GO GREEN!

Things we are learning and working on at our house:

**Did you know...
--For every ton of paper that is recycled, the following is saved: 7,000 gallons of water; 380 gallons of oil; and enough electricity to power an average house for six months.

---You can run a TV for six hours on the amount of electricity that is saved by recycling one aluminum can.

---By recycling just one glass bottle, you save enough electricity to power a 100-watt bulb for four hours.


Change a Light Bulb--
Installing a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) is the quickest, easiest way to save energy -- and money. Unlike incandescents, CFLs convert most of the energy they use into light rather than heat.
Good for You: They consume about 75 percent less electricity and last up to 10 times longer (10,000 hours as opposed to 1,500). Replace one 75-watt incandescent bulb with a 25-watt CFL and save up to $83 over the life of the bulb. ***Make sure you buy the "soft white" so you don't have that blue glow...

Recycle Your Electronics--
Americans tossed out a whopping 5.5 billion pounds of electronics -- TVs, stereos, cell phones, and computers -- in 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The result? Millions of pounds of chemicals and heavy metals ended up in the ground even though it's easier than ever to recycle electronics. The Consumer Electronics Association created mygreenelectronics.org to help people find a recycling resource in their area. The site also provides a list of electronics, from laptops to baby monitors, that are easier on the environment and your energy bill.
Good for You: The average American household has three cell phones stashed in a drawer. Sell unused cell phones to greenphone.com or rbrc.com. You'll receive about $35, and the phones will be refurbished and resold. If 1 million people recycled one cathode-ray tube TV this year, we'd keep 4 million pounds of lead out of the ground.

Support local farms--eatwellguide.com
Tote your own grocery bags--reusablebags.com
Set your fridge temp to 37 F and your freezer to 0
Don't use papertowels--we aren't quite there yet!