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What's a project you can do by yourself, in your house, to help save the planet?

In my case, here in Colombia, the goverment doesn't put much effort for save the planet, a few ambientalist groups make some little changes. TED has amazing talks with projects desing by scientists and experts and proven that works but i think what efficient project that i, a committed boy can do in his house for the planet.
I try reduce in my house and reuse objects but here i dont have the options for recycle. So i need a project that is easy to build and could be in almost any house.
(i'm sorry about my english)

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    W. Ying 10+

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    Mar 18 2013: . ,
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    Advocating "no invalid happiness"! Please!


    (For details, see the 1st article, points 1-3, 10, 14, at
    https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D&id=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D%21283&sc=documents).

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    • greg dahlen 20+

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      Mar 18 2013: how does this relate to his question?
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        W. Ying 10+

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        Mar 19 2013: .
        Thanks!

        Here is a brief:

        (1) Valid happiness is the short-time feeling of things being a-step-better
        . . for keeping our DNA alive.
        (2) Invalid happiness is the short-time feeling of things being pseudo-a-step-better
        . . (actually a-step-“worse”) for keeping our DNA alive.
        . . E.g. having junk food, drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, abusing drug,
        . . .... wasting (fashion, big house, touring, .... causing environment crisis),
        . . .... making too much money (causing inequality, crimes, wars, ....
        . . .... "destroying our planet", .... human self-extinction).
        (3) “Invalid happiness” is out of the valid scope of our instincts formed 10,000 years ago.


        More?

        • greg dahlen 20+

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          Mar 19 2013: Mr. Ying, doesn't it seem like he is oriented toward valid happiness? He is asking how to treat the planet well. But does your comment suggest you are worried he will go toward invalid happiness?
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        W. Ying 10+

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        Mar 20 2013: to greg dahlen's just above. .
        Hi, Greg,

        Thanks!
        Sorry! I express myself badly.
        Let me try to put it this way:

        If humankind could quit all their invalid happiness, we would save about 90% of all resources (including environment, energy, ....). Thus, we can treat our planet much better.

        Wrong?

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