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Got a leaky faucet? You might be dripping as much as 90 gallons (340 liters) of water down the drain every day.

Every time you turn off the water while you're brushing your teeth, you're doing something good. The little things can make a big difference. ­In that spirit, HowStuffWorks has come up with 10 things you can do now to help save the planet. Taking care of the Earth is not just a responsibility, it's a necessity. Countries must make drastic actions to avoid a future with irreversible damage to major ecosystems and planetary climate.īut what about individuals? What can we do to pitch in and help save the Earth? There are plenty of things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and your carbon footprint to make a less harmful impact on the environment. Weather patterns are changing and will threaten food production, and sea levels are rising and could cause catastrophic flooding across the globe. The United Nations suggests that climate change is not just the defining issue of our time, but we are also at a defining moment in history. This composite image of Earth was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument.