I can learn
how to take
care of my
car,which will
reduce
malfuntioning
and repair
cost and
increase
efficentcy of
the
car.Pumping
tires and oil
checks
frequently to
maintain cars
condition
If I happen to
have to use
the car for
my own
conveinents I
will make
sure the
driver is
efficent with
the fuel.This
means not
suddenly
excelerating
or leaving the
gas on when
not
nessasary,This
will
all
lead
to
more
car
efficentcy
with
the
gas
and
less
oil
being
wasted.
To reduce some
gas payment
and repairs you
can carpool,Rent
and share
cars.You can
use this If
public
transportation
is not
conveinent to
you
Instead of driving to
where ever i need to
go I can walk, this
will decrease
pollution,traffic,usage
of oil and imporve
my health
When I need to go somewhere thats not
walking distance, instead of taking cars
or private vehicals use the public transit
as it is better for the environment in the
way that everyone uses the same fuel in
-stead of everyone using there own
individual feul which pollutes the
environment more..
Housing
Five examples:Condos,Apartment,Town house,Free standing,Duplex
How to reduce
A bigger task to
reduce ussage of
heating air is air
sealing your home
to reduce air
escaping your
house.
Sealing your house
can reduce your
ecological footprint
by reducing the
amount of heating
you need in your
house,
Water bills use up alot of resources to be
transported and cleaned to be used at your
house,Especially hot water.My goal is to use
less hot water.
This will reduce
energy cost as
hot water is
accounted for 14%
of energy usage
From now on
whenever I have to
buy A new
appliance or
something that
uses electricity,Im
going to choose
energy efficent
products such as
Led light bulbs
This will reduce
money usage and
electrical bills for
the house which also
reduces my
ecological footprint
When away or
not present im
willing to give up
my living space
up for rent
temparaly to
help pay for
housing bills
This will improve my
ecological foot print
becuase I am sharing
how much space I take
up
Some things that very
few people do is create
there own electricity by
using systems such as
solar energy.Although this
is costly me and my family
have considered doing this
to reduce money wasted
on extra electricty.This may
be exspensive now but all
the money we save up
after years will add up to a
savings
Food choices
Five examples:Portion size,Intake of calories or sugar.Food group,Food quality,Price
How to reduce
I wont always
vouch for the
best fruits and
veges and once
in a while go for
the little
blemisshed
ones,they are
just as tasty
ans nutritious
and go away
with just a kitchen
knife
This will get rid
of soon to be
rotten food that
will go to waste
and affect the
environment
To reduce lots of waste and
money usage I can recover
food using the food hierarchy
which includes methods such
as reusing,donating to the
poor,feeding animals and
composting.These methods
put the food in use in another
way
I am going to
give myself
proper portion
sizes instead of
being greedy and
serving myself
more than I can
eat..
This will help
reduce the
waste of food
because there
will never be
any left overs
to throw
away.This also
involves
shopping for
food,Never over
shop as you
might not use
everything you
buy
In almost every meal I
have meat, to reduce
this would help the
environment as meat
is an expensive product
and isn't easy to
produce .Also dairy I
tend to have often and
is just as exspensive
not eating meat
or dairy isn't so
bad once in a
while,It wont
make a dramatic
change in my life
and I think the
expensive
product can take
a break
Perserve open space, farm land and critical environment.I
choose this because I think this is A very smart area to
improve on as its it important to keep the environment
healthy and has alot of area for improvement.This is shown
in areas in Richmondhill where they are cutting down several
trees just to make more houses and services because people
are too lazy to drive or walk a few more mintues to get to
there services. This is specifically happening where service are
being and based on conveinents. This problem is affecting
habitats for animals and ruining the good soil that richmond
hill has to offer that can be used for crops and farming.Yes
this does give people more liveability, and yes we need more
housing as the population grows but is it worth slowing
taking our resources and environment as we only have
limited supply of this.In only rare places do they have soil as
fertile like this.