32 ways to save the Earth——拯救地球的32招（上）4月22日是世界地球日，6月5日是世界环境日。
在世界气候日益变暖的严峻形势下，我发表这篇“拯救地球的32招”，希望大家一起从小事做起，为拯救地球，拯救环境，出一份该出的力！
1.Don't use blinds. Heavy curtains keep in more heat in winter.
不要使用百叶窗。冬天使用厚窗帘，可减少热量散失。
2.Slow down. Driving at 50mph(80 kilometers per hour)uses 25 percent less fuel than 70mph.
减速慢行。50英里的时速（即每小时80公里）比70英里时速省油25%。
3.Turn down your central heating and put on a coat.
调低中央暖气，穿上外套。
4.Take a quick shower, not a leisurely bath, to save water.
淋浴动作要迅速，慢慢地洗澡浪费水。
5.Get to know your neighbors; they are more likely to keep your home safer than energy-consuming security lamps.
结识街坊四邻，与耗能的警示灯相比，街坊邻居让你的住家更安全。
6.Get on your bike instead of driving.
多骑单车少开车。
7.Buy local, or better still, grow your own food, so energy is not wasted on transportation.
食品应买当地货，自己种菜则更佳。如此一来，能量就不会浪费在运输途中了。
8.Give a colleague a lift to work; if no one is going your way, join a carshare program to find a passenger.
上班捎上同事。若无人与你同行，快快加入汽车分享计划，寻找搭车者。
9.Cook for friends. Large quantities of food use less packaging than the same quantity in separate share.
为朋友烧饭菜。食物分量大更节包装，而等量食物分开包装要多耗包装。
10.Refuse plastic carier bags, or at least reuse them. Cloth bags are better.
重复利用或最好不要用塑料袋。布袋携物为佳。
11.Drind tap or filtered water, not bottled.
饮用自来水或过滤水，不要喝瓶装水。
12.Turn off TVs and stereos instead of switching them to standby.
电视、音响不用时应关闭电源，不宜待机。
13.Lighten up: paint your walls a pale color, so you need less man-made light.
家居宜用浅色调：墙面刷成浅白色，所需人工照明少。
14.Only foush your toilets if reassy needed; follow the Australian maxim:"If it's yellow, that's mellow, if it's brown, flush it down."
冲洗马桶宜有度。澳洲格言要遵循：“马桶发黄属正常，马桶发褐要冲洗。”
15.Improve the ambience and have dinner by candlelight, saving the electricity.
烛光晚餐有氛围，节约用电何乐而不为？
16.Insulate your home. Cavity wall insulation can cut heat loss through the wall by up to 60 percent.
房屋隔热可以利用空心墙来减少热能损耗，降幅高达60%。
17.Soak yp the sun; even in
充分吸收太阳能。即使在英国，太阳能板产生的能量也相当惊人。
18.Clean the back of your fridge. Dusty coils can increase inergy consumption by 30 percent.
冰箱后盖勤清洁。沾满灰尘的线圈要多消耗30%的能量。