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Help protect the environment with these simple steps.

Climate Protection Plan
  • More on the Climate Protection Plan
  • Progress report to the mayor and City Council
  • Steering Committee
  • Meeting schedule
  • Resources
  • City Ordinance No. 060777
  • City Ordinance No. 070436
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    Environmental Management Commission
  • EMC Climate protection report
  • EMC Climate protection report summary
  • More on the EMC

    • 1. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)
    Replace three frequently used light bulbs with CFLs and save 300 pounds of carbon dioxide and over $60 a year.

    2. Save the water bottle
    Sick of watching your recycle bin fill up with water bottles? Buy a reusable bottle and fill it with good Kansas City water.

    3. Pull the plug on electronics and chargers
    Mobile phones, personal digital assistants, mp3 players, digital cameras and other electronics use energy, even if they are turned off, if the charger is still going.

    4. Take shorter showers
    Water for bathing accounts for two-thirds of all water heating costs.

    5. Buy local food products
    You may pay a bit more in the grocery store, but buying locally grown products helps the Earth because less fuel is required to transport your products to market. Additionally, buying goods that require less packaging may help reduce your garbage.

    6. Take cloth bags to the market
    Tote your own cloth bags to the store instead of plastic and paper bags, reducing waste and requiring no additional energy for manufacturing.

    7. Use recycled paper
    Switch your home and business paper products to 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper, saving countless trees and 5 pounds of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.

      

     
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