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Three things to do this Earth Day

Gretchen Bleiler has seen the effects of climate change in her travels around the world. In honor of Earth Day, the snowboarder provides the top three ways you can make a change for the better in order to save the planet.

Updated: April 22, 2011, 3:36 PM ET
By Gretchen Bleiler

As a pro snowboarder, I've traveled around the world, chasing the snow year-round. I've seen the effects of climate change firsthand -- from the horrible pollution hanging in the mountains of Chile ...

... to the lack of snow in New Zealand. For the past seven years, I've been going down under to get in some good wintertime training during our summer. Last year, my trip was cancelled. There simply was not enough snow!

There are so many examples like this, but ...

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