Making even small adjustments in your daily habits can have a large, cumulative impact on our enviroment. Here are 10 easy ways to go green this upcoming spring:
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Take your recycles to one of our advertisers, Modesto Junk Company, or give them to someone who recycles.
- Lighten Up: Use energy efficient light bulbs to light up your home!
- One click for man, one giant leap for the planet: Adjust your thermostat up one degree in the summer and down one degree in the winter to drastically reduce emissions to our environment.
- Flip that switch: Turn off electric devices, lights, and appliances when you are not using them.
- Get dirty and lend a hand: April 2nd we have a neighborhood wide cleanup to allow you to lend a hand for your neighborhood, to learn more click here.
- Take your foot off the gas! Carpooling and using public transportation reduced emissions and is cost effective.
- Out with the old, in with the new! Replace old appliances with energy efficient ones. There are many to choose from and they are not too pricey.
- Go local!! Famers market and independent stores are less likely to ship produces or use harmful pesticides. You use less gas shopping locally too!
- Organic is your friend. Don’t be afraid to try organic products. They taste, feel, and smell the same, but they are natural instead of processed. Price differences are minimal, but the nutritional benefits are massive.
- And this little baggie went to the market… Bring your own bags to the market! An average American family acquires 60 bags per week and rarely reuses them. Try purchasing the reusable ones offered by most markets and help save the planet one bag at a time!
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