http://dodidove.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/454317 —Thich Nhat Hanh]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:03:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/454317 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/438559 Annual water savings: 2700 gallons

Just one leaky faucet can waste almost 3,000 gallons of water per year. If each of us fixed our faucets, it would be equivalent to saving more than 300 million glasses of drinking water.


Wrap It Up
Annual CO2 savings: 250 pounds

Wrapping your water heater in an insulated blanket could save you from 4 to 9 percent in annual water heating costs -- just be sure to check your manufacturer's Web site for more information. If we all completed this task for a year, it would be equivalent to taking almost 160,000 cars off the road.

Go for the laptop
Annual CO2 savings: 495 pounds

If buying a new computer has you stuck in a desktop-laptop debate, go for the laptop. The portable model uses less energy and many carry the Energy Star label. If each of us did this, it would be equivalent to taking more than 300,000 cars off the road for a year.

Fix your running toilet
Annual water savings: 4800 gallons

Don't let our water supply go down the drain. You can help put an end to wasted water by repairing your leaky or running toilet. Bonus: you'll save almost 5,000 gallons of water per year.

Buy in bulk
Annual CO2 savings: 1,354 pounds

Buy at least 15 percent of your groceries in bulk this year. It saves CO2 and money that would be wasted in the packaging process. If we all did this, it would be equivalent to taking more than 850,000 cars off the road for a year

Kick your tires
Annual CO2 savings: 250 pounds

Take a moment to check the air pressure in your tires. Under-inflated tires cut gas mileage and pump up CO2 emissions. If we kept our tires in good shape, we’d have the same planet-saving effect as pulling more than 150,000 cars off the road -- for a year!

Give your car some (clean) air
Annual CO2 savings: 800 pounds

Check out your car's air filter monthly and replace it when necessary. If just 1 percent of all U.S. car owners properly maintained their cars this way, we'd keep almost a billion pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere!]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:23:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/438559 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/437989 —Joy Harjo]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:34:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/437989 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/400427 —Tolstoy]]> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:36:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/400427 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/384033 Annual CO2 savings: 280 pounds

Try planting shrubs around your air conditioning unit to shade it from direct sunlight -- it can help reduce your air conditioning bill by up to 10 percent!]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:06:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/384033 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/384039 —Edward Abbey

My beauty comes from having my own style, living my own way and knowing my own mind.
—Lee Damsky

Stop looking for something out there
And begin seeing within.
Open your arms if you want an embrace.
Break the earthen idols and release the radiance.

—Rumi, from 'Empty the Glass of your Desire'

No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
—Dale E. Turner

]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/384039 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/370777 Annual CO2 savings: 2,500 pounds


Have an old refrigerator in your basement or garage? Unplug it if you can -- refrigerators are one of the biggest energy drainers in the house and older models can output more than a ton of CO2 annually. If we all completed this task for a year, it would be equivalent of taking almost 1.6 million cars off the road.
]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 14:22:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/370777 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/370775 spirit, not on the surface. Stop defining yourself by what you see--or
think you see--when you look in the mirror.

"When you tend to your surface, you are making a statement of faith.
You are saying, I matter. You are saying, The world is worth dressing
for. You are engaging in the best kind of optimism, an optimism that
propels you out of bed in the morning, that directs you to the day. When you
put on nice clothes, you are putting on hope; you are saying, Here I
am. This is fun. Look at me." -- Lauren Slater


O, The Oprah Magazine]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 14:19:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/370775 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/361581 Annual CO2 savings: 80 pounds


Get your lawn into tip-top shape using a manual mower. You'll work off calories as well as save fuel and CO2.
]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:05:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/361581 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/342491 necessary to have deserved it." -- Victor Hugo
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I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. - Dudley Field Malone [other]

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Use a power strip to get rid of the "phantom energy" used by your television when it's turned off. If we all completed this task for a year, we would keep more than 800 million pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere.

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Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance: Indira Gandhi, 1966


No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do: Dorothy Day

]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:03:00 EST http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/324985 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/318641 Annual CO2 Savings: 233 pounds


Leaving your appliances plugged in drains electricity -- even when they're not turned on. Remember to pull the plug when you're finished using all your electrical gadgets (including chargers), and you'll save CO2 and energy. If we all remembered to unplug, we’d keep the equivalent of more than 300,000 cars off the road for a year.
]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:13:00 EST http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/318641 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/313183 Annual Water Savings: 20,000 gallons


Change just one of your home's showerheads to a water-saving low-flow model, and in a year you'll save the equivalent of 320,000 glasses of drinking water. And if we do it, we'd save more than 230,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water!
]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:23:00 EST http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/313183 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/300919 Annual CO2 Savings: 475 pounds


Replace one halogen lamp in your house with a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and you’ll light up your life the energy-conscious way. In fact, if we all did a halogen-CFL swap, we’d rack up energy savings equal to taking 300,000 cars off the road for a year.
]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:06:00 EST http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/300919 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/295843 mind in touch with the most fundamental of joys: belonging." --Adrian
Butash
]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:43:00 EST http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/295843 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/275993 Annual CO2 Savings: 1,700 pounds


You'd be amazed at how much warm air leaks out of your home around drafty doors and windows. If we all sealed up those cracks with weather stripping, the energy savings would be equal to taking more than a million cars off the road for a year.
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."- Elie Wiesel - (1928- ) Writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1986

"People only see what they are prepared to see.'': - Ralph Waldo Emerson - (1803-1882) American essayist, poet

]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:54:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/274161 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/272873 ]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:28:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/272873 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/272307 Annual CO2 Savings: 400 pounds


Cool breezes are cool, but not when they're coming through your windows in the winter. Stop the chill with air-gap window films, and you'll save on sweaters and energy. In fact, if we sealed our windows, we'd cut as much C02 as 1.5 million trees absorb in a year.
]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:36:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/272307 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/270171 Annual CO2 Savings: 500 pounds


Cool it when you do your laundry (set your washer to warm/warm or warm/cold cycles) and you'll end up with hot savings on energy and carbon dioxide. If we skipped the hot cycle, in fact, we'd save the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the road]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:04:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/270171 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/263675
Annual Savings: $19
Annual CO2 Savings: 666 pounds

The average family uses 15 plastic bags every trip to the store. A reusable bag (we like canvas best) eliminates about 1,000 plastic bags during its lifespan. Bring more than one canvas sack and just think of all those plastic bags you won’t send to the landfill, where it takes 10 centuries for them to dissolve. And some forward-looking stores actually pay you to bring your own reusable bags]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:10:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/263675 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/249421 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:27:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/249421 http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/245107 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:36:00 EDT http://dodidove.tigblog.org/post/245107