This year i want save money on buying some products and not use so much food. i want to use less water too.

This year my New Year's resolution is to make a differance in the fight against global warming. I don't just mean using compact floresent lightbulbs and having a compost pile, I mean like helping to get som laws made against cars like Hummers and laws against non renewable energy sources.

I'm living in an area where there's hardly any from of devastating industrialization. I also travel by public transport 100% of the time. I made it my duty to change out all my bulbs to energy saving ones during the Christmas season. The regular light bulbs I had installed before were 75 watts the new ones are only 15 watts. I am yet to get my new light bill to see the difference.

A group of us in the downtown San Jose neighborhoods have evaluated several solar vendors and negotiated a group discount for our community. We are going solar and taking as many of our neighbors with us as we can! There so much about this that is exciting, but one of them is that the vendors we selected offers a power purchase agreement (PPA) option, an option more typically employed by large businesses like Walmart and Costco. This is going to make solar more affordable for more people and make it easier to own, as the company guarantees power production for 20 years. We just announced our kick off meeting and already the phones are ringing off the hooks. Our goal is 50 homes, but I hope we blow right by it. We are designing a huge count tracking sign to put on our house to track our progress. To learn more check out sanjosesolar.blogspot.com. We would love to inspire other communities to take this approach.

All the best,
Joe

I bought a ngv(natural gas vehicle) civic honda

next month the solar panels will be put on my roof. Al Gore did you do that

How do we off set flying plant trees?

My husband and I now recycle our trash and have changed out our light bulbs with energy smart bulbs. We've agreed keep the thermostat at 68 even though it can get pretty cold where we live. My employer agreed to have recycling bins throughout the building.

Thanks for leading the charge!!

Clare

I am doing a lot of road by car for business with little possibility to do otherwise. I decided to reduce my speed of 10 km to save energy. Pierre

Hello I need help ................. I'm from Ecuador , here in my country anybody do something to care the nature please support me

This year one of my resolutions was to post a blog each week about what individuals can do to better the environment. I know much of this will be recycled bits, but my main target is friends and family that subscribe to my feed. Check it out at http://blog.susanandallen.com and let me know what you think.

I had a big house and now I have a small house near a village where I can walk most places I need to go without using my car. I am praying for America's very smart young people to come up with the ideal electric auto and for wind power, geo power and other power usage rather than the costly oil and gas power. I have faith the younger generation will have the answer.

Since the hurricanes in Florida have destroyed our orange,lemon and palm trees, we have begun replacing them which we otherwise wouldn't have done. I talked my neighbor into adding a fruit tree to her yard also which she has done. I plan on adding more trees and since I am a very active realtor I am giving my clients fruit trees as closing gifts instead of gift cards to restaurants, Visa and American Express cards. Also, we have added electric Rolsafe shutters at all of our windows and sliding doors to cut down on heating and air conditioning. These shutters have manual overrides so we can even operate the shutters manually thus eliminating the use of electricity all together. The man-doors are all high impact glass.

No more plastic bags....period! I am carrying Chico bags or canvas bags when I do all my shopping. I will no longer accept a bag from a store unless it is reusable...but my goal is to always have the bags that I already own with me. I am doing it...we all can!

What I would like to know is Waste Management company has stop taking glass. They advertise how they save the country. They claim to save tones of recyclables. Well glass weighs a lot more than most things. I talked the the billing people in Phoenix, Ar.,and they told my that it was not cost effective and it was cheaper to use raw materials. So to me saving the earth is only good if there is a prophet. It cost fuel to take my glass in so I through it in the trash. If they receive fed. money like a lot of companies that do recycling I think they should start picking up the glass again. Your comments are welcomed. Thank you.

Mr.Gore you will probly never read this.But I would like to tell you about three older women that range in age from 56 to 65, that have a dream. They are going to become earth friendly farmers, by raising earth friedly animals,natural gardens.housing made of seacontainers & or strawbale,wind power. We have fond 640acre of wilderness that is privately owned.We Need your help,developers want to buy this piece of heaven and plan to destroy it. Did I mention that wild life abounds there.Can and will you help us get a grant to buy this land.

Thank You
Bonnie

We are a small family & a member of the "Small House" organization. Our home is 830 sq. ft.To cut back on utilities, we have put in passive solar windows, extra insulation, turned Off heat in all rooms except the one we are in and put on sweaters and hats to keep our theromastat down, replace all lightbulbs w/cFL lights. WE now carpool to work, or ride a bike/walk/bus 4 days a week.
Last week I made the commitment to (as much as possible) buy only local, or within 100 miles, 90% of our food. A friend and I also are utilizing our water catchment system this year using 50 gallon honey barrels hooked up by simple hoses to each and fed off of the roof gutters.

I have already reduced my electricity and heating (natural gas) consumption by more than 10% over last year (something I wouldn't have thought possible, since it has been so unusually cold here). I have also curtailed my buying of foods that have to be flown in from Chile, or Costa Rica or Mexico, or wherever, and am now buying nearly all my food at my local Farmer's Market, where even the fish and meat are locally sourced. I have switched to cosmetics and household cleaning products that contain no petrochemicals or other toxic ingredients. Of course, these things don't just benefit the planet. They are good for my health, and I am saving money as well. Win-Win - - -

I pledge to sensitize all people who are in my reach for saving all kinds of energy and know that climate crisis is real.
Sorry for my English!!

(Spanish)

THIS ONE COMMENT HAS MORE IMPACT THAN ALL THE IDEAS PRESENTED. Please get his message out there to Al Gore to broadcast to the world right now.

We need to change by the focus inward where the intelligence exists to help beyond anything a human can create.

All of nature has the same intelligence behind it and it is a one way street.
Jesus gave credit to this for miracles.
Einstein gave credit to this for his genius that revolutionized science.
Too many others have written about it.
We are a blend of lower self and higher self and everyone needs both and the focus inward privately awakens and allows for a larger higher self blend.

Most all of mankind now only gets a trickle due to lower self dominance.

We are all Gods now and only need to focus inward to realize it. This is all Jesus said was needed, to love God first no matter the costs and forget about the comforts and possessions because they would not be there at death.

Realizing that all of nature is dependent upon the same intelligence, mankind will learn to respect it too rather than assume the right to destroy it to increase comfort levels.

Plenty of ammunition exists for Al Gore to present and not even subject to debate either.

Someone help get Al Gore this solution that needs to be implemented now ASAP.

My New Year's resolution is to stop using plastic bags when I'm shopping. My grocery store (Publix)offers mesh bags for a $1 a piece that are reusable so I bought about 6 of them and I have been using them instead of plastic bags when I go to the grocery store or any store for that matter. I decided to do this when I heard a story on NPR about the floating islands of trash out in the ocean. There are 3 that have been identified so far and each is about the size of texas. These trash islands are in international waters so no country will take responsibility for cleaning it up. Most of the trash is composed of nonbiodegradeable plastic bags like the ones we bag our groceries with... I have discovered since using the new mesh bags that they are not only sturdier than plastic-- they also hold a lot more. I can fit 2 weeks worth of groceries into 4 bags and carry it easily without fear of anything falling out or breaking. Publix also offers toilet paper and paper towels made from recycled paper;as well as organic meats and food products under the greenwise label that are the same price or just slightly higher than comparible products with pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics. I only wish they offered trash bags that were biodegradeable and/or made from recycled materials.

I want to get the rest of my freinds to start recycling and my family to STOP WASTING SO MUCH ENERGY!

i'm not the only one that should be doing it!!

I willdo what is documented to be one of the best way to help with global warming--that is, being a herbivore---- according to Michael F. jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest,eating only plant based product would eliminate the methane gas produced by cattle and their manure. The methane gas has the same impact on global warming as the carbon dioxide produced by 33 million automobiles! To calculate what dietary changes can do to decrease global warming, go to http;?www.espinet.org/EatingGreen/index.html

Thanks Al for being there.

Me:
While I use 50% train, I still use my car(s) as much. :-(

BUT:
With it I bought 5 times 60 each energy-saving lamps and on every occasion I give them out to friends, family and every hotel,.. I see where there is still inefficient lighting.
Many of them get mooved to change them all.

While I still buy million litres of diesel for our many trucks :-(
I get my colleagues going to teach all our truckers economical driving
and by now use around 50% biodiesel & plant oil from regional, non genetically modified crops.

In our cantine I get the big caterer to offer more vegetarian food (I'm veg.since age 15) and prepare their meals so tasty that the waste gets minimized.

:-)

I resolved to conserve my environment.

This year i would like to do more to help the environment. I currently recycle and compost my own house hold waste like egg shells, fruit & veg waste etc. I want to do more. I have installed a few energy light bulbs in my home.

I will aim to read more more on these kind of green websites.

I only was my clothes in cold water on the delicate cycle, and the only thing I put in a dryer are my sheets, and they go in the least warm cycle. I hang everything else, including my towels on a drying rack. Global warming is a serious threat, and we shouldn't make those who come after us pay a high price for our negligence.

I am taking out one day a week as a 'no car use day', and driving more carefully so as to use less fuel ... my Volvo is now averaging over 25mph in town, and 30mph on the road.
I am also beginning to utilize 'farmers
markets' and buying foods locally grown and organic as much as possible from my market, Whole Foods.
I am giving financial support to major environmental organization also.

I am continuing the process of replacing standard light bulbs with the more energy-efficient variety, which was last year's resolution. As each pack of standards for specific wattage empties, I buy a "coil" to place in a less-strategic part of the house (my wife disapproves of the technology). This year, I bring a cloth bag to every grocery store where I shop - which never includes the environmentally-unfriendly Wal-Mart). There are five stores, beginning with Pathmark, the company I retired from in '06. As I check the list, I either pick up what's on sale or note the cost-per-measure of each unbought item before paying and moving to the next store. Whenever possible, I use my wife's car because it uses less gas than my Jeep. The cloth bag is used at every store, with care taken to show it is empty before I fill it in front of the cashier (otherwise, one can expect security to pounce AND in my case that would mean losing the pension, possibly even if I prove innocence). Amazingly, even though this is a round-trip excursion, I never want for bags, even though the cloth bag is empty when I load the car at each stop (I keep two coolers and icers there for the perishables). At my age and income, I make changes for a better environment in a slow, determined manner, which would help if everyone tried as opposed to the few who can afford radical change. Finally, as I slowly lose weight, that reduses part of my carbon footprint, too!

this year, for Xmas, i gave gifts of one dozen cloth napkins to family and friends to encourage them to stop using paper napkins..i have been doing this for years...i further have chosen to throw "away" less things...so donating, re=using and buying things with less packaging..I put a new water filter on my refrigerator every 4 months and have majorly reduced buying bottled water..

After seeing An Inconvenient Truth and taking Al Gore's pledge, I replaced all my light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, began recycling paper, metal, & plastic and quit using paper towels and napkins. I've also thrown away all chemical cleaning products and now use "green" products.

Sylvia

my new year resolution is to be more environment friendly and spread the awareness of global warming to others.

I have been living green for years, but I always find new ways to add to what I am doing. Now that I am retired, my 2008 goals are to do a better and bigger garden and to cook more items to replace food purchased with lots of packaging.Fruit muffins will replace breakfast bars, I will make home-made crackers,yogurt,and learn to can, etc. I will purchase a few more led bulbs, add another solar panel and battery to power the computer and lights longer. I will continue to simplify my life and get rid of stuff I don't need by freecycling or giving to charity. I will pursue the idea of starting a green co-op in our community.

My New Year’s resolution is to continue to spread the word about what individuals can do to better the environment. I alredady start at home and at the office. I gave all my friends at the office a green bag!!!! for XMAS!!!
Ivette

I replaced all almost all my light fixtures with florescent bulbs.

I purchased a programable thermostat.

I really just have one resolution: to take my father's advice on life more often ;) but that aside, I'm pledging to walk everywhere I ned to as much as I possibly can.

As a vegetarian, I've been eating a lot of cheese for protein. This year, I resolve to replace that with organic tofu and nuts. I believe that will be greener, using plant products, rather than the animal product. Besides, I'm helping myself to less saturated fat.

We have reduced our paper towel and paper guest towel use by purchasing packages of wash clothes. In the powder room we make a basket of nicely rolled up wash clothes placed by the sink. Nearby on the floor is another basket to place the used wash clothes. We are using wash clothes to clean the dogs face after she eats and drinks. We have also started using seventh generation 100% recycled toilet paper. It is made much better now than about 20 years ago when we first tried it. I just learned about a company that is making doggie poop bags out of corn and they are biodegradable.

I bought all our friends reusable grocery bags as Christmas presents. If I forget my reusable bags in the car when I'm shopping, I don't let the bagger use paper or plastic - I run out to my car to get my ecobags. By now, I usually remember to bring them into the store with me. All our lights are now the new low energy kind. I use the air dry feature on the dishwasher instead of heat dry. I drive two fewer days/week. We use tupperware instead of baggies to avoid using plastic. www.ecobags.com is a great website!

We only use cloth bags (we bought for 50 cents a piece for groceries, drug store item, and any thing we buy. We also are limited because we live in a condo complex. But the complex is watering half as long. I never buy bottled water anymore...hate the plastic...recycling, wish I could do more...

Last year I switched all the lights to fluorescent ones, bought an electric scooter and planned a conversion for my motorcycle.

In 2008 I want to:
1) Finish my motorcycle and have it all electric;
2) Hopefully convert a car to electric;
3) Try to make laws pass to fight global warming,;
4) Serve as a Park ranger in California's National park;
5) Buy a small property and put wind mills and solar panels on it so as to generate current for my house and sell the rest to electric companies;
6) finish my electric scooter website;
7) and, of course, keep on planting trees!

These are my resolutions for 2008!
Marco G.

The sad truth is I have been doing most of the things recommended since I was ten (1954), and I don't quite know where to go from here. But I can assure anybody listening that it is pretty easy to turn off the lights (fan, TV, what-have-you) when you leave the room, you can get quite clean in a ninety-second shower, and there is nothing tacky about hanging your laundry out to dry, or even indoors in the winter.

We formed a study group about water last fall, and decided to replace our small lawn with drought tolerant, mostly native plants that feed and shelter pollinators. This spring our study group focuses on trash, with a goal of meeting our city's goal of zero waste.

My New Year's resolution is to waste less. To do this, I am stepping up my recycling, as well as using Freecycle (www.freecycle.org) to give back unwanted items to the community! One persons's trash really is another's treasure, and Freecycle is proof!

I also like Bonnie's idea, and come spring, I plan on growing a few of my own vegetables as well, and trying to eat locally for an entire season. To anyone reading this, it starts with you! To quote Michael Jackson, "If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change."

I am now driving a car that runs on biodiesel, although I continue to use my bicycle and public transit more than the car. I have continued to talk to friends and family about this and other environmental concerns. I used LED Christmas lights for decorating this year. I am wearing sweaters and long underwear and keeping my thermostat down at home. I am reducing my use of plastics everywhere possible, particularly by focusing on purchasing items with less packaging, or recyclable packaging.

I am working with an organization called Citizenre that will be helping thousands of people (including us) get rental solar panels, starting this year.

We have already switched to Energy Star A/C, dishwasher, washing machine, refrigerator and microwave, and have 2 hybrids in the car (one is a 2000 Insight) although mostly I walk or bike locally.

I'm hoping this year we will get an electric tank-less hot-water heater to go with those solar panels.

I'm learning to remember to take cloth bags to the store and switching to non-plastic refrigerator storage (glass or waxed paper.)

Of course we have switched all our lightbulbs and recyle - and use cloth napkins (that we don't bother to iron.)

Last July I signed the pledge and decided to take it up a notch. I stopped using my clothes dryer, switched to cloth napkins, and never accept a disposable cup or to go container to name a few things. We just bought a new house and have made a lot of green changes at the new place. Changed all bulbs, wrapped water heater, installed rain barrels, and am always looking for more ideas.

IN LARGE EXTENT TRY TO STOP THE WASTE OF ALL KINDS, WATER OR FOOD OR ELECTRICTY AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO REDUCE TRASH.ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS MY SLOGAN THIS YEAR.

I have changed every bulb to compact florescent. I am growing my own vegetables and recycling the trash I pick up on both the river and the road.

My family has been recycling for over 15 years and while we have replaced almost all our lighting with compact fluorescents and LEDs. We found out worm farming doesn't really work for us...they escaped... We use high recycled content toilet paper and ofter wash our clothing with laundry capsules that contain zero detergent, so we have sucessfully cut down on the noxious chemicals we put into our "waste water". We have been keeping our thermostat low in the winter andhigh in the summer for years, too. I realized most of our trash is paper, so I am organizing ways to better collect and recycle that paper. I would like to install rain barrels on all our downspouts this year, though my spouse has not bought off on that idea yet.

I would like to gain employment in the solar power distribution industry, which I see as a growth industry.

We have replaced all our lighting with low energy bolbs. We now have green electricity. We buy more & more ecological product at the supermarket. We utilise computers and the internet where possible to save paper & reduce transport. This is what we did in 2007.
In 2008 we will sell our 2 cars. We have ordered a biogas driven MPV for when we need a car. Hopefully we can use public transport more & more when possible. This will be our biggest sacrifice yet. We are trying hard. Hope it has some effect.

regards
Reini

I have changed all my lightbulbs,and recycling newspapers and magazines, and I will be talking to the apartment manager to have recycling as a community effort. I'm not using paper or foam plates anymore. I have signed many petitions regarding the environment and our rights to have uncontaminated foods, air, water. Any and all petitions I am asked to sign regarding the environmnet, animals and children are signed.