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"Bottled Water or Tap
Water".
http://www.insidethebottle.org/us-bottled-water-vs-tap-water
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/water/tapwater.html
"God Talks to St. Francis" (Click to read an interesting and humorous conversation)
"Ride a Bike and Save the World" (Click to follow the link)
The Dangers of Plastic Bags (Click to follow the link. A PowerPoint Presentation)
Green
Websites:
This
is the website based on Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" where
it gives information on the movie or DVD and what you can do to help. Below are some miscellaneous factoids
that will probably shock you. Hopefully enough to inspire you.
If we all do our best to go green, we can change some of the statistics.
We can help Mother Earth. Here
you will find resources and contacts to assist your community, school or
business with waste minimization and conservation initiatives. Waste
Reduction week is in October. Habitat
for Humanity ReStores are building supply stores that accept and resell
quality new and used building materials. They generate funds to support
Habitat's building programs, while reducing the amount of used materials
that are headed for overflowing landfills! They are an environmentally
friendly store that makes sense!http://habitat.ca/restoresc648.php Looking
for organic food, cheap clean energy, a sustainable house, organic cotton,
a vegetarian date, an organic farm, a sustainable community or eco
products?
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Green 50 Ways to Save Money and
THE PLANET: 1. Install programmable thermostats. For every degree you lower the thermostat you save up to 3 % of your heating bill. 2. Replace incandescent bulbs with CFL’s (Compact Fluorescent Lighting). They use 75 % less electricity and last up to ten times longer. 3. Use automatic timers or motion detectors for outside lighting. 4. You can improve your furnaces efficiency by 50 % by cleaning or replacing your furnace filter every two months. 5. If your water heater is more than 7 years old, wrap it with a fiberglass blanket. If you are thinking of replacing it, get a tankless water-on-demand heater. 6. Use energy-efficient appliances. Keep refrigerator freezer at -18C and fridge at 3C. 7. Use the microwave whenever you can. It uses 75% less energy than the conventional oven. 8. Use an electric kettle rather than boiling water on the stove element. 9. Steam vegetables rather than boiling them. It uses less water and energy, and is better for you health-wise as nutrients are not lost. 10. Use reusable cloth bags rather than plastic bags when shopping. 11. Buy organic whenever you can as no pesticides pollute the earth and less carbon dioxide is given off. 12. Buy locally grown produce to cut down on transportation fuel use. 13. Block up your old fireplace or use direct-vent gas fireplaces. Turn off the pilot light of gas fireplaces for the summer. You can save up to 40% of total gas used per year. 14. Having plants around the house can cut indoor pollutants by more than half. 15. Use the clothes line instead of the dryer whenever you can. Get exercise, save money as well. 16. Don’t flush away expired medicine. Take them to your pharmacy for proper disposal. 17. Turn off taps when not using them. Faucets run 7-11 litres of water per minute. 18. Recycle household batteries by collecting them and taking them to Home Hardware. 19. Participate in by recycling things! Separate Wet/Dry. 20. Do not pour paint or paint thinner down your drain. Contact your municipality to see where and when you can dispose of them. 21. Use public transportation. 22. Walk more. 23. Use a bicycle. 24. Car pool. 25. Avoid Drive Thru’s 26. Refrain from or limit use of using remote car starters. 27. Contrary to what you may have heard, a car engine needs to warm up for only 30 seconds before driving away. 28. Consider buying cordless lawnmowers that don’t burn gas and oil. You can even get a solar panel to charge the battery. 29. Use solar panels. 30. Watch the DVD…. “An Inconvenient Truth” 31. Use rechargeable batteries. 32. Consider buying a fuel-efficient car like the hybrids and get up to a $2,000 rebate. 33. Decrease your highway speed to 90 kilometers/hour to improve efficiency by 20%. 34. Avoid activities such as ATVing that harm forest’s ecosystem. 35. Borrow books, magazines, videos, and games instead of buying them every time. 36. Use a rain barrel. 37. Avoid using pesticides. 38. Conserve water. Get a shower saver filter from your local hardware store. 39. Select native species when landscaping or gardening. 40. Plant a tree and clean the air; cool the summer heat; increase the quiet, beauty and privacy of your yard and provide wildlife habitat. 41. Don’t burn yard debris or grass. 42. Use clippers, rakes and push mowers instead of power trimmers, blowers and mowers. 43. Call or email companies to stop junk mail. Have bills sent and paid electronically. 44. Watch the document series Planet Earth! 45. Eat less meat. It takes more energy and water to raise farm animals than produce or grains. It takes 5000 gallons of water to raise 1 pound of meat. 1 lb of wheat takes only 25 gallons. 46. Ask your local councilors or mayors what the town/city is doing to protect the environment and what they are doing to save tax dollars by going green. 47. Educate yourself about the environment and participate in support groups. 48. Participate in Hazardous Waste Disposal pick-up days. 49. Support companies and businesses that protect the environment and go green. 50. Share these tips with family, friends and neighbours. Spread the word and….. Save
the Planet! The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
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