Each of us can make a difference in controlling carbon emissions by modifying habits of our daily lives. From changing our diets to composting our waste, to changing our light bulbs, to using renewable sources of electricity, we can have a significant collective impact.
We’ve known for some time that meat production puts huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Recent innovations permit us to enjoy the experience of meat consumption through plant based substitutes. The Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger are two examples that are becoming more widely available.
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Compost Now provides a bin and accepts pizza boxes, coffee grounds and filters, paper products, and all food scraps including meat bones and diary. They will pick up the full bin, replace it with an empty bin, and tell you the weight of your waste reduction. Your “share” of composted material is returned to you.
The Duke Energy site determines your eligibility for a shipment of free LED bulbs by your location and then requests account information. After the transaction is completed, the site will direct you to an online store to order additional products.
Arcadia Energy will match 50% of your energy use with wind energy certificates for free. For $10.00 per month, they will match 100% of your energy use with those certificates. Essentially, a certificate indicates that one megawatt hour of electricity has been generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a wind energy source.
Project Sunroof from Google has a web site that will present an aerial view of your home with estimated yearly hours of sunlight, a preliminary evaluation of suitability of your roof, and an option to get further information and to search for providers. With current tax credits, the cost is not as prohibitive as it has been.
There are numerous additional lifestyle modifications that include raising home cooling temperatures and lowering home heating temperatures, lowering water consumption(OWASA smart meters permit users to monitor water usage by the hour), minimizing automobile engine idle time, using re-usable shopping bags, increasing the tree canopy
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