator

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We all want to stop the planet from burning up - now you can calculate the effect of the changes you're making in your lifestyle.
Also - join the virtual march to end global warming.

Updated Jul 30, 2008

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Crank Solar Powered Radio

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If you're out in the sun, 5 hours of solar gives 30 minutes of radio. Or just turn the hand crank. We should all have hand-crank or treadmill lighting, and give up our health club memberships.

Updated Aug 11, 2008

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The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

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I was reading this book today and had a revelation - I suddenly realized why we're here. (Heavy.) The earth tended to be cold, even once freezing right down to equator. Life appeared about 4 billion years ago, when a great cloud of methane was gradually replaced by oxygen, and then carbon dioxide came into the mix because of the algae and bacteria and changed the atmosphere and warmed the planet. Gaia, (as the self-regulating mother earth is known,) has nurtured creatures who nurture her. About 8000 years ago, humans began increasing carbon dioxide. That allowed the weather to remain warmish all these millenia, and for the great diversity of life that we now have to flourish. (We did that. We're amazing!) When plagues hit, such as the black plague of medieval times, "the epidemics were global in their reach and killed so many people that forests were able to grow back on deserted farmland. In the process, they absorbed CO2, lowering atmospheric concentrations by 5 to 10 parts per million. Global temperatures then fell, and periods of relative cold ensued in places such as Europe."
Wow. I've been thinking that we're nothing to Gaia, that we're behaving like parasites, killing our host, but now I realize that she wanted us here. We've just overdone it. Will we be able to step back from our carbon dioxide production ourselves, or will she have to regulate us with another plague?
Just to put the whole CO2 thing in perspective - the atmosphere of Venus is 98% CO2, and its surface temperature is 891 degrees F.
8000 years ago, the CO2 was 160 parts per million (ppm). Earth's pre-industrial high in 1800 was 280 ppm. We're now up to around 385 ppm. When we reach 500 ppm, it's all over but the burning up, all life as we know it dies, and Gaia either starts over, or, unable to cool herself (old lady that she is), she could well become a hot, dead rock, like Mars.
But we won't let that happen, will we? Will we?

Updated Aug 21, 2008

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LED Light Bulbs

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Everybody is screaming Global Warming, and yet, ALL you have to do is change all the bulbs in your house to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and voila, presto, problem solved... if every home and business did that, we'd cut electrical use in America, by 60%!!! There's no catch, plus LED manufacture, compared to how toxic compact fluorescent bulbs are... is all solid-state, easily cradle-to-cradled (look it up.) LEDs have been around for a long time, but the Utilities, the powers that be and the military kept them under wraps for decades, because they knew they would spell the end of their Electron Empire... so slay the dragon will you, invest in these... the green revolution is in your hands! Plus the guys at EarthTech Products are happy go lucky fun Long Island types who need the money to host wild beach parties! (via EarthTech Products)

Updated Aug 17, 2007

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