{"id":682503,"date":"2010-02-23T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T13:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/how-to-help-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2010-02-23T09:29:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T13:29:58","slug":"how-to-help-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/682503","title":{"rendered":"How to Help the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lightngreen.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/nature-and-man-together.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lightngreen.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/nature-and-man-together.jpg?resize=497%2C479\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are reading this article, I think you are probably more concerned about the environment than most others. I assume that you keep up with environmental news a bit, reading more than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/01\/pew-climate-change-media-2009.php\">miniscule amount<\/a> covered in the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>However, I cannot make any guess as to how much you actually do to live a more environmentally friendly life.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is, people inform themselves of the environmental problems in the world <strong>much more<\/strong> than they act. And even for those deeply concerned about the environment, it is very likely there is more they could be doing in their own lives to live a cleaner or greener life.<\/p>\n<p>That is why I want to give one general tip for how to live a greener life. Maybe it is simple. But I think it is one of the best things you can do to transform your actions.<\/p>\n<p>First, though, if you want some statistics on the difference between what people think need to be done and what they are actually doing, take a look at the results of this <a href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/uploads\/BehaviorJan2010.pdf\">Americans&#8217; Actions to Conserve Energy, Reduce Waste, and Limit Global Warming. January 2010<\/a> study from George Mason University and <a href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/climate\/category\/forum\/\">Yale University Project on Climate Change<\/a> researchers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/how-to-help-the-environment\/#more-5114\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are reading this article, I think you are probably more concerned about the environment than most others. I assume that you keep up with environmental news a bit, reading more than the miniscule amount covered in the mainstream media. However, I cannot make any guess as to how much you actually do to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Ry7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}