Save the Earth: Little Things that make Great Impact

Have you ever thought about going green within your own home?
Did you think about reducing your carbon footprint but decided that it would be way too tedious and too much of a hassle to go green?
Well today in our blog we will help YOU by providing simple ways to go green within your very home! There are so many little things that you can change in your home without much of a hassle along with little to no effort that you will be able to integrate it into your life easily! We have listed below some very simple ways to go green but there is so much more that you can do.

The Carbon Footprint Calculator measures your greenhouse gas emissions.

Here is the link to the calculator:

http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm

Here are some easy ways to go green at home:

1. Planting trees and plants in gardens can reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It can also be a relaxing recreational activity.

http://treeutah.org/

2. Use energy efficient appliances. This may lower your electricity bills.

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3. Switch light bulbs to CFLs (compact fluorescent lights). Install them and you will never have to worry about burnt-out light bulbs.

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4. Turn off your computer when you are not using it. PCs produce heat so turning off the compurters reduces home cooling loads. The Department of Energy has provided the following guidlines:

Turn off the monitor if you aren't going to use your PC for more than 20 minutes.
Turn off both the CPU and monitor if you're not going to use your PC for more than 2 hours.

(http://1.usa.gov/PVfh1f)

5. Switch off lights when you leave the room because there is NO reason for it to be on. Make it a habit.

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6. Stop junk mails at home. 48 millions of trees and 10 to 24 billion gallons of water are wasted each year. Also, its just SO annoying to receive junk mails EVERYDAY.