Green Green Earth

Global warming is not a new topic anymore. It has been brought up activists, politicians, celebrity and us. This issue seems like it is not effecting the way we live our lives. Let me ask you these questions. Is it getting warmer and warmer each Summer? Don’t you think we have way too many natural disaster all around the world and not only in the USA? Why more people (powerful and what not) bring up this topic more and more each year. Why there is such day as Earth Day?

Now there are many ways that you can contribute to this matter and help save the Earth one day at a time.

1. Change your light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs – The result? If Americans replaced just one bulb in their home, it would save enough energy to light 2.5 million homes in one year and prevent an amount of greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of 800,000 cars.

2. Bring your own mug to Starbucks -You'll get a 10-cent discount, and it's one less paper cup to end up in a landfill. While you're there, pick up some free bags of spent coffee grounds to use as "green" fertilizer in your garden.

3. Save water.Run the dishwasher only when it's full, and don't prerinse dishes (a waste of time, water, and energy). But the real water drain is the shower -- take shorter ones (and take them together!). – The result? By skipping prerinse, you'll save 200 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released and $40 a year. And by taking shorter showers, you'll conserve 350 pounds of CO2 and keep about $100 in your pocket each year. Also you can look into low-flow shower heads

4. Turn off your computer -When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy. In fact, 75 percent of electricity used in your home comes from electronics that are turned off. Stop this phantom electro rush by plugging your computer into a power strip and shutting down completely at the end of the day. Also, remove your iPod, digital camera, and phone chargers from outlets when not in use.

5. Cancel catalogsv- Many of us have a steady flow of unwanted and unsolicited junk mail, catalogs, and magazines. Let's say everyone in New York City received 10 a month: That would make 240,248 tons of paper waste! Call 888-5-OPTOUT or get off the lists atNewDream.org. Make sure to recycle what you do receive. Find out where to recycle in your area atEarth911.org.

6. Reuse plastic bags – The result? You're reducing pollution. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.

7. Use recycled paper...in the bathroom. – the result? If every household in America replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled postconsumer waste roll, 424,000 trees would still be standing. Look for eco paper towels and napkins too. If every household used recycled napkins, we would spare one million trees.