Way Past the Time to Get Our Heads Out of the Sand

Each of us needs to become a climate change activist. Read Mark Bittman’s excellent editorial on what is the battle for our survival.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/opinion/bittman-the-aliens-have-landed.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

Small changes in lifestyle can help to make a difference. Here’s a short list of everyday steps you can take. Send me your ideas to share on my blog. 

Produce less garbage. Everything that can’t be recycled ends up in a land fill or the ocean. Think about all the garbage that’s floating in the ocean now. 
Recycle everything. 
Stop buying coffee and fast food sold in disposable containers.
Eat what you purchase: we throw out way too much food.
Compost.
Buy and drive smaller cars, hybrids, electric cars.
Bring reusable bags to carry home groceries and goods from the market or retail stores. 
Purchase produce, like salad greens, that doesn’t come packed in a container you need to throw away. 
Walk rather than drive, whenever possible, and coordinate driving to run errands efficiently so you drive less. 
Buy fewer goods. How many “things” does one really need in one lifetime? 
Sell or purchase used goods on the Internet to encourage and practice consumer-product recycling. 
Get involved with local environmental agencies and encourage energy conservation at your local schools and neighborhood associations. 

If it’s all beginning to sound a little dire or even catastrophic, it’s because it is.