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Go Green and Save Green:
- You’ll save the environment and money. Just supplying Americans with
plastic water bottles for one year consumes more than 47 million gallons of
oil, enough to take 100,000 cars off the road and 1 billion pounds of carbon
dioxide out of the atmosphere, according to the Container Recycling
Institute. The federal standards for tap water are higher than those for
bottled water and the cost of bottled water is 240 to 10,000 times more than
tap (according to
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0218-05.htm)
- Convert 5 of your most widely used light bulbs into Energy Star bulbs
and save about $60 a year.
- Conduct an energy audit on your house and instantly shed dollars off of
your energy bill. Go to www.energystar.gov for more information.
- Take your coffee from home in your own to-go mug and save your monthly
expenditures on lattes. Read more: For example, if you drink 4 store-bought
lattes a week at $3 each, that’s a total savings of around $50 a month. Plus
think about all the plastic lids, stir sticks, and cups you’ll be keeping
out of the land fills.
- Buy energy efficient appliances and get money back. Go to
www.energystar.gov.
- Cut your shower time by just 2 min. to save 10 gallons of water and
money on your water bill.
- Fill your freezer up and save on your energy costs. It makes more
energy to chill empty space so it’s costing you more to keep your freezer
bare. Use boxes to fill in the empty space.
- Shut down your computer to save on energy costs.
- Make your own green house cleaning products.
- Figure out your impact at
http://www.lowimpactliving.com/pages/impact-calculator/impact-calculator
- Stay local. If you feel the urge to travel, consider exploring your
local terrain while saving on gas, travel expenses, and stress.
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