An Inconvenient Truth - action links

The "blue marble" photo from Apollo spaceship 1972: courtesy of Wikipedia A while back we went through the USA action links in Al Gore's book An Inconvenient Truth and compiled *Canadian equivalents. Other symbols in the table: # a useful Canadian site but not equivalent,
** means the Canadian site is better.

SUGGESTED ACTION USA links Canadian links Energy efficient lighting (CFL) EFI, Nolico *Project Porchlight Energy efficient appliances Energystar US *NRC info and manufacturers Appliance operation & maintenance ACEEE Consumer Guide, Eartheasy See NRC above Heat and cool your house efficiently ---see above *NRC tips, *PetroCanada tips Insulate your house SimplyInsulate, CFA checklist *NRC checklist Get a home energy audit EnergyGuide, US directory *NRC has info but Canada federal govt cancelled its subsidies for audits in 2002, for retrofits in 2006, *self-audit **CMHC renovation checklist Conserve hot water DOE tips #NRC about water heaters Reduce standby power waste Standby, Powerint FAQ <== see USA column Home office efficiency avoid 'sleep' mode <== see USA column Green power renewable, solar, wind, net metering, US state incentives, green-e #Energy Alternatives and #Appro, *solar, *wind, #green fuels, net metering in *Ontario , *some provincial incentives Reduce driving miles by walking, biking, carpooling, mass transit #walking, *biking, *erideshare #carpooling , #mass transit tax credit Drive smarter economize fuel, buy less polluting, more efficient cars <== see USA column Drive hybrids or hybrids <== see USA column Alternative fuels DOE info <== see USA column, #green fuels Fuel cells Fuel cell info <== see USA column Telecommute from home Telework Coalition *Canadian Telework Association Reduce air travel and buy carbon offsets US carbon offsets **Suzuki Foundation: how to go carbon neutral Consume less newdream.org **Suzuki Foundation: Sustainability within a generation Pre-cycle: reduce waste before you buy Environmentaldefense.org <== see USA column Recycle earth911.org #wrwcanada.com Don’t waste paper Stop junkmail, contact DMA *CMA stop junkmail Reusable grocery bags Reusablebags.com <== see USA column Compost EPA , mastercomposter.com Composting Council Use a refillable bottle Grrn.org *Grrn.org on Canada Eat less meat EPA and earthsave.org #How green is your food? Purchase carbon offsets Nativenergy.com Wikipedia on carbon offsets , **Suzuki Foundation: how to go carbon neutral Learn more about climate change Weathervane, environet, climateark, grcio.org, Concerned Scientists, Pew press alerts **Environment, peace and social justice links Let others know Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions Vote with your dollars responsibleshopper.org *Ethiquette.ca Invest responsibly Socialinvest.org, SRI guide *EthicScan links Take political action US cities, coolcities, LCV scorecard FCM Kyoto action, WWF.ca, SierraClub.ca scorecard and its Kyoto report card Support an environmental group NRDC, Sierra Club, EnvironmentalDefense.org 350ppm.org, 1sky.org **Environment, peace and social justice links

See also Gore's study guide download; his film part 1 video on Youtube. Be sure you choose the Al Gore videos parts 2 and 3. If your comment has more actions that individuals can do, we will happily add them to this posting.
See also:
Top 50 things you can do to stop global warming and the video
US 350.org action ideas and ItsGettingHot youth actions
US Grist articles on green consumers
Canada green consumer guides
UK (Quaker) Living Witness Walk Cheerfully, Step Lightly: 100 ways of greening your life