*** Unplug or turn off something when you’re not using it! This helps so much.
*** Carpool! It’s pretty cliche’, but that’s because it really has a positive impact on the air that we breathe.
*** Recycle! It’s just as easy as throwing something in the trash, and it helps your environment, too.
*** Don’t be a litterbug! If you throw your garbage on the ground, an animal could eat it, or it can end up in a lake (Look at Lake Michigan).
*** Plant a tree. In it’s lifetime it sucks up a ton of carbon dioxide!!!
*** Switch to CFl-carbon fluorescent- light bulbs! It saves you money on the electric bill as well as saving your environment!
*** Fix your leaky faucets! Besides annoying the crap out of you, these also raise your utility bills and waste our natural resources.
*** Taken from http://lowimpacthighlife.wordpress.com/category/decrease-your-footprint/-”The power used is called “phantom drain,” and it uses a small amount of power even when things are turned off. Not everything is affected, (lights for example), but most consumer electronics, things like cell phone chargers, speakers, TVs, dvd players, etc continue to suck power out of the wall even when off. The solution is to get a power strip, and plug all nonessential items into it for easy total off/on action. You’ll want to leave your Tivo off the strip, but aside from that, almost everything can be plugged in with no problem. You should notice a difference in your bills, and you’ll be saving resources as well.”
