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What Can You Do?

Get involved with the following OneWorld partners working on climate change!

• The World Wildlife Fund offers handy tips on what individuals and businesses can do to mitigate the damaging effects of global warming.

• The U.K. version of the above site has a special action page on “Stop Climate Chaos.”

• The Worldwatch Institute offers a long list of “how-to’s” to help the environment, such as sharpening your climate IQ and using less energy in your home.

• Friends of the Earth invites you to “Sound the climate alarm on 7 July!” during the G-8 meeting in Scotland.

• If you live in the U.K. (or even if you don’t) Friends of the Earth offers some energy saving ideas with links to U.K. resources.

• Also, check out the Friends of the Earth action page on climate change, again focusing on U.K. initiatives.

• SustainUS has a campaign for students at U.S. universities to join the Campus Greening network—a resource linking students from different campuses working on green projects.

• Are you a young person working on science and engineering initiatives that relate to climate change? SustainUS is compiling science driven research on these topics; help shape policy and submit your ideas.

• Global Exchange—in collaboration with other groups—is sponsoring a People’s Ratification of the Global Warming Treaty. Find out more about how to join this nationwide petition.

• The climate change pages on the site for Greenpeace International recommends ways that individuals can reduce their impact on the environment. Or, enter Greenpeace’s “Project Thin Ice” contest.

• The Save Our Environment Action Center brings the nation’s most influential environmental advocacy organizations together to increase public awareness and activism on today’s most important environmental issues.

And, here are some other action ideas related to climate change:

• Are you really helping the planet by driving an SUV? A fact sheet from the Sierra Club explains the links between SUVs and global warming.

• The site for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy offers lots of information on saving energy in the home, buying energy-efficient appliances, and checking on how environmentally friendly your car is.

• The Sierra Club offers a colorful, helpful brochure on buying hybrid vehicles.

• For lots of information about fuel economy, alternative fuels, and hybrid cars, the U.S. Department of Energy has a couple of good sites at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/ and http://www.fueleconomy.gov/.

• The average American causes 40,000 pounds of harmful CO2 emissions to be released into the earth’s atmosphere each year! Find out how you can cut down the amount of carbon you produce from the Campaign to Fight Global Warming, brought to you by Ben & Jerry's, SaveOurEnvironment.org, and the Dave Matthews Band.

• Another site for calculating your own emissions of carbon dioxide teaches you how to use the Carbon Calculator!

• For a few pennies a day, you can offset the impact of your own energy use by supporting Native American or family farmer-owned wind turbines—which will deliver clean, renewable electricity to the power grid on your behalf.

• SafeClimate.net (operated by the World Resources Institute) offers lots of ways to take action related to your use of energy, transportation, paper, and food.

• To find out how to get renewable electricity in your home, or to see if your state offers green-e certified electricity, check out this terrific site.

• Here is a helpful educational resource for grades 6-12 on renewable energy.