Late Happy Environment Day

The Liechtenstein rep would like to wish all countries a happy Environment Day for yesterday, and would call on all to reflect on the following:

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What's the number one thing you are doing to help tackle climate change?

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What one extra thing could you do to help tackle climate change?

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What's stopping you?

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wed/

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Reply 1

lodzinski

Ukebert, is the question posed at nations or representatives?

Reply 2

Craghyrax

China can't be doing with Environment Day. We feel it is a distraction that will only slow us down in our efforts to sort things out.

Reply 3

lodzinski

(ooc) china can't be doing with the environment, and will do its utmost to erase this troublesome botherance (OOC)

Reply 4

Craghyrax

China asks he who is blameless to cast the first stone ^o)

Reply 5

ukebert

Representatives. :smile:

Reply 6

Craghyrax

ukebert

Representatives. :smile:

:wtf?: ???

Reply 7

lodzinski

Thanks ukebert - thought I may as well write down answers as it makes it more firm.

Turning off all out of use appliances and buying more energy efficient ones, as well as replacing all light bulbs in the house (and my sister's house) with energy efficient ones

Recycle more

My local authority's provision of recycling facilities, esp. for plastics is v.shoddy.

Oh...

Meh..in future can we always specify when threads are OOC? Otherwise people will reply IC by default :hmpf:

Sorry

ukebert

Representatives. :smile:

But I´m a mindless tool of the country I represent, I have no will of my own :frown:

shame

I know

I suggest buying Tesco's Bag for Life for just 10p. Once it gets scruffy, they'll provide you with a BRAND NEW one for FREE. What's more, you will be saving the world by doing this simply by getting given the bag for free rather than having to pay for it, which you wouldn't do if you just used their normal plastic bags anyway.

Reply 15

Craghyrax

One day..when I actually have my own home..don't live in other peoples' where I don't decide what goes where :hmpf:

I will recycle. At the moment I (unlike my entire office) switch off my computer every day after work and I always turn off lights round the house and things :dontknow:

(I make so much effort, don't I :rolleyes:

) and I usually stuff things I buy into my rucksack :ninja:

Reply 16

ukebert

What's the number one thing you are doing to help tackle climate change?

Recycling, Low energy light bulbs, turning off lights, not using central heating too much (actually if it's left on to long it starts wailing, so that's not all altruistic).We also turn off all non-essential circuits when going on holiday, and offset flights, and use bags for life, string bags, baskets, and pockets: even these rather useful things called hands...

What one extra thing could you do to help tackle climate change?

Solar Panels, and wind turbine i suppose :rolleyes:

wood-burning stove, etc. etc., although turning off appliances rather than leaving on standby would help.

What's stopping you?

Cost with regards the energy options, and the lack of non-volatile memory in the standby stuff.