Ways to save the planet

1. Planted a tree. It Absorbs 4.5 kg of carbon dioxide each year. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and use it as a source of energy, releasing oxygen, so essential for us.

2. Less waste. In Greece produced 3,000,000 tonnes of rubbish that is not industrial and hospital wastes. Only 8% is recycled in our country.

3. Intelligent driving means to gradually increase the speed to combine the work you do to a stroke.

4. Choose organic. Prefer organic vegetable farming and organic farming products.

5. Law - Commerce. When you buy something, where you come from and how it is produced? No? But if you did, could affect global trade.

6. Fish size does not matter and the smaller the worse. The fine koutsoumoura or Maridaki is not the delicacy to fill your ecological conscience.

7. Electronic junk. Attention to electrical and electronic waste. Do not drop along with the rest in containers because they contain many hazardous substances. A battery of cadmium contaminate 600,000 liters of water.

8. Anakykloste recycling. Prefer products with packaging more environmentally friendly, such as glass, aluminum and paper.

9. Change the lights. According to Greenpeace, only 10% of energy consumed by incandescent lamps used for lighting. The remaining 90% is wasted heat.

10. Drive green. Hybrid cars are absolutely clear about the town and consume almost half of the remaining gasoline.

11. Slow down, please. Reduce noise, if not for the health of the planet, at least for yours.

12. Bag or life? Manufactured in 1 second, used 10 minutes and diluted in 50 years. Plastic bags are risk-death for all sea creatures to drown them.

13. Throw something on you. If you have heating arrange to set the thermostat of the radiator slightly lower than you're used to.

14. Solar energy. The energy from the sun in a country like ours is already the first houses. The average daily energy we get from the sun in Greece is 4.6 kilowatts per square meter.

15. No other coal. No other fires. The fires in the summer of this year will not be forgotten. There goes another, we have reached the absolute zero.

16. More green. Athens is the capital city with the least green.

17. Indoor plants. They are best friends for those working indoors. The plants absorb air pollutants and clean.

18. Make friends, not markets. Many things need not be bought. We are your good friends. Borrow them. Also share with their journeys by car.

19 .. Refuse the food traveled. «Act globally, eat locally», is the motto.

20. Learn about the composting. It is the natural process whereby organic waste is converted into a rich organic mixture that acts as a fertilizer.

21. Not to exotic birds. Do not buy pet after removal from the natural environment.

22. Metro, trams, trolleys, buses. The car accounts for 75-90% of air pollution in cities.

23. The major benefit of self-nature. According to one study 15% of European adults are addicted to consumption and 46% of young people consume excessive pace.

24 .. Alternative tourism. Select the train instead of plane, at least for short distances.

25. Re. The right is to reduce overconsumption.

26. Economy in water. Do not leave the tap open for no reason. Do not wash your car with rubber, but with bucket.

27. Traditional clothes. Distinctive with classic lines that you can wear and enjoy them very long.

28. Use sheets again and again and towels as well. At the hotel ask them to change sheets and towels every other day.

29. Attention to your computer. If five hours daily, emits 250 pounds of greenhouse gases within a year. A laptop is 90% economy.

30. Organized. Join an environmental organization to them before you eat.