What are the best ways to save money and the environment?

Question

What are the simplist ways to save money and the environment?

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Answer 1

A few more ideas:

Turn off the lights you are not using.

Unplug appliances you are not using.

In the evenings, have most of the family doing stuff in teh same location - saves on running lights in a bunch of different rooms.

All this will save you money on your electricity bill.


Buy your vegetables from the local farmers market or CSA program. It's usually a better product at a cheaper price and no packaging.

Check out books from the library instead of buying them.

Use Netflix, BlockBuster or other video rental instead of buying DVD's. For a flat monthly fee, you can see a bunch of movies for what you would have spent on one purchase.

Volunteer to work on clean up projects in your community and stop paying for gym memberships. You can get lots of excercise from walking a park or beach and picking up litter. Plus, there is always a shortage of people to help clean our parklands.

There's tons more of ways, but these are my personal contributions to the environment for this year.

Answer 2

Here are a few out of the box ones. 1. Start a worm farm. Worms will turn garbage into natural fertilizer. 2. Plant a suitable fruit tree for your area and plant it so the shade will cool your home, cutting down the A/C cost. 3. If you have a large enclosed yard, raise a hen. She will eat all the bugs in your yard, fertilize it, and give you eggs every day. 4. Install a thermosiphon hot water heater. It requires no pump and no electricity to make all your hot water. 5. Install photovoltaic panels to make your own electricity. Make sure you area has net metering, so your meter will run backwards reducing your electric bill. 6. Install a wind generator that will work even at night and further reducing your electric bill.

Answer 3

The *best* ways to do both involve reducing car use. Combine trips, use public transport, share rides, bike, figure out *whatever* way you can to *not* turn on the car. And by all means, get a car that gets more miles per gallon. It's *amazing* how expensive cars are to operate.

The *simplest* ways to save money and the environment involve the simple choices we make in life. Avoid "more" when "less" will do. Live close to your work. Don't waste things like power, food, or gas... or soda cans. Live simply and recycle.

Answer 4

REduce the amount of plastic, paper, cardboard, glass or aluminum you use;
REuse that styrofoam cup you get at the convenience store whenever you buy a soda. Then wash it out and refill it ten or twelve times before getting a new cup;
REcycle everything that's not easily and quickly bio-degradable, such as: newsprint; cardboard; steel; paper; tin; computer parts; cell phones; magazines; aluminum; plastics; telephone directories; used cooking oil; asphalt; ink cartridges; glass; and anything else that won't easily biodegrade in a landfill.
Drive less. You save money and minimize vehicle emissions. Buy a more fuel-efficient car, a moped, a bike; use mass transit whenever possible; or WALK to school, work or the store if you can.
-RKO- 06/23/07

Answer 5

generally if you are saving money you are also reducing your impact on the environment.

Every time you buy something that is packaged... you are having an environmental impact. The production of modern retail packaging is extremely wasteful of natural resources and energy.

So if you buy less... you save money and you have a lower "environmental footprint."

If you drive your car less, you save money (less gas and less wear and tear on the car...) and... you will have produced less pollution.

I could go on and on... EVERYTHING you do where you spend money has negative environmental impact... so quit spending money. Change your house over to using wood for heat and no electricity. Grow your own vegetables in your back yard. Raise chickens and rabbits for your meat. (use their droppings for fertilizer) and you'll be having the minimal environmental impact possible.

Hmm... sounding like the Amish are the most environmentally friendly people in the US...

Answer 6

The best way to save money is to keep a diary of every cent you spend for 60 days to get an accurate picture of your spending habits. Don't be a debt slave.Live within your means which is to say if you don't have the the cash AFTER you basic bills are paid, do without till you can afford it. Best way to go green is to get over instant gratification & convienence. Grow your own food & have reachable goals for your life.

Answer 7

Sleep as much as possible is about the simplest way i can think of but try riding a bike walk more often grow a garden solar chargers for your toys

Answer 8

Use less, waste less, pollute less. Think before you use "do I really need?" After you use, think what can be done with the waste. Limit the activities where you pollute the environment. You choose, the 'less' you do, the better it gets!

Answer 9

Supplement your diet with natural nutritional products, Thus this elliminates the farmers that use pesticides from making money and spoiling our enviroment