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Easy Energy Saving Tip: Keep your freezer full!
Refrigerators - one of the most energy-draining appliances in one's home. I simple tip for cutting down on energy loss is to keep your freezer full to the brim! Keep large jugs of water in your freezer to take up the extra room and to keep your food from spoiling incase of power outage.Tip #7
Hello Members, How is everybody doing? I hope that everybody is having a great day. Going Green Tip Number Seven and growing.Recycling Fun Facts :)
I freely admit to being a treehuggin dirt worshiper. I badger the crap out of my friends about recycling & now I'm gonna provide you gals with some fun facts! Everyone can make a difference!!Working green: 50 tips to reduce your office's waste
Found this on Science Alert: http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20071608-16209.html Working green: 50 tips to reduce your office's waste Thursday, 16 August 2007 By Jessica Hupp From daily smog to the rising threat of global warming, it’s pretty obvious that we all need to clean up our act a little. Much has been said about how to go about doing this at home, but what about in the workplace? Copiers, computers, even old floppy disks, can make a huge impact on the environment.Eight Ways to Cut Summer Energy Bills
Eight Ways to Cut Summer Energy Bills by Stephanie AuWerter Friday, May 9, 2008 http://www.smartmoney.com With summer finally kicking into gear across the country, you can almost hear the gentle hum of air conditioners ratcheting up. And with it, climbs home energy bills. These days, the average household spends $1,900 annually on energy (based on electricity and gas usage), according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).Be green at work. It's actually easier than I thought.
We spend everyday at work so why not make it Eco-friendly as well. First start at your cubicle. Then who knows the whole building might follow your steps to working at a much greener place.
Blackle.com?
A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. The post lays out the following train of thought. “An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.” Google, which has a white background and gets about “200 million queries a day” could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black.Saving Energy in the Kitchen (Greening your kitchen part 2)
So, we know how to do simple things in the kitchen in order to make it more green from this post , but what about energy saving in the kitchen generally? Here are some great tips and information on specific areas of the kitchen:
Dishwashing
~ If washing dishes by hand, fill one basin with warm soapy water and the other with cold rinse water. This saves much more water than leaving the cold water running for rinsing.
Greening Your Home: Greening Your Electricity Top 10 tips
There's a lot of information out there on going green in terms of electricity, hydro, wind-power etc. and it can be hard to sift through it all to find what works for you. Here is a really helpful "top 10 list" from Yahoo Green via Treehugger:
Top 10 Tips
Here are 10 highly effective ways to go greener.
21 Ways to Make Your Home Environmentally Friendly
Making home improvements not only beautifies your house but also adds to it's value. However as homeowners become more environmentally conscious they look for ways to improve their homes and make them as "green" as possible. Here is a list of 21 home improvement tips for your home.
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