There are many ways to take action to change the world's heedless path toward the precipice of Catastrophic Climate Change (and Peak Oil, Peak Water, etc ...).  We can act as individuals, families, communities, businesses, nations ...  And, we can foster action by others through our own actions ... directly and indirectly.

When it comes to the easiest first steps toward a better relationship with the environment, for the rich developed world, two easy actions have real impact and start the path toward real change:  replacing incadescents with compact fluorescent bulbs and using canvas bags.

As for the second, here is a video that is worth watching and helping go viral.

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