Save water- Flush less

For cleanng up 50 ml of urine we dispose nealy 3 to 5 litres of water. Is it a right way. Use less water.

Shut down your computer properly

Yes, we know. It takes about 15 minutes, and it's as boring as listening to the weather forecast in Danish.

But it makes a huge difference.

If we all shut down our computers properly for a year, we'd undo all the damage that George Bush does in one typical morning.

Now, that may make you feel a bit defeatist.

(And frankly there's so much defeatism around, it just makes you want to give up.)

But we've got to start somewhere.

The journey of a thousand steps begins with pulling on your trainers and saying
'A thousand steps, huh? Is that like going to the station and back or is it longer than that?'

FYI: One computer left on all day results in the emission of 1,500 pounds of carbon dioxide in a year. It would take 100 to 500 trees to absorb that amount of extra carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.diykyoto.com
www.est.org.uk
www.good-energy.co.uk
www.greenenergy.uk.com
www.foe.org
www.foe-scotland.org.uk

Try a job swap

Everybody always thinks someone else has got a cushier job than them.

So why not try it?

Job swaps encourage empathy and bonding.

And they're surprisingly easy to organise.

I've got first bags on the guy who oils up the models on Hawaiian Tropic film shoots.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/pdf/LAW2004/jobswaps.pdf
www.jobsharepartners.com
tinyurl.com/z974y
tinyurl.com/keb4m

Share your lunch with someone

That's it really. A simple, good idea.

As they say in the ads, it does exactly what it says on the tin.

Although if you are eating your lunch out of a tin, you may find a limited number of people willing to share it with you.

Cats, yes. People, less so.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.abel-cole.co.uk
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk
www.sandwichesonline.org.uk

Take breaks

Stress is infectious. If you get stressed out, you'll pass it on to someone else.

(Stress is like pass the parcel. Which is a pretty stressful game in itself. Especially if you work in MI5 security.)

So if you can avoid getting stressed out, you stop the vicious circle starting.

And the best way to do this is to take breaks.

You know all those books in the self-help section called things like 'Don't Sweat the Chicken Soup'?

We're gonna save you time and money now. They all tell you to - stop, take a deep breath, count to ten. Most times, you'll realise that the problem you're facing is something you've faced before or something that isn't gonna kill you this time.

Now you can bypass the self-help section completely.

FYI: The average British lunch 'hour' is now just 27 minutes.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.slowlondon.com
www.employersforwork-lifebalance.org.uk
www.doh.gov.uk
www.irishhealth.ie

Pass this book around

As a business idea, this has to be one of the worst. But here we are, asking you to pass on this book to a friend, rather than telling said friend to fork out for it.

Why?

Because frankly there are more important things than the bottom line. ('Does my bottom line look big in this?')

And we'd rather people shared things.

In fact, we like this idea so much that we're gonna give away pristine new copies of this book to anyone who can send theirs in, with signatures from 20 people who have read the book and then passed it on.

And anyone who thought -'I could always cheat and forge 20 signatures' - well, honestly.

Shame on you.

FYI: Find out how to exchange your old, well-thumbed book for a lovely, crisp new one at www.wearewhatwedo.org

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.bookcrossing.org
www.bookhopper.com
www.bookrelay.com

Make a radio request for the person opposite you

Even if your workplace is in Norwich and the DJ is Alan Partridge.
Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.radiotimes.com/radio
www.virginradio.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
www.98fm.ie
www.rte.ie
www.todayfm.com

Speak rather than email

It's nicer.

It's also better to see someone's reaction for real.

Plus, there's another reason.
It's also because your boss can read all your emails.

Didn't you know this?

Why do you think he was looking at you so weirdly last Tuesday?

He KNOWS what you want to do with the office junior and a tub of low-fat yogurt.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.noemailday.com

Remember people's names

It's so much more courteous than going
'Hello, whatchamacallit. Have you met Buggerlugs?'

For tips on how to do this - which is kind of step one in office etiquette, if you think about it - go to mindtools.com.

I think that's the name of the site, anyway. It might be Frank or something beginning with L.

FYI: Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanfsquatsiuty Williams is the proud owner of the longest name appearing on a birth certificate.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.mind-map.com
www.behindthename.com

Praise people

'You're looking damned good today, CJ.'

'Great idea you had for the frozen fish client, Susan.'

'I'm so glad you're part of this meeting, Brian. You always make meetings come alive.'

That's the sort of thing. Now, practise sounding like you mean it. Because unfortunately in this country, praising someone else tends to sound like you're really a born-again Canadian who's won the Lottery and spent all the money going on motivational courses.

But it's worth persevering, because it makes everybody work better and it makes the workplace a whole lot happier.

For instance, I told the person who came up with this action how much I liked it.

They said how much they appreciated my views.

We both felt a little more grrrrrrr than we had before.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.mcween.com/ur-trueblue
www.complimentday.com

Pull the plug on mobile phone chargers

Your mobile phone charger is more powerful than it looks.

And 95% of the energy used by the phone chargers in this country is wasted.
They're only doing their job - i.e. charging phones - for 5% of the time.

By comparison with this figure, the average 'it' girl is a crazed workaholic.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.dynamicdemand.co.uk
www.suncharger.co.uk
www.wasteonline.org.uk
www.mwea.org.uk
www.ecocentre.org.uk
www.renewscotland.org

Enjoy a Fairtrade brew

Fairtrade are the good guys. If they were in an oldfashioned cowboy movie, they'd be wearing white hats.
If they were in a modern-day Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, they wouldn't be in the film at all, because it would be a
bloody awful film. But maybe they'd be behind the camera -in fact they'd probably be doing the catering.
Because that's what they do,
after all.

In the UK, we drink 31 billion cups of coffee every year.

And Fairtrade do other stuff.

Like chocolate and bananas.

Mmmmmm.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

FYI: Keep an eye out when shopping for other eco-friendly labels such as the Marine Stewardship Association, Soil Association and anything Organic.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.fairtrade.org.uk
www.clipper-teas.com
www.leafshop.co.uk
www.fairtrade.ie
www.walesfairtradeforum.org.uk
www.cafedirect.co.uk
www.hampsteadtea.com

Start a car pool

We think it was Keith Moon who drove a car into a pool.
But that's not what we mean at all.

No. Let's be absolutely clear on that before we go any further.

What we're suggesting is that you help the environment and make life a bit friendlier by figuring out how to share lifts to and from work.

Liftshare.com is a website which helps people find drivers and passengers online.

Who knows. You might find some new friends while saving the planet. That's like helping two wounded birds with one bandage.

FYI: Every day 10 million seats go empty on the road.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.shareacar.com
www.liftshare.com
www.carplus.org.uk
www.carsharewales.com
www.changeyourworld.org.uk

Use a biro from start to finish

People throw things away too easily. They throw away their charming childhood illusions. Their talent. Their
friendships. Their marriages.

But more important than all these things are their biros. (Well, maybe we're exaggerating a little bit, to make a point.)

A plastic pen in landfill will still be there in 50,000 years. This is not a lot of use to anybody. Unless you imagine that in 50,000 years' time, the world will be populated by super-intelligent beings who have managed to solve all the problems afflicting the human race.

Except that they keep forgetting to bring a biro with them.

FYI: Daily worldwide sales figures of biros exceed 14 million pens.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.epenz.co.nz
www.remarkable.co.uk
www.envocare.co.uk
www.scotlink.org
www.wascot.org.uk

Don't be an ideas killer

At Unilever they have an approach they call 'Build' -i.e. build on what other people say, don't knock it down.

Helpful ways to do this do NOT include the following:

'I think what Brian meant to say is this...'

'Great idea. Unfortunately, when Smallbottles tried it, it bankrupted them...'

or

'I love it. But what do I know? I'm as mad as a lorry.'

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.globalideasbank.org
www.halfbakery.com
www.tiptheplanet.com

Recycle waste paper

There is no 'away' - that is a profound thought. Someone like Chris Martin should turn that line into an album title and before you know it, they'd have a huge hit on their hands and be able to fly away to the Bahamas.

But when it comes to rubbish, there really ISN'T any 'away'.

We think it disappears into thin air, like a dove in a Paul Daniels magic trick.

But it doesn't. It doesn't go to the evil planet Zog or into a little clearing in the woods where Dusty Bin plays leapfrog with Ted Rogers all day long.

It sticks around, for thousands of years.

By the way, in the case of Paul Daniels' disappearing dove, it goes up a hole in Paul's... ah, now that would be telling.

FYI: Every year we need a forest the size of Wales to provide all of the paper we use in Britain.
Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.

www.thelaundry.biz
www.paper-round.co.uk
www.recycle-more.co.uk
www.recyclenow.com
www.greenwire.com
www.letsrecycle.com

Find out where your lunch has come from

The average kiwi fruit flown in from New Zealand travels 12,000 miles to be part of your lunch.

And, according to the experts, that kiwi fruit creates five times its own weight in greenhouse gases, getting here.

Which might lead you to imagine that the little fruit spent the entire trip farting.

(As quite a lot of people do on planes. And most of them are oblivious to the fact, because they're wearing huge ear-phones.)

But in fact it's just because of the fuel employed in getting the fruit here.

Still... if the image of a farting kiwi fruit makes you think twice about eating stuff flown in out of season, maybe it's a useful one.
Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.

www.eattheseasons.co.uk
www.goodfoodpages.co.uk
www.bigbarn.co.uk
www.soilassociation.org
www.localfoodworks.org
www.organicfood.co.uk
www.lembas.co.uk
www.suma.co.uk
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk
www.organicwales.com

Recycle your printer cartridges

We're serious. It's a lot easier than you'd think.

Go to actionaidrecycling.org.uk and you can find out all about it.

Of course, we wouldn't need printer cartridges at all, if those predictions from a few years back of 'the paper-free office', had come true.

Who was making those predictions?

Was it someone who was drunk?

Was it TV astrologer Russell Grant?

If so, Russell darling, you were clearly communicating via Uranus.

Take action
If you like the action, why not give it a go? We don't want you to spend hours trying to find out how to get started on each action, so we've got some ideas here.
www.ecoprint.org.uk
www.collect4school.co.uk
www.recyclingappeal.com
www.actionaidrecycling.org.uk
www.childrenhospital.ie

What is happening to Mother earth?

Over 100 years ago, people worldwide began burning more coal and oil for homes, factories, and transportation. Burning these fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These added greenhouses gases have caused Earth to warm more quickly than it has in the past.

How much warming has happened? Scientists from around the world with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tell us that during the past 100 years, the world's surface air temperature increased an average of 0.6° Celsius (1.1°F). This may not sound like very much change, but even one degree can affect the Earth. Below are some effects of climate change that we see happening now.

Sea level is rising. During the 20th century, sea level rose about 15 cm (6 inches) due to melting glacier ice and expansion of warmer seawater. Models predict that sea level may rise as much as 59 cm (23 inches) during the 21st Century, threatening coastal communities, wetlands, and coral reefs.

Arctic sea ice is melting. The summer thickness of sea ice is about half of what it was in 1950. Melting ice may lead to changes in ocean circulation. Plus melting sea ice is speeding up warming in the Arctic.

Glaciers and permafrost are melting. Over the past 100 years, mountain glaciers in all areas of the world have decreased in size and so has the amount of permafrost in the Arctic. Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster too.

Sea-surface temperatures are warming. Warmer waters in the shallow oceans have contributed to the death of about a quarter of the world's coral reefs in the last few decades. Many of the coral animals died after weakened by bleaching, a process tied to warmed waters.

Heavier rainfall cause flooding in many regions. Warmer temperatures have led to more intense rainfall events in some areas. This can cause flooding.

Extreme drought is increasing. Higher temperatures cause a higher rate of evaporation and more drought in some areas of the world.

Ecosystems are changing. As temperatures warm, species may either move to a cooler habitat or die. Species that are particularly vulnerable include endangered species, coral reefs, and polar animals. Warming has also caused changes in the timing of spring events and the length of the growing season.

Hurricanes have changed in frequency and strength. There is evidence that the number of intense hurricanes has increased in the Atlantic since 1970. Scientists continue to study whether climate is the cause.

Heat waves more frequent. It is likely that heat waves have become more common in more areas of the world.
Warmer temperatures affect human health. There have been more deaths due to heat waves and more allergy attacks as the pollen season grows longer. There have also been some changes in the ranges of animals that carry disease like mosquitoes.
Seawater is becoming more acidic. Carbon dioxide dissolving into the oceans, is making seawater more acidic. There could be impacts on coral reefs and other marine life.

For more details refer to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
http://www.ageofstupid.net

Objective of this Blog!!

This blog is being created for social awareness about the Global warming, Green house gases, Pollution (land, air, water).

This blog does not only talk about the negatives but also the remedies.

Join hands for the good cause....
Yours lovingly,
Earth Lover

Change in our waters

There's been a sea change around water recently. Using less when we take our showers. Recycling more when we have our baths. Drinking tap when we’ve got a thirst on us. There are 2.6 billion people in the world without proper sanitation. Yet we leave our showers and taps gaily running and spend an extra £2 billion on branded water. Strike anyone else as a bit dappy? World Water Week affords us the perfect opportunity to turn off our taps, not sing in the shower and bin the bottle.


When you sit in the tub getting clean
The water you waste is obscene
Either share with a crowd, take a shower, find a cloud
Or find friends who don't mind poor hygiene.

Do not use your bath tub... we are not in Neolithic age