May 5, 2008

Are you a Green Class?

Although all people have an equal entitlement to human rights, their responsibilities are proportionate to the possibilities open to them. Green Class is the section of people who are smart, kind, and intellectual enough to fight and save the very nature that sustains them .If you understand and acknowledge the gesture to fight against global warming, but do not understand how you can help. Simple!!! . ..We mean ..."Simple changes in your life style" can bring down the impact of Global Warming by substantial amount in the long run. Few of them are listed below.

» SWITCH TO CFL Lamps .Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl). CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb.
» UNPLUG your chargers after charging your phones.
» Use the "ON/OFF" function on the machine itself. A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.
» Check your tires weekly to make sure they're properly inflated. Proper tire inflation can improve mileage by more than 3% which in turn reduces the CO2 emissions.
» PLANT A TREE . A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%.
» DECREASE YOUR FOOD MILES. Buy locally grown and produced foods.
» Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can. You will also cut down on waste production and energy use...
» REUSE YOUR SHOPING BAGS. When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
» BUY FRESH FOODS INSTEAD OF FROZEN. Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
» Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible. Avoiding just 15 kilometres of driving every week would eliminate about 227 kgs of carbon dioxide emissions a year!
» Encourage the switch to renewable energy. Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass.
» DO NOT CUT TREES. Protect and conserve forest worldwide. Forests play a critical role in global warming: they store carbon. When forests are burned or cut down, their stored carbon is release into the atmosphere - deforestation now accounts for about 20% of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
Some of the smart Green Class Corporates say!!
• Turn off the photocopying machine at night. Else, it uses energy to produce more than 1000 copies.
• SWICH OFF all lights before locking up. Leaving lights overnight uses energy equivalent to heating water for 1000 cups of tea.
• Switch off your computer monitor overnight. You'll save enough energy to microwave six dinners.
• Switch off as many office equipment as u can. In one night, this will save the energy required to run a small car for 150 kms or to make 4,500 cups of tea.

» Spread the message. Stand for the cause. If people don't care don't stop .innovate. Some call them selves Unstoppable and when they become the voice of the nature.we call them " THE GREEN CLASS ".

1 comment:

Rakesh said...

This is Rakesh..you could get in touch with me at rakesh@bhumi.in or rakesh.dubbudu@gmail.com or 9885419012