How To Get The Government To Act On Green Living

How can I get the government to act?

I think there's so many things you can do to motivate the government to act. You know, Ghandi said "when people lead, governments will follow." I think there's some truth to that. We get to vote on Election Day. We vote in people that share some of our same values. You also get to vote with your letter writing, your fax or email or letter writing to our public officials. They take that quite seriously when someone sends them a letter, an email or fax. They multiply that times a thousand. If one person writes them a letter they go "wow, there's probably a thousand people that feel that way about the environment" or whatever you do. And another vote, and I've saved the best for last, the best vote you get to do, you get to vote with your dollars, to vote on the showroom floors, in the supermarket aisles, in the appliance stores,to vote with your dollars to buy the most energy efficient products, the products that are the best for the environment. That's your ultimate vote. That's your number one vote; how you vote with your purchasing power.