{"id":99,"date":"2007-02-28T23:03:33","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T15:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2007-02-28T23:03:33","modified_gmt":"2007-02-28T15:03:33","slug":"climate-change-week-be-part-of-the-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Week – Be Part Of The Solution!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now this came as a surprise to me: YTL actually sponsoring a Climate Change Week<\/a>. Not that YTL’s environmental vision is different from other corporate citizens around the world, but just that after being in Singapore for so long, I didn’t even see such a public declaration of environmental awareness by any local Singapore company.<\/p>\n

Be Part of the Solution!<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Change a light.<\/strong>
    \nReplacing six regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs will save 400kg of carbon dioxide a year.
    \n(I just did 3 bulbs for my living room – how about you?)<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Drive less.<\/strong>
    \nWalk, bike, carpool or take public transport more often. You\u2019ll save 1.5kg of carbon dioxide for every 5km you don\u2019t drive!
    \n(Hmm, I’m guilty of this – today I tried the train with my new shoe and now it’s full of blisters behind… but I’ll still try to drive less)<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Recycle more.<\/strong>
    \nYou can save 1,000kg of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
    \n(Hey I champion this! Everyone say I’m a recycle freak! Every piece of paper that’s of a reasonable size definitely goes into the recycle pile. Colleagues toss the papers in the bin? I’ll pick them up and put them in my recycle pile. You should come see my plastic bottle collection – but come before the     Karung Guni<\/a> husband and wife team comes)<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Check your tyres.<\/strong>
    \nKeeping your tyres inflated properly can improve your car\u2019s fuel efficiency. Every litre of petrol saved keeps 2.5kg of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!
    \n(Checked!)<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Use less hot water.<\/strong>
    \nIt takes a lot of energy to heat water – use less hot water by installing an energy efficient triple A rated showerhead (3 tonnes of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (225kg saved per year).
    \n(Hmm.. washing cloths no big issue – cold water is fine, although conservation of water in S’pore is quite high on priority currently; showering is a bit of a dilemma. I actually like the kind of “shared” hot water facilities that I used to see in USA. In my current flat, the water has to be “boiled” before bathing. And it’s rather hard to time how long it takes to boil just enough water for showering)<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Avoid products with a lot of packaging.<\/strong>
    \nYou can save 545kg of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
    \n(Wow! Plastic bags count?)<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Move your thermostat down 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer.<\/strong>
    \nYou could save about 900kg of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
    \n(Or just like me, don’t turn on the aircond – just point the fan point blank when it’s hot)<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Plant a tree.<\/strong>
    \nA single tree will absorb one tonne of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
    \n(Did it 10 years ago… not very practical currently, but will plant another when there’s actually LAND in front of my front gate)<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Turn off electronic devices.<\/strong>
    \nSimply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you\u2019re not using them will save you thousands of kilograms of carbon dioxide a year.
    \n(Actually I started adopting this when I went to JC in 98. I still practise it currently, but not as religiously as before. I guess a lot has to do with who you stay with. On top of that, there are different “levels” of turning off, e.g. do you have to turn off the socket as well?)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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