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Serves Verde Ten tips for caring for the planet |
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Written by Mariner
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Saturday, 09 May 2009 |
The planet Earth is sick ... Some of their ills are the pollution and the risk of global warming. Univision So since we encourage you to move to action and you get the following undertaking: Think green, act green.
10 green tips
The history of Earth Day has taught us that the actions of private individuals and creates change. Believe it or not, you can also do a lot for the planet. So here we give you 10 simple ideas to make your most important bit.
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1. Pay your bills online
If you ask to stop sending invoices by post to your house, not only save the trees needed to make that role, but it will save fuel for airplanes and trucks carrying cards with the receipts and checks. It will also reduce your visits to the bank.
If all U.S. households paid their bills online, avoiding 1600 million tonnes of waste paper and 2.1 million tons of greenhouse gases.
2. Change light bulbs
Surely the lights in your house may consume much less energy. Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL for short) are more expensive than traditional ones, but consume only a quarter of energy and last many more years. Find in-store acronyms CFL, Energy Star logo, or just the bulbs that put "energy savers".
3. Paper or plastic? None
If you go to the supermarket yet with your cloth bags, not only are you helping the environment but you're not cool. Each year are distributed over 500 billion plastic bags, but are recycled less than 3% of them. The polyethylene which are made take a thousand years to biodegrade. Get some simple cloth bags for shopping, also look much better than the supermarket.
4. Cierra el grifo
Water is a scarce resource that we cherish as a treasure. In our personal toilet, turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or washing our shavings we supposed to save over 90% of the water we consume if left running. If in addition to the tap off while you shower and lather before aclararte also save a lot of water.
5. Check the air in the tires
Keeping the wheels of your car with a proper pressure can lead to 3% more fuel. Upload unnecessary weight in the trunk or abuse also increase air conditioning costs. On the other hand, check and change the engine air filter can improve the performance of your car by up to 10%.
6. Unplug appliances
The red light tells you that the DVD or music recording equipment are on stand by spending more than you think. On some computers, but of little use if they are connected by stand-spending may make 90% of electricity consumption of the appliance. Unplug appliances when not used very often and you can save between 5% and 10% of your electricity bill.
7. Avoid the disposable
Today, most people lunching outside. In the kitchen of the workplace or in restaurants is customary for some silverware and cups are disposable.
Eat every day with new plastic utensils and use a polystyrene cup for each cup of coffee or glass of water is wasteful that we must avoid. Take your office covered metal and keep you there for a coffee cup, which is also much more beautiful.
8. Open windows
U.S. launches of each half to 25 tons of atmospheric CO2 per year, and much of that amount comes from your own home. Some tips to reduce emissions: opening the window instead of putting the air conditioning, set the thermostat a few degrees above in the summer and a couple of degrees lower in winter, seal doors and windows, use the dishwasher only when full or wash clothes in cold or warm cycle.
9. Plant your own lettuce
If Obama had a small vegetable garden at the White House, why not you too?
United States spends annually over $ 5 billion on fertilizers that end up watering the soil chemical and accelerate the emission of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas.
Plant your own garden using compost and natural fertilizers. Looking after the environment, save at the supermarket and your vegetables will know much better.
10. In general, consumes less
Much of our efforts to lead a life more "green" can be summed up in a very simple philosophy: consume less and leads a life more simple. We live in a highly consumerist society that continually needs new products, but do we really need everything we buy?
Consider lengthening the life of your clothes or exchanging it with your friends, reusing products, although not new, still have a long life ahead, ride the bike more and less in the car ... and learn to enjoy the simple things.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 May 2009 )
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