Comments on: Use The Internet To Save The World http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chavy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-357134 chavy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:11:01 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-357134 Thanks for sharing those tips! It's informative. There are also many useful tips at http://www.waystosaveenergy.net. Hope it helps. thanks Thanks for sharing those tips!
It’s informative.
There are also many useful tips at http://www.waystosaveenergy.net. Hope it helps. thanks

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356496 Tina Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356496 That's a very valid point! Questions such as this (e.g. is it worth buying a new eco-friendly car) are covered in the list from newscientist.com linked to in the previous comment. Although as you see above they also have a few rather radical recommendations. ;) That’s a very valid point!
Questions such as this (e.g. is it worth buying a new eco-friendly car) are covered in the list from newscientist.com linked to in the previous comment. Although as you see above they also have a few rather radical recommendations. ;)

]]> By: Jenny http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356463 Jenny Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:38:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356463 I agree that all these ideas may help reduce our impact on the environment, but why doesn't anyone every point out the obvious idea, which is to encourage people to consume less. Can we really save the environment by buying more stuff, even if the result is it uses less energy than the previous product? I mean a Toyota Prius may use less petrol, but the carbon footprint of making one must be huge. It would make more sense to keep you current car, but strive to use it as little as possible. I agree that all these ideas may help reduce our impact on the environment, but why doesn’t anyone every point out the obvious idea, which is to encourage people to consume less. Can we really save the environment by buying more stuff, even if the result is it uses less energy than the previous product? I mean a Toyota Prius may use less petrol, but the carbon footprint of making one must be huge. It would make more sense to keep you current car, but strive to use it as little as possible.

]]> By: Mackenzie Morgan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356416 Mackenzie Morgan Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:25:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356416 Definitely carry a reusable bag. I have an IKEA bag that i keep in my backpack all the time. I just added a towel to the bag as well, for drying my hands instead of using a bunch of paper towels in public rest rooms. Definitely carry a reusable bag. I have an IKEA bag that i keep in my backpack all the time. I just added a towel to the bag as well, for drying my hands instead of using a bunch of paper towels in public rest rooms.

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356354 Tina Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:02:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356354 Just found this: <b>What is the single most effective thing I can do for the environment?</b> Over a 75-year lifespan, the average European will be responsible for about 900 tonnes of CO2 emissions. For Americans and Australians, the figure is more like 1500 tonnes. Add to that all of humanity's other environmentally damaging activities and, draconian as it may sound, the answer must surely be to avoid reproducing. Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.300-dumb-ecoquestions-you-were-afraid-to-ask.html?full=true Just found this:
What is the single most effective thing I can do for the environment?
Over a 75-year lifespan, the average European will be responsible for about 900 tonnes of CO2 emissions. For Americans and Australians, the figure is more like 1500 tonnes. Add to that all of humanity’s other environmentally damaging activities and, draconian as it may sound, the answer must surely be to avoid reproducing.

Source:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026821.300-dumb-ecoquestions-you-were-afraid-to-ask.html?full=true

]]> By: venkat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356296 venkat Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:22:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356296 These are great tips to save environment from every one should follow,use old plastic grocery bags that should be avoided as these generate chloro Floro carbons which are very dangerous to ozone layer which is also dangerous to the lives on earth. These are great tips to save environment from every one should follow,use old plastic grocery bags that should be avoided as these generate chloro Floro carbons which are very dangerous to ozone layer which is also dangerous to the lives on earth.

]]> By: Mackenzie Morgan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-the-internet-to-save-the-world/#comment-356020 Mackenzie Morgan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:00:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7615#comment-356020 Wow, how timely...I'm working on a list of ways to recycle computer parts and accessories, after the Green Festival was in DC last weekend. If you don't read it, <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/" rel="nofollow">TreeHugger</a> is a great blog put out by the Discovery Channel for keeping up on "green" information. And hey, don't forget, eating less meat (especially the factory-farmed kind) is a great way to shrink your environmental footprint. A vegan who owns and operates a Hummer has a smaller environmental footprint than a meat-eater on a bicycle, after all! Wow, how timely…I’m working on a list of ways to recycle computer parts and accessories, after the Green Festival was in DC last weekend.

If you don’t read it, TreeHugger is a great blog put out by the Discovery Channel for keeping up on “green” information.

And hey, don’t forget, eating less meat (especially the factory-farmed kind) is a great way to shrink your environmental footprint. A vegan who owns and operates a Hummer has a smaller environmental footprint than a meat-eater on a bicycle, after all!

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