How to Go Green / Save Money and the Environment

Going Green saves our environment and your money.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A good attitude
• Persistence
• Love for your fellow human beings and environment.

1. Buy rechargeable batteries. Up front, they are a bit expensive, but they will save you money in the long run.
2. Install blinds in your home to prevent heat loss during the winter and AC loss during the summer. Make sure windows are not drafty.
3. Plant a tree.
4. Take showers instead of baths and turn off the water while you lather up.
5. Ensure you don't have any leaky water facets.
6. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and lessen the flow when running the water.
7. Reuse your water bottle.
8. Buy organically grown foods.
   
   Plant a small garden of your own in your flower boxes instead of flowers or hedges.
9. Don't over eat and waste food. Overeating leads to obesity. The rich get fat and the poor starve due to an increase in demand of food for rich nations. This in turn drives up price and the poor are left with nothing.
   
   Toss unwanted or spoiled food in your garden or woodline instead of the garbage.
10. Buy seasonal fruits and vegetables.
11. Don't waste drinking water.
12. When washing clothes, make it a full load, not partial and rinse with cold water.
13. Recycle: cans, bottles, cardboard, etc.
14. Unplug all chargers when not in use.
15. Turn off lights when leaving a room.
16. Do not purchase aerosol products, utilize normal spray bottle products.
17. If you must print something at the computer, do so, but reuse the back of the paper before throwing it in the trash. Even let your small kids use it as drawing paper when your finished with it, instead of giving them unused paper.
18. Buy recycled paper. In fact, try to buy things made from recycled materials, plastic, paper, etc.
19. Reuse plastic bags or buy cloth bags to do your shopping.
    
    Cloth bags are great and lessen the risk of your groceries ending up on the ground.
20. Instead of buying new toys, swap with your friends. Saves money and the landfill.
21. Don't use baby wipes, use reusable wash rags.
22. Ladies, Breastfeed your children. It is a money saver (health wise and formula wise), landfill saver and time saver.
23. Use cloth diapers, instead of throw away pampers.
24. Send your kids to school with a reusable lunch box with reusable containers inside, not plastic bags.
25. Use the library instead of always buying new books.
26. Use a digital photo book instead of printing pictures. Kodak has some great frames which double as a photo album.
27. Use paper clips instead of staples.
28. Ensure you put the caps on unused pens and markers, in order, that they don't dry out.
29. Use a fake Christmas tree instead of a real one.
30. Instead of using aluminum foil and saran wrap, buy dishes for the fridge and oven that have lids.
31. Pass along unwanted clothes and shoes to the needy.
32. Take care of your things, broken things need to be replaced or fixed. They fill our landfills.
33. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk or ride a bike to nearby destinations, instead of driving your car or utilize public transportation where available.
34. Try to incorporate solar panels, solar lighting in your home.
35. Use energy efficient light bulbs.

Tips & Warnings

• Going Green is simple and the little things make a big difference in the overall quality of the future life of our children on the Earth.
• Just Try, It's Important.
• Doing at least one thing to save the environment is better than none.