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How can YOU get involved?

Choose to become part of the climate change solution today and help save our planet!

Everyone can help address climate change, so get involved! Start today!

There are some ideas. Choose one extra thing from the list below and the next generation will thank you. 

• Replace five regular incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). You will save around around 450 kg of CO2 each year and around $70 a year on your electricity bill.
• Buy GreenPower. It is one of the best ways to make your home carbon neutral and significantly reduce your carbon footprint. Contact your energy retailer to find out how you can buy GreenPower.
• Wash your clothes in cold water using cold water detergents. Ninety percent of the energy used by washing machines is in water heating.
• Hang one load of washing on the line each week rather than putting it in the dryer. You will save 120kg of CO2 a year and save around $20 from your electricity bill.
• Turn off TVs, DVD players, stereos, game consoles and other equipment at the wall.Appliances in standby mode continue to use electricity. A mobile phone charger will be responsible for 35 to 70 kg of CO2 if left plugged in when not charging.
• Buy fresh fruit and vegetables in season from your local farmers market. Greenhouse gases are emitted when energy is used to raise livestock and grow plants, and when foods are transported, processed and packaged. The places where food is sold also use energy for lighting and airconditioning.
• Purchase items with the least amount of packaging and recycle everything you can, including recyclable plastic, glass, metal and paper products. Reducing your waste will reduce your CO2emissions.
• Set your airconditioner between 24 and 28 degrees. Also clean the filter—a clogged filter can use 5% more energy than a clean one.

Choose something you’re not already doing; something that can be each week/ each day.

Other things to be conscious of might be: 

• Use your Recycle Bin responsibly and bury food scraps in the garden
• Turn off lights if you are the last one leaving the room
• Consider whether you really need the air-conditioner before turning it on
• Consider walking short trips rather than taking the car
• When driving do not slam the accelerator down when starting to move
• Grow some vegetables in your own yard (use your kitchen waste)
• Cook only enough food needed for that meal; avoid wasting food
• Check out websites for more ideas (Try http://www.climatesmart.qld.gov.au )

Join the campaign by getting other members of the household to join you.

See if you can make a combined effort, perhaps install solar panels or solar hot water. 

Do not forget to pray each day for guidance in the future and forgiveness for past failures.