Buying Energy Star Certified

Buying Energy Star-certified
appliances saves you money,
conserves water and energy, and
eliminates large amounts of
greenhouse gases and pollutants.
The power of one: If every U.S.
home replaced just one light bulb
with an Energy Star bulb, we'd
save enough to light 3 million
homes for a year.

Home Cool

Plant shade trees for your house.
They will help keep your home cool
in the hot weather, absorb CO2,
look beautiful and invite birds and
other wildlife.

Leftover Water

Did you boil some corn in a pot, or
wash some fruit in a bowl? Instead of
pouring leftover water down the
drain, keep it in a watering can for
later use on plants.

Save Energy

Save energy and increase the life of
your computer by putting it to sleep
during the day instead of using
screen savers. At night turn it off
completely. When you're in the
market for a new computer,
consider a laptop. It saves space,
goes anywhere and uses five times
less energy than desktop models.

Junk Mail

Ninety billion pieces of junk mail are
delivered each year in the U.S alone.
You can go online now and quickly
remove your name from nearly all
junk mail lists. Register with the
Direct Marketing association's mail
prefere service http://dmaconsumers.org/
significant reduction in mail after three months.

Grocery Bags

Reuse cloth grocery bags. Over 500
billion petroleum-based plastic bags
threaten wildlife, waste energy,
pollute oceans, and clog our landfills
each year.

Power Strip To Conserve

Use power strips to conserve. One
flick of the switch cuts off energy to
several different electronic devices-
as if they were all unplugged at
once.
Unplug all electronic devices
whennot in use. If you don't unplug
themfrom the wall socket, they
will continue using energy
even whenswitched off.

HouseHold

For household cleaning, use vinegar,
baking soda and biodegradable soap
products. They work fine and keep
chemicals out of the water supply.

Here are some Eco friendly cleaners:

• Arm & Hammer, Essentials 2X Concentrated
• Purex Natural Elements Planet Ultra Dish washing Liquid
  
• Sun & Earth All Purpose
• Green Works Natural All-Purpose Cleaner from Clorox
• Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner