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Living Green Part I
By clicking on the links on the site and the Living Green widget, you help me to continue to help others. It helps me to publish and add to this site when you follow the links. 17 Easy Living Green Tips 1-8 I realize that making a lot of changes toward living green can be overwhelming. We're all human, after all. Some changes can be easy and not need a lot of upkeep such as the change in light bulbs. Make baby steps, but keep stepping! Every change makes a big difference-especially if many of us make the little changes. 1. Choose matches over lighters: Lighters fill landfills because so many aren't reusable. If you prefer a lighter, get one that can be refilled. Matches are made from biodegradable wood or cardboard. A lot less greenhouse fuel is produced when they are made than in the manufacturing of lighters. 2. Keep your tires inflated: The engines work harder to turn soft tires, and this leads to even more greenhouse gases. There are even more benefits-properly inflated tires can improve gas mileage by about 3% and extend the life of your tires by around 15%. 3. Lighten up! The slower you accelerate and the quicker you stomp on the gas, the more gas you use-up to 35%. My car tells me how much gas I use, and I have seen the benefits of lightening up-a small step toward living green. 4. Wondering what to do with your old tires? Check out your local rubber recycling center. 5. Should you wash your own car or go to a carwash? You might be surprised to learn that gong to a carwash is a little better than washing at home. When you clean your car at home or elsewhere on your own, the suds usually end up in the ground or in the storm drains. This eventually ends up in the rivers and streams. This ends up in our water supply. At commercial car washes the waste water is drained into sewers, so it is treated before going into the water supply. The commercial car washes are obligated by law to do this. What is the difference in water use? Wash your car with a hose at home for 10 minutes and you use up to 100 gallons of water Conveyor car washes use as little as 30 gallons of water 6. Do you know that every time you go to the ATM or buy gas at the pump and choose to go paperless (no receipt) Americans can save about 2 billion feet of paper or about enough to circle the equator 15 times every year? This is an easy thing for all of us to do that can make a huge impact! 7. Change Your Light Bulbs: If you swap out regular incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs) you can cut down on your electric bill. CFLs are fluorescent lights that can be screwed into traditional bulb sockets. They might not look very pretty, but they use only a quarter of the energy that an incandescent bulb uses which is why they made my list of Living Green. Plus, CFLs last for years-—around 10,000 hours. LEDs are even more energy efficient than CFLs. They last around 100,000 hours and use around 90 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. That can be a huge savings for you and the planet. 8. Reduce Your Power Use: The best way to reduce power used is to-well simply use less. simple things can make big changes. •Turn off incandescent lights and televisions when you leave the room. •Turn off fluorescent lights if you’re leaving the room for more than 15 minutes. •Turn off LEDs if you’re leaving the room for more than 5 minutes. •Unplug devices with power adapters (“wall warts”) when they are not in use. Wall warts use power whenever they are plugged in, even if the device is turned off. Toasters, and other appliances use energy even when they're not being used. You can even get special outlet strip where you can opt to leave some items plugged 'on' such as your alarm clock while turning others off. We're going to see lots more nifty ways to cut down on power usage. •Line-dry clothing instead of using a dryer. •Don’t let computers and other electric devices go to “sleep.” This also sucks energy. My Favorite Earth Saving Tip? See the next blog posting! Living Green Part II- Tips 8-17 Plus My Very Favorite Tip of All
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