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Posted on 17 November 2008

Top 5 green things you can do at home to help yourself and save the Planet

Here are 5 things you can do around the house to improve the quality of the planet and put some extra cha-ching in your pocket.

Reduce electricity usage
You’d be surprised how much energy is consumed when you leave your computer on overnight, your AC running at a chilling 70 degrees, and your porch or night lights on at all hours. Try shutting down the computer, setting your AC a couple degrees up or down and turning off unnecessary lights.

Invest in a small portable heater or fan/cooler
It is easier and cheaper to warm or cool the air around you than to try and change the temperature of your entire home. There are economical and efficient appliances that can provide you the temperature you need for you to be comfortable.

Recycle everything you can
With everything becoming electronic these days, mail is becoming the biggest source of clutter around the house. Make an effort to put a recycling bin near your mail inbox and recycle the unnecessary. Put another recycling bin near the trash can and you’ll be surprised how much recyclable material you can accumulate.

Go Organic
One of the best things you can do is incorporate Organic Food into your diet. This way you reduce the amount of pesticides, chemicals and additives to the planet and to your body. Make a choice today to visit your local grocer and purchase Organic Products.

Upgrade your home insulation
Often the biggest Energy drain in most households is the AC having to cool or heat the home. By fixing or upgrading your home insulation, you’ll make sure your home can maintain temperatures better despite what’s going on outside.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Carla says:

    “Invest in a small portable heater or fan/cooler”

    I love this idea. We have a small heater for our bedroom and its been a lifesaver when its chilly out. Its nice to not heat the entire house and waste energy.

  2. Terry says:

    We’ve used a small heater in the past, but with 3 kids I wonder at what point does using a space heater become less efficient that using the distributed household heat? We are heating 3 rooms, soon to be 4, at night which is about half of the house.

    As for saving energy, we’ve acclimated to a lower ambient temperature in the house this year. We used to keep the temperature between 68 and 70. This year its been 66-67 for the norm. We heat with wood, so when the wood stove couldn’t keep up with the cold we didn’t turn the heat on so it allowed us to get used to it a little at a time.

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