On February 20, 2007, Australia announced it would phase out the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2010, replacing them with highly efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use one fourth as much electricity. If the rest of the world joins Australia in this simple step to sharply cut carbon emissions, the worldwide drop in electricity use would permit the closing of more than 270 coal-fired (500 megawatt) power plants. For the United States, this bulb switch would facilitate shutting down 80 coal-fired plants.

http://www.earth-policy.org/
Updates/2007/Update66.htm

Consumers today face a wide array of food choices. Many of the foods for sale—genetically modified corn, meat from chickens and hogs raised with antibiotics, and vegetables sprayed with pesticides—are evidence of agriculture's industrialization. However, organic and local food options offer an alternative that can restore the connection between how we live and what we eat.

http://www.ucsusa.org/
food_and_environment/feed/

Inuit people from across Alaska and Canada delivered a petition to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. Quotes from members of the communities through which the Global Warming 101 expedition has traveled are highlighted in the petition. These quotes give an intimate perspective on day-to-day realities of living in a warming climate:

http://www.globalwarming101.com/
content/view/836/