Help Make The World a better Place for Living

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Heal the World: recycle today

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The climate crisis demands a much higher level of public awareness and action than currently exists.

Business is the most powerful institution on the planet and can be a potent force for good.

The climate crisis represents a threat to all living beings, but also a unique business opportunity to help improve and enhance living standards worldwide through cleaner, more sustainable technologies, products, and services.

Working together, consumers and companies can raise awareness, change behavior, and move markets to promote environmentally and economically sound solutions to the climate crisis.

Consumers want to support companies that are taking positive, proactive measures to reduce their climate footprints.

Most companies want to be good corporate citizens, though they often need encouragement and support from their customers to justify taking action.

Consumers and companies alike need rigorous tools and reliable information to make informed decisions on climate change.

Transparency and accountability can be powerful tools to promote change.

The window of opportunity to take aggressive action to fight climate change is small and getting smaller -- the time to act is now.

Pro-Environmental Measures in Major Segments of the Economy that Needed Immediate Attention.

Energy Supply

Integrated gasification/ carbon sequestration

Co-generation (combined heat and power)

Renewables (wind, solar, biofuels, geothermal, small-scale hydro); fuel cells

Transport

More fuel-efficient vehicles

Hybrid-electric, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles

Car sharing

Public transit

Non-motorized transport (biking, walking), and changes in land-use policies and settlement

patterns (reducing distance and dependence on motorized transport)

Manufacturing

Pollution control (scrubbers and other tailpipe technologies)

Energy and materials efficiency

Clean production techniques (toxics avoidance)

Cradle-to-cradle (closed-loop systems)

Buildings

Lighting, energy-efficient appliances and office equipment

Solar heating/cooling, solar panels

Retrofitting

Green buildings (energy-efficient windows, insulation, building materials, HVAC)

Passive-solar houses, zero-emissions buildings

Materials Management

Recycling

Extended producer responsibility/ product take-back and remanufacturing

De-materialization

Durability and repairability of products

Retail

Promotion of efficient products/ eco-labels

Store locations closer to residential areas

Minimization of shipping distances (from origin of products to store location)

New service economy (selling services, not products)

Agriculture

Soil conservation

Water efficiency

Organic growing methods

Reducing farm-to-market distance

Forestry

Reforestation and afforestation projects

Agro forestry

Sustainable forestry management and certification schemes

Halting deforestation

Please join us-and bring your friends, neighbors, and colleagues with you. The time to make climate change history is now.