Painless ways to reduce your CO2
On this blog, we’re going to start posting weekly ideas for simple ways to reduce your CO2 output – easy to do for just about anyone, and if you subscribe, you’ll get them sent right to your inbox. The idea is that if you add one new habit every week or even just once a month, by the end of the year you’ll have made painless changes to your lifestyle that have a big impact on reducing your impact on global warming and your CO2 emissions footprint. Some are familiar, but some are new, I’ll have some really creative ideas on this list in the coming weeks.
Just to get you started, here’s an easy way to save electricity: Turn off your lights when you leave the house, go to bed, leave a room, leave your office at work for more than a half hour. Turn off your ocmputer monitor, plasma TV, excess electronics, phone charger – just go around and take a look at everything that’s plugged in, and unplug it, or shut it off. Do that every day for a week and see if you don’t lower your power use.
There are plenty of simple ways to incorporate alternative energy into your lifestyle. Some small examples are solar deck rail lights, solar powered attic fans, and other similar products now available on the market. You can find many, many other options to start to reduce your use of fossil-fuel generated electricity.
Post you best idea here too – combining our efforts is the key to making small changes into big ones!
September 8th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Great tips. Here is an energy saving tip from me: use a latest generation kettle to boil water and boil only as much as you plan to consume. This really makes a big difference!
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October 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
There really are so many easy ways for everyone to reduce their carbon footprint but sometimes I think people either think it’s too hard or they’re just darn lazy.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 am
How does industry manage the input and output balance of chemical substances regulated by the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Law ?
January 8th, 2010 at 3:06 am
I practise what I preach and use solar deck lights on my decking along with using them along the path leading to the house. Further to this I have a solar motion alarm that keeps intruders at bay. For night lighting around my yard there are fairy lights all powered by solar power.
Thank you for starting this thread, every success in building it with great ideas!
Jenny
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June 26th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
The nice thing about reducing your co2 output is that it can also save you a lot of money.
Especially if you take advantage of the federal and state energy tax credits for 2010. These apply to solar panels, insulation, windows, and more.
You can learn more at:
http://www.energystar.gov
Jon