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Use only what you need Eat less. You won’t have to cook or buy as much. Don’t go shopping so often. That would save energy by trucks hauling less, farmers consuming less fuel to plant, care for and harvest food. If you eat less, you won’t have to work out at the gym as much. Use only what you really need. You’ll see a huge trickle-down effect which really adds up. Lower the temperature on your water heater a little. Turn your heat down a couple or so degrees cooler in winter and the air conditioning up a couple of degrees. Close the drapes on the sunny side in summer, open in winter. Plant deciduous trees in select locations around your home. Walk whenever possible. Park a little farther away. Combine more trips and share shopping trips with a friend. Do manual labor in your garden. Use a hoe and save the tiller. Posthole diggers work wonders. Use your old newspapers and paper bags to cover the ground around your plants. That saves digging weeds and also the fuel to run an irrigation pump. Put out some rain barrels to use for some of your watering. Nancy Stanley |
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