All Entries in the "Tips to Help Save The Environment" Category
This Bulb – Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick and Chloe Sevigny help explain in this National Geographic video how simply schanging a simple light bulb can help reverse the effects of green house gases
The Great Refrigerator Roundup
The Great Refrigerator Roundup is a program designed to remove older, inefficient refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners from our electricity system. It offers an opportunity for people to have older refrigerators and freezers picked at no cost to the home owner.
Try an Automotive Part Recycler
Next time you need car parts, why not go to a local auto parts recycler, or go on the internet to find one near your and chances are they may have what you need, or if you have a junk car in your back yard, sue your part by having it sent to recycle and still make a few bucks at the same time.
Kill the Paper Receipts
Not only do millions of paper receipts end up in landfills every year (thermal receipts cannot be recycled), the production of receipts does some real damage to the environment as well. An estimated 9 million trees are used just to produce paper receipts alone (not to mention the ink used).
Donate your junk car for Charity
The following post is a follow up one we did last week about Automotive Part Recyclers and how you should try to buy your car parts used and also sell your junk cars for cash. We had a few readers tell us that there are actual places that you can donate a car to charity, so you are kind of double dipping in goodness. On one hand you are helping the Environment and on the other hand you are helping a charity in need.
Responsible Waste Management
You can begin a green waste management policy as a small step. Start at home by making sure the recycling goes into its proper bin. After a while you can extend your green policy to include backyard composting. Composting will take your rotten foodstuffs and turn them into rich fertile soil for planting.
“Piano Stairs” Avoid the Escalator & save power
In this video is a set of stairs beside a very busy elevator that they is converted into a fun musical set of stairs that people can have fun with as they climb to the top. As people us the stairs more then the escalator will be used less thus saving energy.
How Schools Can Go Green
In this day and age, it is vital that we all do everything we can to change from our old habits to a concentration on going green. Nowhere is such a change more vital than in our school systems. Our children are the future, and if our planet is to have a future, it is [...]
Setting your Green Budget
To really make a difference and convert your life to the green alternative, you need to set a green budget aside for yourself. With the economy in recession, the price tag is all consumers look at when choosing which products to buy. In times like these, it’s more important that people aren’t penny wise and dollar stupid, but that’s what’s happening.
How businesses can save money by Going Green!!
One way to conserve computer energy usage is by server consolidation. You can achieve a very tangible energy reduction by replacing a large quantity of computers with smaller, more energy efficient units. The upside is that the new generation of compact computers are not only more energy efficient, but they are more powerful, as well. Also, consider replacing desktop PCs with notebooks. This move alone can save you as much as 75% or more on your computer energy costs.
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