One thing every one can do to help fight Climate Change is replace standard light bulbs with low energy replacements (either Compact Flourescent or LED).
If you go round your house and add up the total wattage used by all your bulbs, you'll probably be amazed, especially with the current fashion for Halogen spots. I recently replaced a number of standard bulbs with CFLs, and calculated the total wattage used would be reduced from something like 370 Watts to 60 Watts. If you want to know what that equates to in energy saving/money saving terms, check out the stats on OneBillionBulbs, where you can create an account and track your C02 and cash savings.
Also, if you have your own computer, why not check out LocalCooling, who have an application you can install on your PC to optimise it's power use. The application provides a few extra options than the standard Windows Power Saving settings, and again, it will also keep track of your energy savings.
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