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What is Living Green?
Last Updated on:
12/17/2009 06:09 AM |
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Living Green, is
basically making decisions considering the impact that decision would
have on the environment. Living Green is making choices that are good for
the earth. |
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Ideas for Living Green: |
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Reduce energy and use renewable sources such as: |
• Energy-efficient lighting, appliances, and
vehicles
• Well-insulated homes, passive and active solar systems, and buying green
energy
• Working and playing near home
• Annually tune-up of your heating & cooling system to
improve efficiency and comfort
• Clean or replace filters monthly or as needed.
• Install a
programmable thermostat and to cut your heating & AC bills.
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Conserve and protect water |
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Water-conserving home toilets, fixtures and appliances
• Water-conserving landscaping and native plants
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Be aware of toxins and use |
• Nontoxic cleaning products and pest control
• Water-based and low-solvent paints
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Use products derived from plants |
• E-85 and biodiesel fuels
• Office furniture made from waste plant material
• 100% natural fiber fabrics like cotton or linen
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Buy locally grown, sustainable products, such as: |
• Organic food and cotton
• Buy vegetables from local farmers markets
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Buy products that have minimal packaging |
• Bulk purchasing
• Packaging that uses biodegradable materials
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Buy products that are durable, reused, such as: |
• Canvas
shopping bags
• Salvaged building materials
• Reconditioned electronics
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Buy products that contain recycled material such as: |
• Decking made from recycled plastic and wood
scraps
• Post-consumer recycled paper and other products
• Carpet made from recycled plastic
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Be aware of energy usage at home |
• Turn off lights when not in uses (i.e. when
leaving a room)
• Turn down your thermostat in the winter and up in the summer
• Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.
• Close blinds or shades on
the south and west facing windows during the day,
• Install trellises
or awnings to avoid heat build-up south and west
facing windows.
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Become socially responsible by |
• buying products made without sweatshop,
child, or slave labor
• paying a living wages paid to producers under a fair-trade label
• investments in and/or making purchases from socially responsible companies
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USFilter. |
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UK Energy Saving - The UK Energy
Saving website gives information and tips on ways to save energy and also how to
save money on household bills. |
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The Natural Step: Since 1988, The Natural Step has worked to accelerate
global sustainability by guiding companies, communities and governments onto an
ecologically, socially and economically sustainable path. More than 70 people
in eleven countries work with an international network of sustainability experts,
scientists ,universities, and businesses to create solutions, innovative models
and tools that will lead the transition to a sustainable future. |
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in one short summer. Editor's note--we at Otherpower.com thought we lived in a
remote area until we read this web log. Wow! |
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Does the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy Make Sense?: A Technical, Economic &
Environmental Justification for the Priority of Source Reduction and Recycling -
John Schall, October, 1992 |
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Greenblue: GreenBlue is a nonprofit institute that stimulates the
creative redesign of industry by focusing the expertise of professional
communities to create practical solutions, resources, and opportunities for
implementing sustainability. |
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Ten Actions for Living Green: Ready to make choices and take
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Green 365 tips to get you started! |
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Society For Conservation GIS: The SCB is an international professional
organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that
affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. The
Society's membership comprises people in the conservation and study of biological
diversity: resource managers, educators, government and private conservation
workers, and students. |
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