70 little things you can do to help the environment
Change all the incandescent lights to fluorescent lights.
Turn off the lights before leaving your room, house, bathroom etc…
Unplug all electronics when they are not in use.
Stop the purchasing of products with plastic bottles get a reusable bottle instead. (nalgene)
Flush the toilet when it is needed to be flushed (it does not have to be flushed after everything)
Use natural light whenever possible.
Wear same clothing for more than a day.
Turn off the water when brushing teeth, or shampooing.
Use public transportation or use bicycles or just walk
Reduce amount of times you go to the mall (Going to mall only increases the chance of you buying things, making those things use energy).
If using mechanical pencils, use ones that can be reused.
Wear sweater instead of using heater.
Use paper bags instead of plastic bags.
Hand Fan instead of electrical fan.
Turn in your assignments through internet, stop printing them out.
Read news online instead of purchasing newspapers.
Fix any faucet that is broken or leaking.
Take showers instead of baths.
Try to grow more of your food.
Use cold water instead of hot
Take quick showers (No 30 minute long showers)
Do NOT spray the sidewalks with water
Make your computer screen less bright.
Collect rain water to use it for watering your garden later
Open windows instead of using air conditioning
Sing instead of using the radio.
Paint your roof to be white (black or dark color roofs keep heat inside the house and in L.A. we don’t want this to happen)
Use glass cups when going to coffee shops (star bucks, coffee bean etc.
Stop using disposable plates and forks and cups and etc.
when washing razor after shaving, do not wash it with running water, fill up the sink just a bit then dip it in there
Use dish and clothes washer when they are full.
Use a microwave instead of oven, a microwave is quicker and uses 70~80% less electricity
Change the refrigerator temperature to conserve energy
Install water-saving devices faucets or toilets
Use blackle.com instead of google.com
Stop the use of foil and plastic wraps or plastic bags use reusable containers.
Precycle: buy already-used clothing or look for things that can be recycled
Use rags to wipe up spills instead of using paper towels.
Recycle plastic bottles and soda cans and paper and glass.
Instead of using plastic bags for shopping buy a cloth bag which you can use many more times.
Take part in events such as beach clean ups and picking up garbage around neighborhoods.
Stop littering and influence friends to stop littering.
Waters plants early in the morning because if you do it later water evaporates faster.
Recycle Christmas tree and ornaments
Use sufficient amount of detergent when washing clothes. If you use too much it can require re-rinsing thus increase the usage of water
Tune your car regularly, in can improve the car’s mileage
Clean tires to increase mileage.
Use bar soap instead of the liquid soaps that come in plastic containers.
Recycle printer cartridges
Hang clothes on a line instead of using a dryer
Try to use less paper napkins
Try for shorter showers, one minute saves a lot of water.
Recycle old cell phones so they don’t end up in landfills
If planning on throwing something out, find out if someone else wants it or needs it before you put it in the garbage.
Tell parents to pay bills online.
Turn off the oven 5~10 minutes before cooking time is up so that the trapped heat can finish off the cooking.
Match the size of the pan to the heating element. more heat will get to the pan.
Don’t microwave to defrost food, leave it out for few hours then it’ll do it by itself
