Saving Planet Earth

Tip of the day!

8/12/15

Plant a tree.

8/11/15

Wrap your presents with old maps, cloth, or even newspaper. USe your imagination and reuse, reuse, reuse!

8/10/15

Don't rinse your dishes before washing them.

8/9/15

Don't pre-heat your oven. Unless you are baking bread of pastries, pre-heating the oven is unnecessary. Also, instead of opening the oven door, just look through the window.

8/8/15

Recycle your newspapers.

8/7/15

Wash your clothes in cold or warm setting.

8/6/15

Go to a car wash. If everyone in the U.S. went to a car wash once instead washing their own car, we could save nearly 8.7 million gallons of water. This is especially important, considering the terrible drought California is.

8/5/15

Pay your bills online and recieve electronic statements instead of paper. We will be saving 18.5 million trees a year.

8/4/15

Use rechargeable batteries. Each year, 15 billion batteries are produced and sold. Only a fraction of them are recycled.

8/3/15

Choose cardboard matches over wood matches or lighters.

8/2/15

Use 1 less paper napkin.

8/1/15

Recycle glass. It reduces air pollution by 20% and water pollution by 50%.

7/31/15

Use both sides of paper. You will use half the amount of paper, saving trees and lowering pollution.

7/30/15

Change your lightbulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs (the swirly ones).

7/29/15

Turn of your computer when you're not using it instead of putting it on sleep mode. You can save 40 watt-hours per day.

7/28/15

Don't water your lawn between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm.