When in lecture halls, reading blogs or listening to talk radio I repeatedly hear “what can I do?” There are more common expressions of people ready to work together. This movement is not like the protests of vietnam. A graduated approach using grassroots organizing seem to get the job done best.

Peak Oil, Water Scarcity, Pollution and Energy Sources contribute to Global Warming. Ozone depletion is also a result of pollution but has nothing to do with Global Warming. These issues are for all classes and all sides of political parties.

"Going green is common sense!" said Earl Russell, a former engineer that tends to be on right side of the political spectrum.

Solving the energy crisis and the water crisis will solve the other issues mentioned above!

Individuals collectively have a profound impact! With gas prices over $4 per gallon in June and July, United States usage was down 3 percent in those months.

Everyone should go out and buy a new hybrid vehicle tomorrow! Since that's not likely to happen, the people that can afford to buy a hybrid now really need to. To ensure we have time to implement a solution, action today is required. Should the right inventions come to market today it may take years for society to switch.

That was argued by Paul Roberts, a journalist who lectured at Scripps college in 2006. If today the latest hybrid came to market it would take years for the technology to be used widely.

Oil production has peaked. That means oil supply will start to run out because most natural wells have been discovered. Even with a new discoveries, there is not going to be a large enough supply for the growing demand.

Actions you can take are:

Reduce your use! Sign up for efficiency at www.oildepletionprotocol.org where you can unite with an action plan. Colin Campbell is calling for a 3 percent decrease in usage per year. Can you manage that?

Increase manual labor. Many machines are used in factories instead of real labor. Farmers use fuel to pull tractors when they could use human labor or old fashion animals pulling tractors. This will also cut emissions.

Use as many certified “green” products as possible. Plastics made from petroleum pose an additional environmental problem. Organically farmed fuels are a benefit to us because the methods used do not contaminate our water, the lack of plowing does not erode valuable topsoil essential to productive crops among other useful factors.

Update your transportation methods. Buy products made in your country. Drive a hybrid, natural gas or hydrogen car for now until even more efficient technology is discovered. For hydrogen stations go to http://fuelcellpartnership.org.

Use public transportation. Walk or ride a bike. You can get in shape while also being efficient. you should try to work closer to home.

Energy is needed for or homes and transportation. this means the crisis is shared! That is why electric cars are not the answer, the coal emission from electricity production releases sulfur and nitrogen dioxide equaling more emissions than directly pumping the fuel in your car.

Coal emissions from your electricity pollute natural bodies of water changing the Ph balance and emit greenhouse gases. Cleaner energy like wind and solar power are examples of sustainable energy.

Silica used in photovoltaic cells (solar panels) is a raw material found in the United States. Coal is not a sustainable energy or clean but it is another raw material found in the United States.

Here are some ways you can help save energy:

Shut off lights just like your grandparents used to say. Use Energy Star appliances and or LED lights to cut emissions and save money.

Help the U.S. by signing initiatives and writing letters to congress urging them to cut our dependency on foreign fuel. California Senator, Diane Feinstein will act on almost anything she deems worthy. She has even started an act to ban phthalates. Kudos to her!

Installing solar panels is a great example of sustainable energy or renewable energy. That means it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Other examples of sustainable energy are bio fuels, wind power, wave power, geothermal power and tidal power.

Take advantage of incentives and tax breaks being offered for Californians that use sustainable energies. For CA incentives go to http://www.sdenergy.org. For international information go to http://www.undp.org.

Stop eating cows and pigs. Rainforests are being cut down at alarming rates to support cow production. Reforestation does not have the same ability to create oxygen as older species of trees did.

Although there is the zero emission benefit of nuclear energy the cost of operation is a large expense. Nuclear waste is a byproduct we have no final answer for. Burying it deep in mountains causes concerns for earthquakes among other things.

Being energy efficient is best.

Recycle. I know it can be work. The company Tomra, owner of Re-Planet has a conveyer belt that scans for CRV paid bottles, and the conveyer belt doesn't like crushed cans or bottles either. You can trade those for un crumpled bottles or cans if there is an attendant present.

You can call the United States Environmental Hotline at 1-800-CLEANUP or 1-877-EARTH911, for those non-paid CRV bottles go to www.earth911.org.

Did you know that there is an island larger than the moon made of plastic? There is a reason why many grocery stores are all trying to get you to bring your own bags back to the store. Bottles, cans, automotive liquids, clothing, cardboard, copper, metals and furniture are among common things that can be recycled.

More ways to help:

Give your bottles and cans to a person in need of the money paid for recyclables.

Urge your city council to implement recycling program. Fullerton, California sifts through garbage before it goes to the landfills and pulls out recyclables.

Before you go shopping, remember your reusable bags like they were your wallet.

Water resources are being misused and privatized, not to mention drying up and intensively contaminated! There is a serious water crisis world wide.

Here is what you can do to help:

Drink municipal water. If you live in a country with safe drinking water, drink it. Municipal water is 1 cent a gallon and privatized water is $3 dollars or more a gallon. The difference in quality is minimal.The politics of privatizing water are literally responsible for killing millions of men, women and children in other nations. It is worse than sweatshop slave conditions.

Demand sources other than corn for bio fuel production. 270 liters of water will produce 1 liter of ethanol from corn. Ultimately bio fuel is not the answer as food becomes more scarce the world's field need to produce food with the water. Whole rivers in Brazil have dried up as it is the top producer of bio fuel.

Switchgrass is a more efficient bio fuel using less water and giving more ethanol.

Plant water efficient plants rather than grass in your lawn.

The mainstream media doesn't want to scare you into supporting grassroots organizations and farmers. Waking up to pregnant celebrities will come to an end if no one does anything to change their privileged technological lifestyle. Will we only care when we can't see pictures of Jamie Lynn Spears' second baby because she died in a tsunami? The agenda the media is funded by would rather you continue to prioritize the wealth of oil companies and other thieves who buy, sell and trade natural resources that once were free to tribes and civilizations.

Not that I am a saint, I think it would be a good idea to buy stock in Pacific Ethanol (PEIX), Vestas Wind Systems (VWS) or Evergreen Solar (ESLR).

For the most part I drink the chlorinated, arsenic added tap water but occasionally I enjoy Vitamin Water and Life Water whom provide high priced enriched bottles at the expense of starving nations. Detailed descriptions of how the banks push privatized water over public utilities is available in the book, Blue Covenant by Maude Barlow.

The solution is healing the root and not being part of the problem. Chemicals wouldn't need to be filtered out of water and air if it wasn't for inefficient, careless uses of energy. Mass resistance in the form of lifestyle changes are going to be key to the survival of humanity.