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Everyday is Earth Day
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TOP 10 TODAY
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• Leave your car at home for a day (or a week or a month) and try walking or biking. If work is too far away to walk, take public transit or carpool.
Park It
One city bus eliminates the emissions of 40 cars.
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Shut Down
Turn off the lights, the computer and TV when not in use.
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Where’s The Beef?• Try eating meat-free at
least one day a week• A meat based diet requires
seven times more land than a plant-based diet. Livestock production is responsible for more climate change gasses, than all the motor vehicles in the world.
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Eat It•Choose foods produced organically, locally and in season•Support your regional farmers and farming industry: buying locally and in season is better for the environment than buying foods that have been shipped hundreds of kilometers to your local market.
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Let it Rot• Put a composter in your
backyard or use your green bin to reduce household waste.
• Composting organics has two key benefits:
• It reduces the amount of waste going to landfills
• And when added to your gardens, helps nourish soil and plants.
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Don’t Be Idle• Turn off your car’s engine if
stopped for more than 10 seconds.
• If every driver of a light duty vehicle avoided idling by five minutes a day, collectively, we would save 1.8 million litres of fuel per day, almost 4500 tonnes GHG emissions, and $1.7 million in fuel costs each day (at $0.95/L).
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Eye on the TemperatureSet your thermostat
above room temperature in the summer and below room temperature
in the winter.For each degree you
adjust, you can save 5% on your utility bill
and 1% on your energy use
Turn down a couple degrees in
the winter
Turn up a couple degrees in the summer
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• Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs)
• A CFL uses only 25% as much energy as an incandescent bulb and lasts 10 times longer.
Bright Ideas
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Blue Box It• The simple act of
recycling has more impact on the environment than the average Canadian thinks
• The amount of wood & paper North Americans throw away each year is enough to heat 5 million homes for 200yrs.
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Tell SomeoneThis is a great
opportunity to brag!
• Tell someone what you’re doing to make the world a better place.
• Support the cause.• Encourage them to get
involved too!
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What will you do today
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Some Suggestions• Leave your car at home for a day (or a week or a month) and try
walking or biking.• Turn off lights, computers, and TV when not in use.• Try eating meat-free at least one day a week• Choose foods produced organically, locally and in season.• Put a composter in your backyard or use your green bin to reduce
household waste.• Turn off your car’s engine if stopped for more than 10 seconds. • Set your thermostat above room temperature in the summer and
below room temperature in the winter.• Replace incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs• Blue Box It• Tell Someone!
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Thank You