what are you doing to combat global warming?

well i plant trees

I don't believe that there is much that can be done about global warming. I think it is more of a natural phenomenon than human-influenced. Nonetheless I think it is important to reduce our waste output, and conserve as much as possible. Whenever I go grocery shopping I bring my own bags. I ride my bike or walk everywhere I go (I don’t even own a car). I reuse jars, zip-lock bags, plastic bottles, etc. as much as I can, rather than throwing them away. I try to maximize the natural light coming into my apartment so that I don’t rely on my lights as much. My light bulbs have all been switched out to high-efficiency coils. In the winter, I wear warmer clothes, instead of cranking the heater. In summer, I am usually almost naked in my apartment, rather than crank the a.c. I grow my own herbs and vegetables. My hobby keeps me outdoors more (less time using artificial light indoors), saves me money (500 yen for a jar of spices!), and reduces waste caused by packaging. There are other things I do, but I can’t really think right now.

Its very interesting to know that you have done so much on your part.Sincerely you have alerted me to do something about it.We usually blame the government's on not doing their part of job,but we do nothing in stopping the global warming.Thanks for reminding me for my part of responsibility.

I think many missions are going on to stop global warming affect. We can join one of them. There are a few things we can do to try and halt global warming. Basically, they all boil down to this: Don't use as much of the stuff that creates greenhouse gases. On a local level, you can help by using less energy. The electricity that operates many of the devices in our homes comes from a power plant, and most power plants burn fossil fuels to generate that power. Turn off lights when they're not in use. Take shorter showers to use less hot water. Use a fan instead of an air conditioner on a warm day. Here are some other specific ways you can help decrease greenhouse-gas emissions: Make sure your car is properly tuned up. This allows it to run more efficiently and generated fewer harmful gases. Walk or ride a bike when you can. Driving your car generates more greenhouse gases than almost anything else you do. Turn lights and other appliances off when you're not using them. Even though a light bulb doesn't generate greenhouse gas, the power plant that generates the electricity used by the light bulb probably does. Recycle. Garbage that doesn't get recycled ends up in a landfill, generating methane; plus, recycled goods require less energy to produce than products made from scratch. Plant trees and other plant life where you can. Plants take carbon dioxide out of the air and release oxygen. Don't burn garbage. This releases carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. Cars burn fossil fuel, so smaller, more fuel-efficient cars emit less CO2, particularly hybrid cars. Walk or ride your bike if possible, or car pool on your way to work. To really stem the emission of greenhouse gases, we need to develop non-fossil fuel energy sources. Hydro-electric power, solar power, hydrogen engines and fuel cells could all create big cuts in greenhouse gases if they were to become more common. At the international level, the Kyoto treaty was written to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Thirty-five industrialized nations have committed to reducing their output of those gases to varying degrees. Unfortunately, the United States, the world's primary producer of greenhouse gases, did not sign the treaty.

Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades. The Earth's average near-surface atmospheric temperature rose 0.6 ± 0.2 °Celsius (1.1 ± 0.4 °Fahrenheit) in the 20th century [1]. The current scientific consensus is that "most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been attributable to human activities"[2]. The primary causes of the human-induced component of warming are the increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs)[3]. They are released by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing and agriculture, etc. and lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect. This effect was first described by Joseph Fourier in 1824, and first investigated quantitatively in 1896 by the Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius[4], although the greenhouse effect did not enter into popular awareness until the 1980s. Climate sensitivity is a measure of the equilibrium response to increased GHGs, and other anthropogenic and natural climate forcings. It is found by observational [5] and model studies. This sensitivity is usually expressed in terms of the temperature response expected from a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere, which, according to the 2001 IPCC report, is estimated to be between 1.5 and 4.5 °C (2.7–8.1 °F) (with a statistical likelihood of 66-90%)[6]. This should not be confused with the expected temperature change by a given date, which also includes a dependence on the future GHG emissions and a delayed response due to thermal lag, principally from the oceans. Models referenced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), using a range of SRES scenarios, project that global temperatures will increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C (2.5 to 10.5 °F) between 1990 and 2100. An increase in global temperatures can in turn cause other changes, including a rising sea level and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation. These changes may increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, and tornados. Other consequences include higher or lower agricultural yields, glacial retreat, reduced summer stream flows, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors. Warming is expected to affect the number and magnitude of these events; however, it is difficult to connect particular events to global warming. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming (and sea level rise due to thermal expansion) is expected to continue past then, since CO2 has an estimated atmospheric lifetime of 50 to 200 years. [7]. Only a small minority of climate scientists discount the role that humanity's actions have played in recent warming. However, the uncertainty is more significant regarding how much climate change should be expected in the future, and there is a hotly contested political and public debate over implementation of policies that deal with predicted consequences, what, if anything, should be done to reduce or reverse future warming, and how to deal with the predicted consequences.

We have to convince the U.S.A government to accept the Kyoto Protocol... the stupid excuse that will confuse the development of the economy is not only a egoist excuse . but a idiot action... if the government reduce the emission of CO2 as determined in the protocol... the total polution of the world will diminish about 15%.So ... go to streets and cries out!!

If its a sunny day hang your clothes to dry instead of using a dryer. Recycle paper, plastics, aluminum. Take the bus to work instead of a car. Plant trees.

Wow thats a rather great step you have taken Well i havent been doing anything on my part, to be frank with you though i would love to but tell me something Planting trees helps the nature right? But trees release CO2 at night CO2 is a greenhouse gas. The greenhouse effect is real. Given that all other things stay unchanged, increased CO2 will lead to an increase in mean earth temperature. Isnt that true??? Does that mean trees are harmful

I use the bicycle about half of the home-work rides and i put off the lights whenever possible. Also it's 15 degrees celsius in my house. I want to do more, but my wife is not glad with more personal intentions to reduce the global warming. It saves money too, that is something we both understand and value.

I am doing my best to let people know that a lot of the "logic" used to support the people that say global warming is as bad as it is is flawed. The environment works in cycles, people pushing the environmental catastrophe argument are doing it for political reasons like Al Gore is.

I've been making a real effort to recycle and use energy efficient bulbs instead of regular ones. I also haven't been driving my car, but that's not by choice! lol But for 2 years I've been forced to either use the bus or ride with others so it has helped I'm sure!!!!

I can't stand plastic bags. I especially can't stand grocery chains that bag unnecessarily. I bring my own bags when I go shopping: either reusing plastic ones, a cloth one, and another one that is made out of 100% recycled plastic. I tried using biodegradable bags for my scrap bin, but they dissolved too easily - which makes me feel really bad for using plastic again, since it's 40% of the waste collected from these scrap pick-ups. Oh, and I can't stand water waste. We use the cottage rules when it comes to flushing the toilet, and I always turn off the faucet whenever I'm brushing my teeth.

I´m not doing anything about I don´t have time to think about this things

We are also using energy efficient materials and doing some recycling. Little things mean a lot.

It is so sad that a lot of people just don't care or take this seriously. I was in Churchill Manitoba last year to watch the polar bear migration. Where in previous years people had seen up to 20 or 30 bears in one day, our group saw 4. The reason, the Hudson's Bay did not freeze yet and the ice gets thinner every year so the bears drown because they have to swim too far from one flow to the next. People can do many things. I live near the Go Train, Streetcars, and Buses, so now I got rid of my car, if I need one I will rent it. I live in a Condo that is not individually metered and I see the abuse of electricity daily. I turn offf lights when I am not home and turn off lights in the recycling room and our small library. Everytime I walk by someone left the lights on. I do not buy pre-packaged fruits and vegetables and avoid eating at McDonalds, Wendy's and KFC. Not much I guess but every bit helps.

use less electricity.

Our family has always been environmentally conscious, we do try to save the environment in any way that we could mainly by not doing any kind of pen burning whenever possible..except for the occasional barbecue.

at first we have to decrease the polution that is created by people..........

For many years I have turned off electrical items when not in use ... I rarely leave them on 'standby' .. I simply cannot afford to waste electricity as I am disabled and on a very low income. I have to use a car as it's the only way I can get around .. we have no public transport in the village I live in. I don't use sprays as I have allergies to the propellants .. I don't smoke and I usually only buy as much foodstuffs as I know I will eat ... so rarely waste food. I always recycle all my paper, glass, tins etc and have done for several years now. I do object to all the extra packaging that seems to be used these days ... last month I bought a new kettle ... it was wrappend in a polybag, placed in polystyrene moulded 'brick' .. then placed in a branded cardboard box .. on top of all that when it was delivered it had been put in yet another plain cardboard .. by the time I got the kettle out of all the packaging I had enough cardboard and plastic to cover my floor ...

The cheapest and fastest way to cut global warming pollution is to make things that use electricity -- like appliances, industrial equipment and buildings -- more energy-efficient. We know this works -- most of us have bought an Energy Star appliance or two, and have seen firsthand how much money and energy they can save. But there's still much room for improvement, and we must continue to push for products that waste less energy. Likewise, "green building" design and construction can dramatically reduce the enormous amounts of energy that buildings consume in heating, cooling, lighting and water use.