A Few Tips For You

Just by making a few small changes to your daily routine could really make an impact on the environment and could also save you some money.

ELECTRONICS - You know all of those electronics (like your cell phone, iPod, camera) that you can't live without? Keeping all their charges plugged in wastes a ton of energy. A great idea: Plug all of your chargers into one central power strip that can be turned off while you're out and on just when you need them.

CARS - Not only will keeping your car tuned up prevent it from breaking down, but it will also help improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. If 1 percent (yep, that's it) of car owners maintained their cars, almost a billion pounds of carbon dioxide would be kept out of the atmosphere.

CLOTH VS PAPER - Switch to cloth napkins. You can use them again and again before washing them in a full load, which save energy and is less damaging than the tree devastation that happens in order to make the paper kind.

LEAKING FAUCET - You know that drip...drip...drip sound that keeps you up all night long? Besides being really annoying, if the rate is 60 drops per minute, your leaky faucet is wasting as much as 2,700 gallons per year. Luckily, all you'll most likely have to do to fix it is replace the washer.

Excerpts taken from article found in Cosmopolitan Magazine. (May 2007 issue)