Q&A for How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Most cities have a recycling program. If you don’t live in a city with recycling though, you can always take your recycling directly to a recycling plant in your area.

Use rechargeable batteries.

Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen, giving us cleaner air to breathe.

At this point, it's almost a certainty that we cannot undo all of the negative ramifications of global warming. However, if we can convince world governments to regulate industry, and convince individuals to stop using fossil fuels and invest in local systems, then we can mitigate the negative effects moving forward. You can call your own government officials, both locally and nationally, and ask them to wholeheartedly support efforts to reduce emissions and pollution on a national level. You can also vote or volunteer to help elect officials who support sustainability in your nation.

One of the biggest things you can do is stop or reduce your use of internal combustion-powered transportation (such as cars and buses), which means walking or bicycling as much as possible.

Not really; you can plant all the plants you like and your carbon footprint will remain the same. A carbon footprint refers to the amount of fossil fuels that are burned owing to your activities. Try thinking fuel efficiency or fewer trips the store, turning off lights, adjusting your thermostat, etc. Those actions will affect your footprint.

In developed countries, sewage is sent to a wastewater treatment plant to be thoroughly cleaned before being released into the environment or reused. Plants can also harvest biosolids.

It requires cooperation and action between corporations, governments, and individuals. If everyone does their part, then global GHG emissions will be reduced.

Try explaining about global warming and how it affects the Earth, people and animals. You can show them how to take measures to reduce household impact, and if they still refuse you can go for the 'is this really what you want for your kid?' discussion. Try spreading the word to your friends and neighbors, and lead by example. If you show them statistics and use actual examples in your argument, and offer actual examples of things they can do at home, as outlined in the steps above, this might help them to understand better.