Ways to help the environment?

1. Clean or replace air filters on your air conditioning unit at least once a month.

2. If you have central air conditioning, do not close vents in unused rooms.

3. Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120.

4. Wrap your water heater in an insulated blanket.

5. Turn down or shut off your water heater when you will be away for extended periods.

6. Turn off unneeded lights even when leaving a room for a short time.

7. Set your refrigerator temperature at 36 to 38 and your freezer at 0 to 5 .

8. When using an oven, minimize door opening while it is in use; it reduces oven temperature by 25 to 30 every time you open the door.

9. Clean the lint filter in your dryer after every load so that it uses less energy.

10. Unplug seldom used appliances.

11. Use a microwave when- ever you can instead of a conventional oven or stove.

12. Wash clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot.

13. Reverse your indoor ceiling fans for summer and winter operations as recommended.

14. Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.

15. Purchase appliances and office equipment with the Energy Star Label; old refridgerators, for example, use up to 50 more electricity than newer models.

16. Only use electric appliances when you need them.

17. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money and energy.

18. Keep your thermostat at 68 in winter and 78 in summer.

19. Keep your thermostat higher in summer and lower in winter when you are away

20. Insulate your home as best as you can.

21. Install weather stripping around all doors and windows.

22. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.

23. Plant trees to shade your home.

24. Shade outside air conditioning units by trees or other means.

25. Replace old windows with energy efficient ones.

26. Use cold water instead of warm or hot water when possible.

27. Connect your outdoor lights to a timer.

28. Buy green electricity - electricity produced by low - or even zero-pollution facilities (NC Greenpower for North Carolina - www.ncgreenpower.org). In your home-reduce toxicity.

In Your Home – Reduce Toxicity

29. Eliminate mercury from your home by purchasing items without mercury, and dispose of items containing mercury at an appropriate drop-off facility when necessary (e.g. old thermometers).

30. Learn about alternatives to household cleaning items that do not use hazardous chemicals.

31. Buy the right amount of paint for the job.

32. Review labels of household cleaners you use. Consider alternatives like baking soda, scouring pads, water or a little more elbow grease.

33. When no good alternatives exist to a toxic item, find the least amount required for an effective, sanitary result.

34. If you have an older home, have paint in your home tested for lead. If you have lead-based paint, cover it with wall paper or other material instead of sanding it or burning it off.

35. Use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and insect killers.

36. Have your home tested for radon.

37. Use cedar chips or aromatic herbs instead of mothballs.

In Your Yard

38. Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment.

39. Use an electric lawn- mower instead of a gas-powered one.

40. Leave grass clippings on the yard-they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.

41. Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down, retain moisture and prevent erosion.

42. Use only the required amount of fertilizer.

43. Minimize pesticide use.

44. Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.

45. Water grass early in the morning.

46. Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations and others that are seldom used.

47. Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).

48. Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away. Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be taken to a yard-debris recycler.

In Your Office

49. Copy and print on both sides of paper.

50. Reuse items like envelopes, folders and paper clips.

51. Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.

52. Set up a bulletin board for memos instead of sending a copy to each employee.

53. Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence.

54. Use recycled paper.

55. Use discarded paper for scrap paper.

56. Encourage your school and/or company to print documents with soy-based inks, which are less toxic.

57. Use a ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.

Ways To Protect Our Air

58. Ask your employer to consider flexible work schedules or telecommuting.

59. Recycle printer cartridges.

60. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.

61. Report smoking vehicles to y

It's not about helping - it's about reducing how much you hurt. Recycle everything. There's a little code number inside a triangle of arrows on most plastic containers - that'll help you sort plastics. Aluminum and steel recycle very, very easily. Reduce what you're using: buy paper products that are 100% post-consumer recycled - that means it's all made from feedstocks that have been used once. That's a better bet all around, it even means less pollution from making new paper to replace the old. Buy products that have minimal packaging. Use products that are made locally - reduce how much fuel is burned to get the things you use to you. Plant a garden. No land? Fine, load up your deck with tomato plants in containers. Don't drive - walk. Take the train or bus. Individually a bus gets lousy mileage, but one bus getting 6 miles per gallon while carrying 7 people aboard is getting better mileage than your car carrying just you. It also takes up less space on the road than seven cars. Ride a bike. One mile on a bike vs. one mile in a car is almost a tie when you consider all the other things a car needs compared to a bike. Turn up the thermostat in warm weather, down in the winter. Dress appropriately for the indoor weather. If nobody freaks about it, go naked at home in the summer and turn the stat up even higher. Naked is cheap. Environmental activism is nice, but environmental ACTION is better. The worst part is, it's subtle. But you'll feel it - more than anything else, it's inexpensive.

Do your part to manage the growth of the human population. Like any other epidemic, too many people on earth will cause significant impact on the environment due the the human demands for the limited natural resources

Reduce your carbon footprint:

- turn off electrical devices when not using them

- switch to a renewable energy provider if possible

- walk, ride a bike or use public transport instead of getting in the car

- look for energy efficient devices when purchasing electrical appliances

- plant trees

- limit your fuel consumption

- recycle

- buy local produce

- grow your own produce

- install solar panels or a wind and/or a wind turbine at home

ways to help the environment:

- carpool

- turn off the lights

- replace your light bulbs with compact fluorescent

- inflate your car tires

- choose your seafood wisely , we will run out of seafood by 2048

- purchase energy star products

- donate to the CoolEarth Organization

- use non-toxic cleaning products

Save electricity, save water, save anything that uses electricity or that emits pollution.

But I think it's already too late to save the environment.

-plant trees and native plants around your house..

-buy plants and put them inside your house or just use pot plants

-instead of using the dryer to dry your clothes let them hang outside

-use fans to cool off during the summer

-carpool, take the bus, bike to nearby places

-recycle

-use Rechargeable batteries

-Switch to compact florescent light bulbs :]

-Help reduce the world's rubbish dumps - don't use "throw-away" products like paper plates and napkins, and plastic knives, forks, and cups.

-Use recycled paper.

-volunteer to clean your beach!

-use low flush toilets

-take short showers

-turn off the lights, tv and computer when your not using them

-fix all the water leaks in your house!!!

-buy a hybrid

-don't litter!!

-Try to make your garbage as small as possible to help reduce land fill size.

-Buy organic clothes & food

-use snoges and old rags to clean up messes instead of paper towels

-minimize the size of your trash

-collect rain water to water plants

Change your lightbulbs to the new flourescent light bulbs that use less energy. Turn off things that are not being used.

drive a non-emission car

buy local produce

plant trees

reuse and recycle

the usual :p

u can plant a tree. don't use hairspray. turn of any thing plugged into the wall. if u charge ur phone and see that's its done charging unplug it. recycle.

Plant a tree.