The Little Green Things
Everyone is becoming overwhelmed with trying to achieve a greener lifestyle. Some are spending all of their free time on big time-consuming eco-friendly projects. Others are becoming frustrated with the inconvenience of trying to reduce their carbon footprint. While still others are not doing anything because they feel green living is to complicated or just don't want the added responsibility in the their already hectic lives. It doesn't have to be so difficult. I mean, if you have the time to save the earth in one day, that's great, more power to you! But not everyone can find the time to do that. Some people need to take smaller, more simple steps to becoming green. It doesn't have to be a sudden transformation, if you try to do to much to quickly it can feel overwhelming and even hinder your progress. The same applies if you are trying to encourage others to start thinking green. Each week I will be posting "The Little Green Things", a list of simple everyday steps to achieving a greener lifestyle.
THE LITTLE GREEN THINGS
Around Your Home
THE LITTLE GREEN THINGS
Around Your Home
- Take Shorter Showers - Two minutes off your shower time conserves more than ten gallons of water
- Turn off the Tap while Brushing Teeth - You can save up to five gallons of water a day
- Shaving - Brush your teeth while your waiting for the water to warm up to shave
- Switch to Compact Fluorescent Bulbs - only when your old ones burn out
- Recycle Phone Books - Or call and stop phone book delivery, use an online directory instead
- Clean your Dryer Lint Screen - And don't overload it, you'll save 5% on your electric bill
- Energy Efficient Washing - Use the warm and cold cycles on your washer, stay away from the HOT
- Water Heaters - Wrap it with an insulating blanket and set the thermostat no higher than 120 degrees
- Toilets - Try to flush one less time per day, you'll save an average of 4.5 gallons of water a day
- Bathtub - Plug the drain before turning the water on, you'll save 3-4 gallons of water
- Shower Curtain - Avoid using plastic liners, PVC plastic waste is not recyclable
- Dishwasher - Run full loads to save energy, don't pre-rinse your dishes
- Hand washing - Turn off the tap while you scrub, use the tap only while rinsing
- Trash Bags - reuse leftover plastic bags as can liners, check into eco-friendly liners
- RECYCLE - If everyone just separated the paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum items from their trash and recycled them, we could decrease the amount of waste sent to landfills by 75%
This is just a list of some simple steps to take around the home in achieving a greener lifestyle. There are many other things that can be done as well. We will explore more of them in future postings. Visit www.greenplanetz.com for more information.
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