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What can you personally do? Show your Priorities as Jains
• Choose for the environment, not for your ego
• Think about your Carbon Footprint in all decisions
• Get rid of all your incandescent bulbs → CFL or LED
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• SLEEP your computers (50 W→ 5 W)
• Clean your refrigerator coils
• Pump up your car tires
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NO paper NOR plastic
NO BOTTLED WATER, especially from far away (France/Italy/Fiji)
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80 percent of the cars on the road are driving with one or more tires underinflated (AAA)
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Camry loses 1.3 mpg when underinflated 10psi
Eat Local -- Don't buy grapes from Chile/Peru. Mangoes?
Eat organic (vegan is best). FL tomatoes have 8X pesticides as CA
FAIR TRADE - no child or slave labor, workers treated fairly
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