Live Healthier, Save the Planet
20. Call your power company and ask them if they use Green energy?
19. Use energy efficient light bulbs. Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 lbs. of carbon dioxide a year.
18. Check your tires. If you can afford one, buy a hybrid car. Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%.
17. Use energy efficient appliances, or if you can’t afford to change them, can you do without any of them. Turn them off whenever possible. Simply turning off your T.V., DVD player, stereo and computer when you are not using them will save thousands of lbs. of carbon dioxide a year.
16. Walk, Bike or use mass transit whenever possible. Carpool. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.
15. If you can afford it, use solar or water power to heat your home.
14. Speak up in your community about the benefits of making a difference for the environment of today and tomorrow.
13. Unplug cell phone charges. They zap energy even if you phone is not plugged in and increase your electric bill!
12. Encourage others and members of congress to reduce our dependence on oil. You can write a letter to your state representative.
11. Recycle everything you can. You can save 2400 lbs. of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
10. Buy recycled and recyclable products. Avoid products with a lot of packaging. Safe for you, your family, and the environment. www.searcy.myshaklee.com
9. Watch an “Inconvenient Truth” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/
8. Visit www.climatecrisis.net
7. Learn as much as you can about our increasingly changing environment. www.globalwarming101.org
6. Don’t take for granted the resources that we have today, they might not be there for our children tomorrow. Conserve.
5. Use less hot water. It takes a lot of energy to heat water.
4. Plant Trees. A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
3. Adjust your thermostat. Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer, you could save 2000 lbs. of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
2. You can even buy low- VOC Paints (low Volatile organic compounds)!
1. Spread the word!! We can make a difference.
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