Captain Planet - he's our hero!
Is it just me or does everyone think that saving the planet is the single most important job of this generation?
My friend said the other day he doesn’t even think he wants to be around in 50 years time when our grand children look at us with contempt because we were the ones that wrecked the planet.
I live with Captain Planet. John is passionate about reducing, reusing and recycling. He’s most crazy about power consumption, its pretty basic, if we want to cool down the planet we are going to have to slow down our energy consumption...
But water is a huge one too, we live on the world’s driest inhabited continent.
At present an average Australian household uses 240,000 litres or 5 domestic swimming pools of fresh water each year.
But there is something you can do - for instance;
By only running the dishwasher with full loads, 0ver a year you could save approximately 3000 litres of water.
By fixing dripping taps (eg; replace worn washers) over a year you could save 10,000 - 73000 litres of water
By taking a shorter shower (4 minutes), over a year you could save 85000 litres of water.
By putting a brick in old toilet cisterns, over a year you could save over 3000 litres of water in your household.
By turning off the tap when brushing your teeth, over a year you could save 4000 litres of water per person!
OK - don't want to be boring, but I have to get back to the election now (running for the Federal seat of Fisher, obviously I need every vote I can get)...
The environment is one of my most motivating issues - and for the record...
I am vehemently opposed to nuclear power (check the 'caroline answers your questions page on http://www.votecaroline.com.au/ ) and will continue to campaign for renewable energy sources and energy efficiences.
I am anti new coal mines or the expansion of existing mines. I think the government should stop paying subsidies to the mining idustry.
And (probably thanks to Captian Planet), I practice what I preach.
Our car runs on LPG;
We have two water tanks (which run our WC's), a compost, water saving shower heads, energy efficient light bulbs, we don't use an air conditioner or clothes dryer and we use no chemicals in our garden.
OK - I am possibly starting to sound like a crazy person now - but I truly believe it is NOT TOO LATE to slow the effects of global warming; we just have to act now.
Thanks for listening...
Love Caroline xx
My friend said the other day he doesn’t even think he wants to be around in 50 years time when our grand children look at us with contempt because we were the ones that wrecked the planet.
I live with Captain Planet. John is passionate about reducing, reusing and recycling. He’s most crazy about power consumption, its pretty basic, if we want to cool down the planet we are going to have to slow down our energy consumption...
But water is a huge one too, we live on the world’s driest inhabited continent.
At present an average Australian household uses 240,000 litres or 5 domestic swimming pools of fresh water each year.
But there is something you can do - for instance;
By only running the dishwasher with full loads, 0ver a year you could save approximately 3000 litres of water.
By fixing dripping taps (eg; replace worn washers) over a year you could save 10,000 - 73000 litres of water
By taking a shorter shower (4 minutes), over a year you could save 85000 litres of water.
By putting a brick in old toilet cisterns, over a year you could save over 3000 litres of water in your household.
By turning off the tap when brushing your teeth, over a year you could save 4000 litres of water per person!
OK - don't want to be boring, but I have to get back to the election now (running for the Federal seat of Fisher, obviously I need every vote I can get)...
The environment is one of my most motivating issues - and for the record...
I am vehemently opposed to nuclear power (check the 'caroline answers your questions page on http://www.votecaroline.com.au/ ) and will continue to campaign for renewable energy sources and energy efficiences.
I am anti new coal mines or the expansion of existing mines. I think the government should stop paying subsidies to the mining idustry.
And (probably thanks to Captian Planet), I practice what I preach.
Our car runs on LPG;
We have two water tanks (which run our WC's), a compost, water saving shower heads, energy efficient light bulbs, we don't use an air conditioner or clothes dryer and we use no chemicals in our garden.
OK - I am possibly starting to sound like a crazy person now - but I truly believe it is NOT TOO LATE to slow the effects of global warming; we just have to act now.
Thanks for listening...
Love Caroline xx
1 Comments:
Hey Caroline,
If one person does not take the first step, who leads the way for others to take up the cause.
Our environment needs ALL the help we can give.
If no-one takes up the cause what are we leaving behind?
We are all responsible for the future we leave to our childrens children.
Meagan
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