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Climate Change
Last modified: September 11, 2009 - 11:56 AM
Things we can do to help Climate Change
Your Home
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Take shorter showers
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Wash clothes in cold or warm water
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Avoid products with a lot of packaging
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle your house hold waste
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Compost food scraps & grow your own greens
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Calculate the carbon footprint of your home
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Choose energy efficient white goods
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Turn off electrontic devises when not using them
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Replace standard light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs
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Integrate passive solar design features into building plans
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Install solar hot water heating and AAA rated showerheads
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Utilise curtains, double glazing and eaves for household temperature control
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Move your thermostat 2 degrees down in winter and up 2 degrees in summer
Your car
- Drive less. Walk, bike, carpool ot take public transport more often
- Consider hybrid technology in your next car
Your workplace
- Suggest a workplace carbon audit or footprint analysis
- Turn off the lights when you leave
- Use resources wisely
Learning more and keeping active, expend energy instead of using it.
Check out
Contact details
Wingecarribee Shire Council
02 48680888 (ph)
02 48691203 (fax)
wscmail@wsc.nsw.gov.au
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