PROMOTING CHANGE
Harsh and Melanie
Things we have done
• Underground Food Court
• KFR
• Curbside
How it isn’t sufficient
• Most people don’t recycle
• Nearly 60 to 70% of waste found in dustbins can be
recycled and reused and close to 50% of the same
waste can be composted.
• People don’t believe in global warming
• The fact is that a many Americans (42%) do not think
climate change is a serious problem, and fully one-third,
33%, see it as a very serious problem. So, two-thirds do
not see it as a very serious problem.
How to make a difference
• Only 40.9% of the
US voting eligible
population voted
in the 2010
general elections
• 32.3% of eligible
voting Texans
Education
• Tabling
• Newsletter
• Talk to Legislators
Rep. Michele Bachmann introduces the Light Bulb
Freedom Act of 2011
This week Rep. Michele Bachmann introduced legislation to
repeal the idiotic incandescent light bulb ban enacted in 2007.
Bachmann said her "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act" is
needed because "government has no business telling an
individual what kind of light bulb to buy."
"In 2007, Congress overstepped its bounds by mandating that
only 'energy efficient' light bulbs may be sold after January 1,
2012," she said. "This mandate has sweeping effects on
American families and businesses and needs serious
consideration before taking effect."
Nuclear Energy
• Most sources agree that nuclear power is the
U.S.'s largest source of non-polluting energy,
accounting for 73% of electricity from noncarbon sources, including wind and solar
power
• Nuclear power accounts for about 19% of the
total electricity generated in the United States,
an amount comparable to all the electricity
used in California, Texas and New York, three
most populous states
• Nuclear power plants need less fuel than ones
which burn fossil fuels. One ton of uranium
produces more energy than is produced by
several million tons of coal or several million
barrels of oil
• The radioactive waste produced by nuclear
power plants is stored underground to
minimize its impact on the environment
What Should You Do For Now?
•Reduce
•Reuse
• Recycle
• Throw it away
Questions?