Since political leaders have a lot of power to change the system, one of the most effective ways to reduce global warming is to pressure them to do something about it. Start by finding out who represents you at the local, state, and national level. Then, contact them and share your concern about global warming. Ask your representatives to: Promote mass transportation projects. Help fund alternative energy projects. Support regulation that limits carbon emissions. For example, let your representatives know you support a tax on carbon emissions. Enter agreements with foreign nations to limit carbon emissions, like the Kyoto Protocol. Take initiative and share your concern about global warming with the people around you. Simply by talking about it, or mentioning it, you may inform others about how it could impact their lives or the lives of their children or grandchildren. Tell people why you do certain things, like adopting a vegan or vegetarian diet. Let people know about things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint like insulating their home or reducing the amount they drive. Don't be pushy. If someone doesn't want to talk about global warming, that's okay. There is no reason to alienate people who don't share your perspective. Look around your community for organizations and groups that share your concerns. Chances are, there are many groups around you that work to educate the public and make real change to reduce global warming. Some national and international groups that take action to fight global warming include: Greenpeace Citizens Climate Lobby The Environmental Defense Fund Green America The Sierra Club Idle No More

Summary: Contact your representatives and urge them to fight global warming. Inform people about the dangers of global warming. Join an advocacy group.

Because whole grains aren't digestible unless cooked, it makes it difficult for raw food enthusiasts to enjoy them. Sprouting grains, however, makes them easily digestible and nutritious. Without cooking, you can enjoy whole grains like rye, wheat, barley, or corn, without baking and breaking down their micronutrients. Sprouting grain neutralizes difficult-to-digest phytic acid, releasing vitamins and nutrients not generally present in raw grain. This makes it ideal for porridges, baking, and making into sprouted flour. Hulled oats, like the kind you buy at the store to make oatmeal, won't sprout. To sprout grains, you need to buy whole grains still in their hulls, raw and organic. Other types of grains will just soak. You can ferment oatmeal with miso paste overnight, for a quick live culture option. Grain will triple in size over the soaking process, so it's important to start with a jar or bowl large enough to hold three times the amount of flour that you put into it to soak. Soak the grains for about 6 hours, then drain the water thoroughly and sprout them at room temperature for about 2 days. Rinse periodically and drain thoroughly. Corn needs to undergo a slightly longer presoak, about 12 hours before draining the water and letting it sprout. Amaranth, quinoa, and millet, commonly-mistaken for varieties of seed or rice, are actually alkaline grains, and are perfectly-sproutable using this method. Barley won't actually sprout, but you can activate the germination process, as is done when malting barley for making alcohol, by "sprouting" it for about 12 hours. This will activate the process and start breaking down the hull. Once the tip of the sprout is about 1/4 inch long, it is ready to be used. Rinse the grains one last time. Lay them on a dry towel, and let them dry. Use immediately, or store in the refrigerator. To turn sprouted grains into flour, you'll need a food dehydrator and a grinder designed for grains. After they've sprouted, dehydrate the grains for about 12 hours and grind them into a fully-integrated and fine flour, sifting if desired. You can store this sprouted flour in the freezer to maintain it's life, and use it as you would any type of baking flour.

Summary: Choose a grain to sprout as a raw alternative. Soak whole grains in warm water. Harvest the sprouts. Make sprouted flour.

When a triangle has two sides that are in the same proportion to another triangle and their included angle is equal, these triangles are similar. Be careful not to confuse this theorem with the Side-Angle-Side theorem for congruence. For congruence, the two sides with their included angle must be identical; for similarity, the proportions of the sides must be same and the angle must be identical. For example: Triangle ABC and DEF are similar is angle A = angle D and AB/DE = AC/DF. Using a ruler, measure two sides of triangle ABC and label them with that measure. Make sure triangle DEF is oriented in the same direction and measure the same two sides. Label these sides as well. Example: Measures of triangle ABC; side AB = 4 cm and side AC = 8 cm. Measures of triangle DEF; side DE = 2 cm and side DF = 4 cm. Using a protractor, measure the included angle, or, the angle between the two sides that you already measured. For this theorem, the measure of the angle should be identical in both triangles. Example: Angle A in triangle ABC is 26. Angle D in triangle DEF is also 26. To use the SAS theorem, the sides of the triangles must be proportional to each other. To calculate this, simply use the formula AB/DE = AC/DF. Example: AB/DE = AC/DF; 4/2 = 8/4; 2 = 2. The proportions of the two triangles are equal. Once you have determined that the proportions of two sides of a triangle and their included angle are equal, you can use the SAS theorem in your proof. Example: Because AB/DE = AC/DF and angle A = angle D, triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. Note: If angle A did not equal angle D, the triangles would not be similar. Also, if the proportions were not equal, the triangles would not be similar.
Summary: Define the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) Theorem for similarity. Measure the same two sides of each triangles. Identify the measure of the angle between those two sides. Calculate the proportion of the side lengths between the two triangles. Apply the Side-Angle-Side Theorem to prove similarity.