How to go green to save Earth. 
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| Solar energy solutions: The sun’s energy is the most abundant energy available on earth. Make use of this free energy. You can employ solar power solutions at home. This will not only cut down power bills but also help you contribute to a greener world. Tip Credibility: 42 (Best Tip!) |
| Think about switching to a renewable form of green energy in your home - such as solar or wind energy. You will also save a lot of cash. Tip Credibility: 41 |
| Change to products with biodegradable or recyclable containers and packets. Just change one brand or product each week, and in a year the majority of your shopping items will be Earth-friendly. Tip Credibility: 36 |
| Always try to use compact fluorescent bulbs. They are coming down in price and newer designs will soon be shaped more like regular light bulbs. Manufacturers are also working on eliminating the delay involved in getting that instant brightness. Tip Credibility: 25 |
| Honeywell is set to introduce a new wind turbine this fall and retail them through Ace Hardware. Designed for residential use and engineered to generate electricity at low wind speeds. Due to the small size and resonable cost it looks very promising. Tip Credibility: 21 |
| Make a list of more environmental friendly things to do: Divide them in 1) Things that save you money, 2) Things that are neutral to your expenses and 3) Things that will cost you money. Put no 1 into practice immediately and tell others about your saving Tip Credibility: 20 |
| Talk with your friends, family members, colleagues at work etc. about what you can do individually and together to go more green and keep the focus on it. Communicate your savings from green initiatives. Tip Credibility: 20 |
| Use your political power to push for still more green solutions on all levels of life and living conditions. That will help much more than the individual green things we all should do - of cause. Tip Credibility: 19 |
| Plant a vegetable garden. Dig up some lawn which gets good sunlight (and shelter) if possible. Dig it 1 foot deep. Start with potatoes, these improve the soil well. As the soil quality improves then a bigger variety of vegetables can be grown. Tip Credibility: 15 |
| Change to bio-degradeable and environmentally friendly soaps, toothpaste, detergents, dishwasher chemicals and toilet cleaners. This will require less water treatment by the utilities. Contact the Green organisations or people in your area for help. Tip Credibility: 15 |
| Everyone should just do their bit. My children know to clean up where they made a mess, bring back what you borrowed etc.. This is no different. Each one can just switch off where they switched it on. Small efforts make a big difference Tip Credibility: 14 |
| When shopping, bring reusable bags instead of taking the paper or plastic bags from the store. Reusable bags are better anyway: they can hold more stuff and are easier to carry. Tip Credibility: 14 |
| How to save the global climate? How to stop pollution? Well, do not leave this to the politicians! They will meet in Copenhagen 2009 to make a new agreement instead of the old Kyoto protocol. But they will just talk pollution if YOU don't push them! Tip Credibility: 12 |
| If you're a multi car family, your first choice for running weekend errands should be to use the car that gets the best mileage. Tip Credibility: 11 |
| Walk, cycle or use public transport instead of driving. This is even more important when traveling short distances where it is very inefficient to get the car out. Tip Credibility: 10 |
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Write to some big companies about what they have in mind to become more environmental friendly in their production and image, and how they want to document it.
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| Take bags with you to the supermarket and use these, rather than accepting disposal bags, which will inevitably end up in landfill sites. Tip Credibility: 9 |
| There are numerous ways. One of the easiest ways is to ensure that lights are switched off when a room is empty. Tip Credibility: 8 |
| I never forgot Mayor Ed Koch's motto many years ago during a water shortage: "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down". A little gross, but it was easy to remember and must have saved millions of gallons of water back in the day. Tip Credibility: 8 |
| Turn the thermostat in your heating down by 1 degree celsius and wear a thicker pullover instead. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| Start small with turning off lights, unplugging appliances and other electric items. Then move on to reuse, no more paper and plastic products and try swap meets for items you need or not need anymore. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Don't use a dishwasher, especially for a small amount of crockery, as this uses relatively large amounts of water and power. Wash dishes by hand instead. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Use EnergyStar rated appliances and save money as well as electricity and the environment. Remember that an appliance has two price tags; the purchase price and the usage price. The money you save in usage more than compensates for the purchase price.
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| Use hard dishes/glasses/cups and silverware at home instead of disposable goods. Better to wash and reuse than to dispose of paper/plastic goods. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Many people forget to add used car parts to their list of recycled items. Asking your mechanic to use guaranteed used auto parts can save you money and help save the environment. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Badly isolated houses are a major source of CO2 no matter if you cool them down or heat them. Solar based solutions will help but isolating correctly will have the ultimate effect - a zero impact house. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Don't let the tap running while brushing your teeth and while washing the dishes. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Learn how to drive more efficiently, treat the gas pedal gently, look ahead, ease off the gas early, let the engine slow you down rather than driving up to a hazard and then having to brake, find out your vehicles most efficient cruising speed and use it. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Switch to non-toxic, biodegradable cleaning products - even better if they are concentrated, so YOU add the water - this can cut down on tons of CO2 emissions from shipping premixed products alone, not to mention the reduction in use of toxic chemicals. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Pay attention to the environmental policies & practices of the companies you do business with - are we supporting a company that cares about their impact on the planet? Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Put a 2 liter soft-drink bottle full of water in your toilet cistern. This means you will use 2 liters less of water every time the cistern refills because the bottle takes up space. At 10 flushes per day, this will save over 7500 liters per year. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| When scrapbooking, consider using material you already have, such as pieces of cloth in your layouts. Today it seems to be all the rage. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Make sure you are not cooling working rooms and meeting rooms more than needed. - To cool your house or room is 2x as energy consuming as to heat it. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| A simple way to save water is to fill a small plastic bag or bottle with water and put it in the toilet cistern. Every time you flush you save that quantity of water without reducing the effectiveness of the action. This saves water and money! Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Fit a wood burning stove and stop burning fossil fuels. There is nothing better then an open fire. then burn briquettes Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Fit a wood burning stove and stop burning fossil fuels. There is nothing better then an open fire. then burn briquettes Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Demand organic food. Organic food is a much more sustainable way of producing agricultural products. In my country Denmark 30% of all diary products sold in DK is from organic produced milk. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| When you ask for organic food you are not only behaving more environmental friendly yourself and your family but – most important – you push for some change to happen in society. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| A very environmental aware population is probably only a situation due to a high level of education and environmental concern as we have among the Danish citizens. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Don’t tell your children what to do- help them to investigate how much difference a changed behaviour might be concerning water consumption, electricity consumption, waste production etc. This will generate a feeling of ownership to the problem. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Bet with your friends about what is the difference between some normal behaviour, e.g. related to water consumption and how little would be enough, if needed. That will generate a feeling of ownership and interest in the problem. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| write to the gov. to regulate tougher laws, regarding the industries, there is the place to start, they are the greatest polluters, beside the automobiles, stricter laws, but as long money buys the vote, we can only wish Tip Credibility: 4 |
| One way to go green is to be aware of the detergents and cleaning chemicals that are used on a daily basis. Unknowingly we pollute our planet every day with poisonous toxins. Switch to cleaning products that are natural and will not harm the environment
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| Recycle and Reuse. You can reuse the plastic shopping bags you get over and over if you bring your own to the stores. You can recycle/reuse the hangers you get from the dry cleaners. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| When buying electrical appliances, buy the ones with the longer guarantee. If it has a guarantee of 12 months, then for sure it'll fail soon after that, and you'll need another one. Remember when appliances lasted for years? Just buy the ones that last. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Plan to combine your various shopping expeditions, and drive to the shops less often. Each trip may take longer, but you'll save on gas, food and drinks while you're there. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Avoid drinking bottled water, millions of these containers end up on landfills every day. Tip Credibility: 2 |
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