5 Ways To Help The Environment???

Question

I'm trying to compile a list of the 5 most important things people can do daily to be more environmentaly friendly either in or outside the home such as turning of lightbulbs etc.......can you help me think of some???
Thanks

I mean just simple ones that everyone can do easily!

Answer 1

My 5 are

1 Recycle paper. Its as easy to throw an old letter in a box as it is a kitchen bin.
2 Turn off lights you arent using and buy long lasting bulbs.
3 Always use washing-up water for another job i.e washing the floor, or put into a bucket till cold and use to water the garden.
4 Dont buy bottled water in this country. Our tap water is safe to drink! Plastic is non-degradable and manufactoring the water requires energy.
5 Turn water-heaters and central heating thermostates down a few degrees, Carry on doing it weekly till you reach a level you are comfortable with.You wont notice much difference till you look at your electric bill.

Number 1 is the only one that doesn't directly save you money!

Answer 2

The biggest difference you can make to the environment in the home bar anything - energy saving lightbulbs, recycling, etc etc is to only boil as much water as you need at anyone time. If the kettle has water in it that is hot enough for a brew don't bother boiling it again.

If you want to look after the environment start to think about how you recycle and what you recycle, make sure you only put the right plastics in the recycle bin. as too much of the wrong plastic will mean that the entire lot will be landfilled instead of recycled. You should also look at your heating systems particularly central heating around the house if you only use one room during the day just leave that radiator on and turn off all the rest.

Look to use reneweable electricity suppliers, and particapte in carbon neutral programs.

Answer 3

It will be rather unique in some people's routines and activities; on the more common individuals use, the principles will be quite general and generic (albeit name brand products) since accepted methods are hammered out daily with the only variation being improvements and updates in the security software and security products. Really I have not come across any new approaches but the utilities improve while pretty much doing the same things. This will sound silly but it is an example I am going to use anyway (as I am no security expert). If computer viruses start floating down from entrails or rising from crop circles to find their way into our computers, that certainly would be very alien. That is not happening, at least I have not heard of it!

Answer 4

1. I reckon that shopping malls waste more energy in a day than 100 homeowners can save in a year. Close all shopping malls on Sundays.

2. Multi-kilowatt TV and radio stations stay on the air even when very few people are watching/listening. Close all the transmitters in a town (except for one or two) between 11pm and 5am. The stations take it in turns to be on the air. Until fairly recently, many transmitters closed about 11pm to 12pm anyway. Who needs breakfast television? I definitely don't.

3. Wherever possible cycle or walk to work/school.

4. At home, install ceiling fans rather than air conditioners and open your windows in summer.

5. If ironing clothes, do a large lot at once. The iron uses more energy heating up than a light bulb does in almost an hour.

Answer 5

1) Every minute your in the shower, 6-7 gallons of water go down the drain, so by just cutting back on showers, you can save alot of water.
2)When you throw things away be sure not to throw away anything you can use!(shopping bags=trash bags/ re-use unsoiled plastic bags)
3) Use a fabric towel instead of paper towels
4)When washing your dishes in a dish washer, make your dishwasher COMPLETELY full, so that there isn't any wasted water.
5)Buy organic foods, even though it may be more expensive, it helps to prevent workers from getting poisoned by pesticides.
Every thing counts, big AND small.
Hope I helped.

Answer 6

1 Use energy saving light bulbs, when buying new appliances buy
A rated energy saving ones.
2. Re cycle!!!
3. Walk, cycle to work school or use public transport or car share
4. Use bio degradable soap powder and washing up liquid/cleaner.
5. take showers instead of bath, use economy cycle on machine, turn tap off when brushing teeth

Answer 7

Use energy saving light bulbs. Only boil/heat the water you need. Recycle. Take and use your own carrier bags at the supermarket. Run the smallest most fuel efficient car you can. These are things that you can easily incorporate into your lifestyle.

Answer 8

Recycle/Compost - newspapers, glass, jars, vegetable peelings
Walk/Cycle/Travel by Bus to school or work
Electricity - turn off lights, and actually switch of the TV instead of leaving it on standy when you have finished watching
Heating - wear an extra jumper anf turn the heat DOWN by a couple of degrees

Answer 9

1 recycle as much as possible
2 turn off lights when not in a room
3 Do not leave water running while washing teeth
4 Take a shower instead of a bath - saves litres of water.
5 use peelings for home compost

Answer 10

1. Go naked every day. (Clothes manufacturing hurts the environment.)

2. Never drink anything but water out of the tap. (Don't consider yourself special enough to buy bottled water, when others can't.)

3. Never turn on any lights. (Using lights harms the environment.)

4. Never eat out (Portions are too big, which reflects bad stewardship of the environment.)

5. Move out into the woods. (Urban sprawl harms the environment horribly every day.)