1. Reduce Electricity
- Replace all light globes with compact fluorescent light globes, cutting electricity use for lightning by around 80%.
- Turn off lights and other devises when they’re not needed.
- Eliminating electronics that sleep on a standby setting
- Clothing dries gobble up lots of power, so line drying can be a great way for saving energy.
2. Take small steps
Small steps change the world.
- Turn off the water tap while you brush your teeth in the morning and at night
- Change your travel behavior, by using public transportation, if possible, walking or riding your bicycle instead of taking the car
- Choose packed lightly products
- Cut the shower time in just a small amount of water
3. Recycle and Reclaim your green consumer right!
Recycling is a high priority on environmentally friendly To-Do’s.
Here is valuable information about the plastic recycling programs for retailers according to earth911.com.
Walmart: Plastic grocery bags; Dry cleaning bags
Target: Plastic bottles; Plastic bags
Whole Foods: Plastic bottles; Any items made of plastic #5 qualifies, such as yogurt, hummus, margarine and take-out containers, toothbrushes, razor handles, tableware, kitchenware, Brita filters and Tom’s Maine deodorant packaging
Aveda: Bottle caps made of plastic No. 5
The UPS store & mail boxes etc: Packing peanuts; bubble wrap
4. Compost
- Don’t waste your food scraps and garden waste and turn it into treasure in your own yard. In a few months when you’ve got compost, they can participate in spreading it over the garden and seeing how waste can become rich dark dirt to make a garden prosper.
5. Donating clothes to a charity is green!!
- According to CarbonRally.com, donating one item of your used clothing can cut your carbon emission by 27.1 pounds. Donating clothes also take something you are no longer wearing and puts it on the back of someone who will wear it, prompting reuse. By donating to local thrift store, recycling center or church, you help prevent useless stuffs we have just sitting in our closets collecting dust.
6. Go Green
- The United Nations have concluded that meat production is responsible for around 18% of global CO2 emissions. 5,214 gallons of water are required to produce a single pound of beef, and the EPA estimates that more than 27,000 miles of US rivers have been polluted by livestock waste. Going green by putting down the meat consumption is the first step to go green.
7. BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag
- According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, Each year the United States consumes 30 billion plastic and 10 billion paper grocery bags, which means that about 14 million trees and 12 million barrels of oil were used. And then the dumped shopping bags clog landfills, contaminate recycling and composting facilities, and litter the landscape. Bring your own bag!!! You can save trees, be stylish, and keep petroleum-based plastic bags out of landfills.
8. Go local
- Buy food from your local farmer’s market. Small farming operations are useless chemical fertilizers, pesticides, much less energy intense, and the produce travels a very short distance to your door.
9. Plant a Garden
- Planting more trees in our neighborhoods is necessary because it serves a number of good purposes. We all benefit from cleaner air and a healthier environment in overall and it simply makes our neighborhoods so much more beautiful.
10. Spread words
- Sharing your own idea about Eco-conscious ways in order to promote awareness about environmental issues. Let’s talk about climate change, global warming, and energy use with your neighborhoods to understand why we ‘re doing this things and what impact they have.
