My boyfriend and I have decided that we need to start doing more NOW.  So, three nights a week we turn off all the lights, tv, etc.  and enjoy eachothers company.  We cook our food by BBQ or just a eat raw meals.  Then we read or play games by candle light.  This is just a start, we are aiming for 6 nights a week, saving one night for new knowledge and media that will aid us in spreading this change.  Imagine if everybody in your town or city started using 1/2 as much energy in thier homes NOW by doing this in the evenings.  It would make an incredible difference.  Not only in our carbon footprint but also in the quality of our lives.  Our families would be closer, we would know eachother better, and to be able to entertain ourselves is a quality that our children are loosing very fast.

constant househol recyling.showers instead of baths.lights, tv's etc never left on when not in use.buying organic and fair trade food over others

Where better to start taking action than in our own homes?

We held a screening of Kilowatt Ours at our Friends Meeting Youth Group.  Our family began taking small steps to decrease our power use as a starting point.  To start with we changed lightbulbs, got power strips to stop phantom loads, reduce light & power use, set thermostat low to 60 in winter & 78-80 in summer, & stopped using our dryer to dry clothes.  With only these steps we have already cut our power use at home by 42%.  We plan next to hold a "challenge" contest at our Friends Meeting to see who can reduce their power use the most.  We plan to purchase Green Power blocks with the money we are saving each month to offset what we do use, thereby becoming a net zero home...

Mi familia y yo vendimos nuestra heladera (693.5 KW x año de consumo eléctrico) y con una diferencia adquirimos una heladera de fabricacion local con tecnologia "GREENFREEZE" y motor de velocidad variable, (307.5 KW x año) con gas refrigenrante R600A(Butano). la diferencia ha sido amortizada en un 35% en el primer año de uso, con facturas de luz de importes significativamente mas bajos + bonificacion RES. 745 de la Secretaria de Energia de Argentina).

I'm making a natural garden (with native savage plants and flowers, bio vegetables), build "nests" for animals and insects.

I would like to become a nature guide to show its beauty to children and adults as well as they will also desire to preserve it before...perhaps the end of mankind if nothing is soon done.

I have replaced light bulbs and household cleaners with enery efficient and environmently friendly products.  When going to the  local store or anywhere in my small town my girls and i walk or ride a bike.  We have canceld rarely used entertainment such as extra computer and channels on our television.  I am also turning my front yard garden into a vegtable garden and i dont care what my stuck up neibours think.