Turn down your water heater thermostat — 120 degrees Fahrenheit is usually sufficient and will use much less energy than hotter temperatures.
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Clean or replace air filters in your home’s HVAC system as per the manufacturer’s recommendations. The system will run more efficiently and use less energy.
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Turn off the water when you’re brushing your teeth. If you’re scrubbing for the dentist-advised two minutes and your faucet puts out the average three gallons per minute, you’ll save six gallons.
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Now that it’s colder in the northern hemisphere and warmer in the southern hemisphere, now’s a good time to change the direction on your ceiling fans.
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Every year in the United States, we pave over roughly 1.3 million acres of formerly unpaved land.
For more about what you can do to save undeveloped spaces, visit the Nature Conservancy or the Sierra Club.
Fast Fact courtesy of the Daily Green.
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Studies show that 1% of trips are by bike. If that number went up 1/2%, we’d save 462 million gallons of gas per year.
Fast Fact courtesy of the No Impact Project.
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If you have only a small item to cook, your toaster oven is a more energy efficient option than your regular oven. For more info, click here.
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Now that Halloween is over, don’t throw away your jack o’ lanterns! Compost them instead. You can chop them up a bit or you can just toss them in. Either way, they’ll break down quickly and help nourish your garden next spring.
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October is a time to think about all the creepy, crawlies out there in the world and to embrace them with a little love. We may not usually think lovingly about spiders, snakes and frogs but now’s the time to point out a few problems we have in the planet today.
So many species have come and gone. It’s sad. We’ve all heard talk about endangered animals but have you ever looked into it?
Here’s a link that will show you ten of the most amazing animals that have gone extinct. But there are other animals out there that are in danger today. And, we can all do something about it.
Save the Frogs “STF”is a great example of one man’s quest to save the world – or, at least the frogs. If you’re at work, you’ll want to turn down your speakers before you click on this link to STF.
Even National Geographic has tried to increase the public awareness about the frog problem. You can read about it here.
I went to the Audubon Society in Portland to listen to Dr. Kriger speak about ways we can save the frogs in our own communities. He said we can volunteer and get involved in our own local groups to help animals.
So, I want to encourage everyone to get involved and, if you don’t have time to volunteer, at least remember this post and talk about it in your school, with your friends or even with your family because if we all do a little, it will do a lot.
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If you turn off your dishwasher’s heat dry cycle and let your dishes air dry, you can save 15-50% of the energy your dishwasher uses (depending on what kind you have). Yes, your dishes will take a bit longer to dry, but isn’t it worth it?
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