My friends and I carpool to practice to avoid using extra gas. This reduces our carbon emissions and lowers how many greenhouse gases we produce in our day to day travel. @franklinlorax#apesenergy
This chair was made out of wood from trees in forests. Trees offer an economic resource for humans, but cutting or burning too many can harm ecosystems if there is not enough shelter. #apeseco@franklinlorax
I’m reducing my carbon footprint by using my computer more often than paper. By doing this i’m reducing the amount of carbon used. @franklinlorax#apespopulation
Today, my hockey team and I took a coach bus to Green Bay for our game to carpool instead of driving separately. This helps reduce my ecological footprint and lower our gas emissions. @franklinlorax#apespopulation
My family has a well to supply our water, filtered by using reverse osmosis (left faucet: well water, right faucet: RO water). It is an efficient way to filter water, as well as reduces the amount of waste water released back into the environment. @franklinlorax#apeswater
@HM510987apes@franklinlorax This is a great observation - I have also noticed more of my neighbors salting their driveways, especially with the storm recently. The salt in run-off can affect the salinity of nearby water sources and decrease the biodiversity in the marine environment.
A snow prediction caused the city to salt the roads. However when the snow melts the runoff will carry the salt into the waterways and is bad for our tires. We should try to use sand to be more environmentally friendly :) @franklinlorax#apeswater
The shower uses a lot of water, the shower running for one minute uses around 2.5 gallons of water. I try to take showers 10 minutes or less to reduce the amount of water I am using. #apeswater@franklinlorax
@HJ511206apes@franklinlorax This is a great way to cut back on our use of municipal water usage! This is a realistic way to cut back on excess water use, and is better for your water bill and the environment.
@HM510987apes@franklinlorax It’s so great you were able to carpool, this helps reduce our individual carbon emissions and save the environment! #apesintro
This is my water bottle that I use around my house and for XC. I reuse this bottle to cut down on my plastic usage since most plastic bottles do not end up getting properly disposed of and end up contaminating water supplys and landfills. #Apesintro@franklinlorax
In order to decrease our carbon footprint, my family only has heating on one level of our house. This lowers the release of greenhouse gases from our heating significantly, as the use of electricity is powered by burning fossil fuels. #apesintro@franklinlorax