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Home >> Air >> Carbon Dioxide (CO2) >> Cut down fewer trees (plant a tree) >> Drinks >> 3   Cut back on how much coffee you drink, or stop all together If you do this action, you could earn another 3 points [add to points] Can't seem to curb your addiction to a cup of 'Joe'? Try some of these tips to reduce your impact on the environment Stop buying coffee from "the big four": Nestlé, Kraft, Procter and Gamble, and Sara Lee/Doewe Egberts (or their alias names such as Millstone, Maxwell House, etc) Buy organic coffee. You'll need to do some research to figure out which ones are organic (try link below) Use your own mug! Disposable coffee cups have to be the most wasteful products Buy from a local roaster, since a local grower may not be that close by for most people Quit using paper coffee filters. There is a reusable gold filter for virtually every pot on the market  Coffee and Conservation Blog Easy Scale: [8] (1-10 scale, 1 = Difficult and costly, 10 = simple and no cost or little effort) Impact Scale: [1] (1-5 scale, 1 = Minor but worthwhile, 5 = Strong impact on environment) Want more info... Many plantations over the last few decades have replaced their shade grown techniques with sun cultivation techniques to increase yields, which in turn destroyed vast forests and biodiversity. Sun cultivation involves cutting down trees, and high inputs of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Environmental problems, such as deforestation, pesticide pollution, habitat destruction, soil and water degradation, are the effects of most modern coffee farms. It takes about 140 litres of water to produce one cup of coffee, which is especially damaging to countries where water is so scarce Category: Drinks User Comments  What do you think about the 'Toddy'? It is a cold brew system that yields concentrated coffee, reuseable filters and no electricity to make. To drink, you dilute it for iced coffee or heat in microwave?.....refrigerate it.... or i s there another system for us caffeine drawn masses? DelozierLahr - 8/8/2009 10:33:22 AM    The damage that will occur to my office by me cutting back on coffee is not worth going green over. DMMike - 4/20/2010 1:52:01 PM    Haha! If your lack of productivity (or physical destruction) from cutting back on coffee outweighs the benefits, then maybe you should INCREASE your coffee consumption to be more green! hbomb7 - 4/21/2010 12:43:17 AM   You must have an account to make a comment (it's free!) Already a member? Login at the top of the page... Random products from our store Perf Go Green Drop Cloths (Pack of 5) $19.21   Energy Wizard $37.5   Recycled Computer Disks (CDs) $20   Merry Hempster Organic Hemp Lip Balm $2.49     Think before you print!

Website Translation Beach Clean Up When you go to the beach, make sure you not only pick up your trash, but try and pick up at least one piece of somebody else’s. Participate in a beach cleanup effort with your local Surfrider organization There are 152 actions on this website that you can take to help save the earth! How many "earth-saving" points can you earn? There are 830 possible points! Find out for free by signing up today! Top 5 Members Username Points greenirish  617  hbomb7  417  DMMike  412  Elizabetha  371  lolazion  331  Solar Tiki Torch $19.98 Ecobutton™ Power Saving Device $24.98 Twin Draft Guard $9.95 View all products >>   "While on a flight today, the stewardess told us to close the shades on our windows to keep it cooler for the next flight. I thought that was pretty cool!" hbomb7 on 6/7/2009 about the action Adjust window shades with outside temperature   Subscribe to RSS headline updates from:

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