It's Easy Being Green
Here are some effective ways you can help to
conserve resources…
- Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving.
- Install solar panels on your house.
- Turn off the lights when leaving a room.
- Use both sides of the paper when printing and copying.
- Walk or bike instead of driving.
- Take short showers.
- Drink tap water instead of bottled water.
- Remove unnecessary items from your car to reduce weight.
- Regularly replace the filter on your HVAC system.
- Install faucet aerators.
- Use cold water to wash clothes.
- Stop junk mail.
- Install a programmable thermostat in your home.
- Replace inefficient incandescent light bulbs with energy
star bulbs.
- Car pool, use public transportation or drive a fuel
efficient car.
- Plant a tree and make clean air for us to breath.
- Run your dishwasher only when it’s full.
- Buy Energy Star appliances.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as
recommended.
- Weatherize and insulate your home, and consider double pane
windows.
- Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and
up two degrees in the summer.
- Keep your tires properly inflated and get better gas mileage.
- Use a low-flow showerhead. The less water you use, the less
energy required to heat it.
- Buy locally and reduce the amount of energy required to
drive your products to your store.
- Buy products with less packaging and recycle paper, plastic
and glass.
- Keep your water heater insulated and the thermostat no
higher than 120°F.
- Turn off or unplug electronics that you’re not using.
- Buy organic food - chemicals used in modern agriculture
pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.
- Change your car's air filter regularly.
- Recycle materials such as aluminum cans, newspapers, and
glass jars.
- Fix Leaks - To determine whether your toilet has a leak,
place a drop of food coloring in the tank; if the color appears
in the bowl without flushing, you have a leak.
- Buy Recycled Look for the words "postconsumer" or "recycled"
when shopping.
- Turn off or put to sleep computers and monitors at night.
- Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste Electronics, CFLs,
certain batteries, and other household hazardous wastes contain
toxic materials.
- Choose fresh foods instead of frozen. Frozen foods require
10 times more energy to produce.
- Reuse grocery bags.