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Your link to eco-friendly ideas and products.
Updated Daily!
"If today is a typical day on planet Earth, we will lose 116 square miles of rainforest, or about an acre a second. We will lose another 72 square miles to encroaching deserts, as a result of human mismanagement and overpopulation. We will lose 40 to 100 species, and no one knows whether the number is 40 or 100. Today the human population will increase by 250,000. And today we will add 2,700 tons of chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere and 15 million tons of carbon. Tonight the Earth will be a little hotter, its waters more acidic, and the fabric of life more threadbare." - David Orr
"There are times when only an act of courage can spur progress in world affairs." --United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, speaking at the opening of the Kyoto Global Warming Conference.
1) Plant a couple of additional trees around your home. CO2 Reduction = 20 lbs/year2) Use a push mower to cut your lawn instead of a power mower CO2 Reduction = 80 lbs/year
3) Replace your home's refrigerator with a high-efficiency model. CO2 Reduction = 220 lbs/year
4) Buy food and other products with reusable or recyclable packaging instead of those in non-recyclable packaging. CO2 Reduction = 230 lbs/year
5) Replace your current washing machine with a low-energy, low-water-use machine. CO2 Reduction = 440 lbs/year
6) Install a solar thermal system to help provide your hot water. CO2 Reduction = 720 lbs/year
7) Recycle all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and metal. CO2 Reduction = 850 lbs/year
8) Leave your car at home two days a week (walk, bike or take the bus instead). CO2 Reduction = 1,590 lbs/year
9) Insulate your home, tune up your furnace, and install energy-efficient showerheads. CO2 Reduction = 2,480 lbs/year
10) Purchase a fuel-efficient car (rated at 32 mpg or more) to replace your most frequently used automobile. CO2 Reduction = 5,600 lbs/year
If your family did all of the items above,
YOU Could Cut CO2 Emissions by more than 11,000 lbs/year!
- You protect future generations
- You pay the real cost of real food
- You have an independent guarantee
- You protect water quality
- You enjoy great flavour and nutrition
- You keep chemicals off your plate
- You reduce global warming and save energy
- You prevent soil erosion
- You help small farmers
- You help restore biodiversity
Gee, It's Easy Being Green
Some tips for making your life greener now:
- Take showers instead of baths. Install a water-efficient shower-head.
- Put a plastic or glass bottle with a good cap in your toilet tank, fill it with water or sand.
- Weather strip doors and windows.
- Use a clothesline.
- Do a few large loads of laundry rather than many small loads.
- Use ceiling fans to aid cooling and heating.
- Set up a recycling bin in your kitchen.
- Change your AC/furnace air filter monthly.
- Compost your food scraps and lawn clippings and cuttings.
- Buy items in the least amount of packaging.
- Buy recycled products.
- Use native plants in your landscape. They take less water and maintenance.
- Install a programmable thermostat.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Plant deciduous shade trees (drop leaves in fall) on the east and west sides of the home to block sun in the summer and admit sun in the winter.
- Use drip irrigation in your vegetable garden.
- Collect rainwater runoff in barrels to water your house plants.
SMART SHOPPING
Buy equipment and products based on their life-cycle cost, considering not only the intial price, but the operation and maintenance expenses, too (an energy efficient compact flourescent bulb looks expensive at $15 each - but one flourescent bulb lasts as long as ten incandescent bulbs and uses 75% less electricity, so net savings can be over $30!).
Buy recycled products.
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PLEASE: GO TO YOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKET MANAGER AND ASK THEM TO CARRY EARTH FRIENDLY, BIODEGRADABLE HOUSEHOLD CLEANSERS, ORGANIC PRODUCE AND RECYCLED PAPER PRODUCTS! |
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