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Table of contents:
• Ways to Use Less Water
• Conserve Energy
• Reduce Toxicity
• IN YARD
• IN OFFICE
• Ways To Protect Our Air
• Create Less Trash
Ways to Use Less Water
Don't wash dishes with
the water running
continuously
Wash and dry only full loads of laundry and dishes
Check and fix
any water leaks
Conserve Energy Turn off
unneeded lights even
when leaving a room for a short time
When using an oven, minimize door opening
while it is in use;
it reduces oven temperature by 25 to 30 every
time you open the door
Unplug seldom used appliances
Review labels of
household cleaners you
use. Consider
alternatives like baking
soda, scouring pads,
waterwater or a little more
elbow grease
elbow grease
Use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and
insect killers
Reduce Toxicity
Use recycled wood chips as mulch to
keep weeds down, retain moisture and
prevent erosion
Put leaves and grass in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing
them away
Avoid using leaf
blowers and other
dust-producing
equipment
IN YARD
Copy and print on both sides
of paper
Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence
instead of
Use discarded paper for scrap paper
IN OFFICEUse a ceramic coffee mug
a disposable cup
Don't use your wood stove or fireplace when
air quality is poor
Avoid slow-burning, smoldering fires. They
produce the largest amount of pollution
Burn seasoned wood - it burns cleaner than
green wood
Use solar power for home and water heating
Ways To Protect Our AirWays To Protect Our Air
Use cloth napkins
Reuse items like bags and
containers when possible
Shop with a canvas bag instead of using
paper and plastic bags
Create Less Trash
instead of
paper ones
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