Five Going Green Tips for Earth Day

GreenEnergyChoice offers 5 tips on how you too can be green and contribute to the success of Earth Day:

Minimize time spent in the car. An easy way to help reduce those harmful emissions is to leave the car at home for short trips. Also, consolidating errands into one big trip is more beneficial than making several smaller trips from home and back. Carpooling to and from work is another way to contribute to the environment as well.
Unplug non-essential appliances. Many home appliances use low levels of energy even when they are turned off. Unplugging these appliances completely or plugging them into a power strip and turning the strip off are both ways to help reduce energy consumption.
Scrape that dish! Instead of rinsing a dish before placing it in the dishwasher, scraping it is just as effective and doesn't waste any water.
Go green on grocery bags. An innumerable amount of plastic grocery bags are disposed of every single day -- and the recycle rate is extremely low. Saving and re-using plastic grocery bags or getting a special cloth bag just for shopping are both great ways to be green.
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs): When a consumer purchases an REC they ensure that somewhere on the grid, someone is receiving the benefits of green energy instead of fossil-fuel power. Doing so can help push renewable energy to the forefront of consumption, and helps reduce carbon emissions.

Posted on Apr 22, 2008	Comments \| Email \| Digg
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