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Saving The Environment: Is There Hope?
from:Saving the environment is possible, and there are many ways you can make it happen in your own home. When it comes to making these key changes in your everyday life, you may not realize just how beneficial change can be. Not only will you help to improve the environment, but you benefit from a healthier home for your family and in some cases lower bills to pay. In many ways, you can begin saving the environment without changing your life drastically. Is there any reason not to work towards a goal like saving the environment?
Here are some ways that you, as an everyday consumer can make significant changes to help in the goal of saving the environment.
Conserve Energy: Are you looking for ways to reduce the amount of energy you use? You should be. Clean and replace the air filters in your ac units each month. Lower your thermostat by two to four degrees in the winter months; raise them in the summer months. Keep your water heater at 120 degrees instead of higher. Unplug appliances to cut off the power supply. Wash your clothing in cold water instead of hot.
Reduce Toxic Levels: Use alternatives to household cleaning chemicals that are just as beneficial but do not have the risks of illness and toxic effect on the environment. Be sure you do not have lead paint in your home. When you cannot stop using a chemical, you should use less of it. Do not use pesticides in your garden or flower beds, but instead use natural flowers and plants that keep bugs away.
Reduce Rubbish: Buy products that do not have as much garbage to throw away, such as those with less packaging. Buy in bulk to reduce packaging. Recycle anything you can including soda cans, bottles, newspaper and magazines, food scraps, and other items that will work throughout your home. Fix items instead of throwing them out and buying something new. Donate unwanted items so someone else can use them.
Protect The Air And Water: Drive less, carpool or just walk to work, the grocery store or other locations. Do not burn harmful or toxic chemicals in your home or in your yard. Do not dump toxic chemicals or anything else down your storm drain. Learn how to use a watershed. Keep your septic tank working correctly.
Saving the environment is possible to do when you reach out for options. Everyone can make small changes that will have a large effect on saving the environment and maybe even turning around some of the damage that has already been done.
Environment Canada Weather Forecast News
Environment Canada weather forecast @ 5 am on Feb. 11 - Bullet News Huron
Environment Canada weather forecast @ 5 am on Feb. 11 Bullet News Huron Today…Snow ending this morning then cloudy with 60 per cent chance of flurries. Local blowing snow early this morning. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High minus 6. Tonight…Cloudy. 60 per cent chance of flurries early this evening. |
East Coast braces for severe weather - CBC.ca
 CBC.ca | East Coast braces for severe weather CBC.ca (EC) Environment Canada issued weather warnings across Quebec and Atlantic Canada Saturday, caused by an "intensifying low pressure system" approaching from the southwest over the Gulf of St Lawrence by Sunday morning. The agency forecasts 15 to 30 ... |
Flash freeze possible as cold front moves through southern Ontario - Toronto Star
 Toronto Star | Flash freeze possible as cold front moves through southern Ontario Toronto Star Alerts are issued when temperatures are forecast to fall below -15 C. Environment Canada says a flash-freeze is possible in parts of southern Ontario later today as the cold weather moves in. Forecasters say the system is expected to reach the ... Toronto gets a rare taste of winter Toronto issues cold weather alert City issues extreme cold weather alert |
Cold weather alert in Elgin - London Free Press
Cold weather alert in Elgin London Free Press The health unit said the alert follows an Environment Canada forecast of -9 C weather Saturday with windchill between -20 and -25. The health unit noted the weather office predicts temperatures will rebound slightly on Sunday, then return to normal ... |
Northeast cold snap will be short lived - CBC.ca
 News Talk 610 CKTB | Northeast cold snap will be short lived CBC.ca Geoff Coulson, a spokesperson with Environment Canada, said the cold snap will be short-lived. “In northeastern Ontario, throughout [Friday] and in to Saturday, the colder-than-normal conditions are expected to continue,” he said. No flash freeze, but expect snow and steady drop in temperature |