Javier Holsonback: My Question should be what I put it to be.You did not answer the question. This isn't about me. How do poor people do it?? how can they afford to do ANY of those things.????
Rosann Mccomb: We make dams for hydroelectricity generation. It has an adverse effect on environment as flowing water is blocked which has many consequences. It has adverse effect on the natural flow of the river.Lot of people get displaced. Many species living in the river have their moving affected. Dams may create havoc if they get destroyed in a war or any natural calamity.In all hydroelectricity is not the perfect solution. We should look for more eco friendly methods like solar energy....Show more
Wilburn Denice: When more people buy the products the price will go down, you can make your own cleaners real inexpensively , look on web for how. putting plastic on windows in winter or even in summer or even using clear duct tape on window which costs less helps energy ! leaks. Buying packaged foods costs more so try to avoid that. Un-packaged veggies cost a lot less. take advantage of getting money from recycling aluminum. People have even sent their children to college on it. Urban foraging - look it up! there are a lot of people with fruit trees and gardens in neighborhoods that are willing to give people some of what is grown and also starting a garden of your own is really cheap way less costly than buying food. I do this every year. Lastly look up the word "freeganism." You don't have to buy anything to go green actually going green means buying less. Have them look into freecycle.org , you can get a lot of free offerings there. You can even give things you don't want....Show more
Branden Round: Clean with vinegar, baking soda, club soda, etc.Buy second hand whenever possible.Eat less meat. Beans and legumes are cheaper and healthier and better for the environment.Cloth diaper. The initial cost is sometimes more expensive, b! ut it's much, much cheaper than disposables in the long run. ! And it's MUCH better for the environment, assuming you don't live in a drought prone area.Breastfeed. Cheaper than formula, better for baby and better for environment because it isn't processed and shipped all over the country. Drive a small car. Luckily, smaller cars tend to be cheaper and have better gas mileage. Not ALWAYS, though.Set your thermostat to reasonable temperatures. There's no reason your house needs to be 75 degrees in the winter and 60 in the summer. Try to keep it 65 in the winter and 70 in the summer.Reuse foil and plastic bags as long as they haven't had meat in them.I really don't think all things green cost more. Organic food, yes. But if you get your food from a farmer's market, the cost isn't much more than conventional food. Many farmers markets even take food stamps and WIC. Recycle. You even get money for cans in most places.Buy less prepackages food. This tends to be cheaper AND produces much less trash.The only "green" things I reall! y spend more money on are toiletries and pet food. I also want to point out to one of the people who answered...I'm living near the poverty line and I care VERY much. My partner and I are both college educated, highly intelligent people. He works a good job with good benefits but doesn't make much money. I stay home because our family values having a parent stay home with our children. What an insensitive, stupid thing to say....Show more
Robbie Starchman: Your question should be more along the line of how could you live more green! First, you could build your own solar cooker or oven, for under $150, and even less than $100 if you look around for things you could use. That alone will save you some money every month and pay for itself in a matter of years. If you want instant savings, we're not at that point yet to make it pay for itself in a day, week, month or even a year yet. But, over the long term, it does pay for itself and it always has! The same thing wit! h wind.Even without solar or wind, you could use CFL bulbs to reduce yo! ur electric bill every month and they'll pay for themselves in five years or less. You could also build your own solar hot water heater or buy one or have one installed. Plus, for much of what I've already mentioned there are tax credits available. There are people that derive all their power from solar and wind, and they don't pay for electricity at all any longer. Yes, it all costs more initially, but it pays for itself over time. It always has. I've used it, so I know! Matter of fact, sometime after the first of the year, I'm going to build a new solar cooker or solar oven or two. If I can do it for less than $75, I might turn around and sell them!Beyond the solar and wind, and the CFL bulbs, there's LED bulbs, which will also pay for themselves, more energy efficient appliances (which you can also get a tax credit for) and other items as well. Your excuse or answer is typical. If more people realized how much they could save, they would have already done this. But, just! like you, they don't know! If you're spending $150 to $300 a month, you can have a system and upgrades and other improvements that will pay for itself over the duration of time, usually less than 15 years and sometimes in less than 10. After that, it's all money in your pocket just like it is for many today that have already converted.Just by simply making changes with you home computer, turning off lights that you're not using, keeping your hot water heater down to a certain temperature, sealing cracks around the windows, using tinting on the windows, installing a skylight for additional non-electric natural light, etc., you'll save a bundle every month and that adds up every year.Not only that, but you can make improvements to your vehicle to get more fuel efficiency and that too pays for itself over time, and will more so in the future when gas gets back up to $3 and $4 a gallon again. Just wait until gas hits $5 a gallon. It will do so within three to five years. Depen! ding on how long you'll keep your vehicle, it's worth it!While you're a! t it, would you mind going to this question and giving me your input? I appreciate it!http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap9OQ...I'm looking for further answers and trying to make you more knowledgeable in the process!...Show more
Julieta Suleiman: tree hugger because a leaf person could be any one that picks up leaves for fun but a tree hugger is someone that protects trees
Sammy Kar: Jackass
Bruno Galasso: The poorer masses live much greener then the middle to upper classes.The less money people have the more they recycle and just make due with what they have at hand. It is a fact that the middle and upper class generate 87% of the waste in this country. A large amount of this is in the form of home remodeling,i see this almost daily and there seems to be no way to stop it. They by a house(in good shape) and as soon as they sign the papers they start ripping and tearing making the house exactly like they want it,then two years later they sell t! hat house and the new owners start in on it while the last owners go on to their next house and do the same thing again.This is a tremendous amount of waste.Some people have money to burn,others just make due with what they have....Show more
Alexandria Popik: No Answer?? FIGURES
Ninfa Aronica: Living green is MUCH cheaper than not. What many people confuse is the difference between trying to BUY yourself green and really living green.The first thing to understand is the idea of conservation of resources. The least you use of anything is the greenest option by a million miles. Everything that has been produced has environmental costs. If you don't buy the new 'green' reusable shopping bags and instead use an old sports bag you have in your cupboard, even if it is made from nylon, it is FAR greener than buying a new bag.If you insulate your home, prevent draughts, put in lots of thermal mass (like stone slabs around the fire) which absorb heat when the room is hea! ted and release it at night preventing pipes from freezing even when al! l the heating is turned off. That is much, much, much greener than buying green technologies, such as wind turbines or solar panels. If you must buy anything, buy door closers and insulation.Buying a Green tshirt that says 'Save our trees' is not green unless you only have one other tshirt and you will wear it to death. It is much greener to buy a secondhand tshirt and wear it to its death, regardless of what it is made of.Same with food, the cheapest foods are those that are least environmentally damaging. People get confused by the choices. Instead of buying a bag of lettuce and a ready-meal lasagna, buy fresh unprocessed ingredients and make your own. Be creative, if you want to buy organic then buy the cheaper items which only have a few extra pennies on the price ie) organic tinned pulses, soups, baked beans.Growing your own is the best possible thing you can do. Not just for the environment but for your health too.Don't BUY green, live green. There is nothing cheaper! . ...Show more
Toney Flaten: sorry this is a joke i just saw in a movie.
Gwenda Micheals: I actually do hug trees. Call me a Tree-Hugger.
Giovanni Malool: At first I was going to say NO because they can't afford it, the government it self and rich people should be more green and should be setting an example for everyone BUT... The people living near the poverty level have enough money to but Iphones, PS3's, 22"s, drugs, babies etc... How do they afford it? They use taxpayers money from welfare, child tax credit, child support, don't pay car insurance.... The US is in a recession but look at all the people still driving big SUV's with no passengers. Drive down a street where poor people live, where there's apartments and look at what they drive. Look at how many people stand in line for the latest Iphone or game console. I don't think these people are educated enough to care about being green, otherwise they would have better jobs and wouldn't be livi! ng near poverty.As you said, profitability is keeping most of the peopl! e from going green.I myself don't do anything special to be green. For example, I don't recycle, I get tons of trash mail that gets dumped in the trash. If the government wants me to recycle paper, then stop sending it to me. If they do, make them responsible for picking up and recycling their unwanted unused ads. Why should I work for free and the people sending the trash are making the $$...Show more
Joellen Zorrilla: Conservation is one of the greenest things a person can do and that has no cost. I was raised with a very tight family budget, so we had what we needed and little more. As my income increased so did my waste. I am finding that the lessons I learned early in life are the best way to help the planet.I eat less meat, I plan a menu, shop with a list and eat out less often. When we do go to a restaurant we split an entree. I couple times a year I eat from the pantry and the freezer, which means I look to see what I have to plan my menu and use things ! up before they go bad. I grow some of my own food and shop at farmers markets, the prices are usually lower than grocery stores. I eat more fresh food and less processed packaged food. I shop the bulk aisle, but make sure it I can use it in a reasonable amount of time. Seveal of the meals I make I make double and freeze 1/2 so I have quick meals for busy days. I make soups and put them in single serving size containers and freeze them. I can my own jellies, and freeze many veggies which I grow or buy in season. I use natural cleaners, like vinegar and baking soda instead of all the expensive toxic chemicals sold in markets. I think the only thing I have that is disposable or single use is toilet paper and Qtips. I invest in reusable things, cloth napkins, kitchen towels, etc.I conserve energy, I unplug things when not in use, line dry clothes, most of my lights have CFL's, turn lights off when I leave a room, when I have to replace an appliance I buy the most energy efficie! nt one I can afford. I put a sweater on in the winter and keep my therm! ostat low.Being green isn't about buying the latest things, it is about reducing our impact on the world. Buying less, using less energy, and wasting less are all green principals and they save money, not cost money. It is a mind set, I have a comfortable income, but I have cut my spending in all areas of my life and both my family and the earth are better for it....Show more
Norine Lomonte: residing in a undesirable community can decrease a individual's expectancies of existence. such numerous issues exist whilst people don't have money. there is greater crime and drug abuse in poorer neighborhoods. there is greater psychological ailment as a results of fact people have much less get right of entry to to psychological well being centers. and that i think of it is genuine that usually the mummy and dad do have toddlers without pondering how they are going to furnish for them. the subject is that we gained't convey each and all of the youngsters in those neighborhoods ! as much as a center type commonplace. Is that honest? No. yet existence isn't honest. some are privileged and a few are deprived. that may no longer going to alter. Is society responsible? No, i do no longer think of so. it would probable help if companies in this country did no longer deliver their production distant places. If people had some thank you to get an honest pastime and not utilising a school coaching. yet company greed has taken jobs away....Show more
Branden Round: I can relate to your question because I care about the environment but live well below the poverty line. My income is limited because I am disabled and unemployed. So I do what I can, as cheaply as I can. This is what I do.Firstly, eat less meat. Animals raised as food take up a lot of the world's resources-land, water and grain for their food. Our love of meat is also the cause of a lot of land clearing to give more pasturage to cattle. The clearing destroys the habitat of many rare pa! nt and animal species. So try substituting meat with lentils or beans-! which are actually much cheaper.Next, I would suggest watching your water and energy consumption. Don't let the tap run when you are brushing your teeth. Only wash whole loads of laundry. Prefer short showers over baths. Turn out the lights when you leave the room. Seems obvious, but these really do work and in time, they become second nature.Next, avoid using products that are harmfull to the environment. Use reusable bags when you shop, not plastic bags. Find an affordable laundry detergent without phosphates. Don't use dryer sheets-they are plastic products loaded with chemicals. A cup of vinegar in your wash during the rinse cycle is good for softening and removing static. Try putting things on a rack to dry, and if you use a dryerjust use it for as long as it takes to get the clothespartially dry and unrumpled, then hang them up to dry the rest of the way.If you are poor, you probably already avoid buying unnecesary stuff-you use what you have wisely and you ! probably reuse and recycle by hitting the thrift shops to look for good quality, lightly used items. It is suprising what you can find. We live in such a wastefull society. Ther are a lot of sites that can give you recipes for easily made, nontoxic cleaning products. I go to the library to find books that contain green ideas. If you are poor , you are probably ahead of the game. Many of the most practical everyday practices for a green life are just things that people without money to waste call "thrift."...Show more
Micah Schwarcz: Stop having a half dozen kids. For every baby that is born, it's another person who will use the earth's resources for the next 70 years or so. Obviously this can apply to any social or economic group. But it is more common to see people who are on welfare have larger families.
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Particia Thorton: The short answer is raise the price. If the price gets high enough, people will stop wasting it and even find ways! to conserve.The problem is what to do with folks who have a need for e! nergy and other resources, but can't afford the new, higher prices. To address that, we could set it up so that the users get up to a certain amount at market prices, beyond which there is a tax. The tax can even go up at different levels of usage, effectively increasing the price as usage goes up....Show more
Raul Lushbaugh: More like "plant lover" hehehe
Tricia Dossous: Hippy. or Leaf blower.
Victor Macallister: i think poor people are more green than others.
Enriqueta Steffen: Sorry but I just do not see the satisfaction one gets from hugging a tree.I can think of a lot of things that I would rather hug, and get more satisfaction from.
Tyree Allenbrand: Arbor-o-phile? Flora-fond? Pesticide challenged?Chloroplastufabulous? Polluta Hata?
Carter Dewater: Actually, I think you will find that poor people on average live much "Greener" lives that the wealthy or middle class. Poor people don't waste so much.First, their homes are much smal! ler and have less modern conveniences which requires much less energy being used. The certainly don't have hummers and escalades, and don't fly much. They are more inclined to use public transportation, or walk. They also tend to be more careful with power and energy use because it saves them money....Show more
Mikel Bethay: Hydroelectric energy has zero pollution emissions yet is still harmful to the environment.How this statement is true. Do you think hydroelectric power should be pursued? If so, why? I just read an article about this and I want you know your opinions!
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