It doesn't have to be Earth Day to think about how you can make an impact on our planet “Earth”. Here are a few easy tips to get you started:
1. Lower your thermostat. Buy a programmable thermostat.
2. Reuse your water bottle. In fact, reuse everything at least once, especially plastics.
3. Turn off lights and electronics when you leave the room. Unplug your cell phone charger from the wall when not using it. Turn off energy strips and surge protectors when not in use (especially overnight).
4. Turn your car off if you’re going to be idle for more than one minute.
5. Ride a bike or better yet walk, jog, or run.
6. Go paperless. Consider reading your newspaper and magazine subscriptions online. Switch to electronic banking and credit card payment, too.
7. Take your batteries to a recycling center.
8. Do full loads of laundry and set the rinse cycle to “cold.”
9. Recycle. If you’re not at home, take the extra steps, (literally), to find that recycling can.
10. Limit the length of your showers. Even better, take a “navy shower,” shutting off the water while soaping up and shampooing.
11. Give away your old clothes and go shopping for a new look
12. Recycle your technology. Dell, Hewlett Packard, Apple, and IBM, among others, offer recycling programs.
Michael Jackson brought awareness to the importance of saving the earth with his track the “Earth Song”.
“Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about the bleeding Earth
(What about us)
Can't we feel its wounds
(What about us)
What about nature's worth”….