Unplug your appliances every night, save electricity & reduce your carbon footprint

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 22:19 — Ajay
Average: 1.8 (4 votes)

By unplugging your appliances, you can save hundereds of dollars a year whle you sleep. While you rest, so do your appliances. Novel idea, eh?  Read more here.

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/ask-vanessa/stories/can-appliances-keep-dra...

Also, you can buy electric outlet timers really easily, just search google, there are plenty to choose from.

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Bike Instead Of Ride

Tue, 01/13/2009 - 11:34 — ranjit
Average: 2.3 (8 votes)

Riding your bike instead of riding in a car saves energy and reduces pollution, of course.  But it is also fun!  That makes it a double benef

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Simple Steps to follow at your Workplace

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 04:38 — ranjit
Average: 2.6 (5 votes)
  • Use printers that can print on both sides of the paper ; try to look into this option when replacing old printers.
  • Use the back of a draft or unwanted printout instead of notebooks. Even with a double-sided printer there is likely to be plenty of spare paper to use!
  • Always buy recycled paper - for your business stationery and to use in your printers.
  • Switch off computer monitors, printers and other equipment at the end of each day. Though in standby mode they're still using power - and that adds to global warming.
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Thought about Car Pool Seriously?

Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:37 — Navdeep
Average: 3 (5 votes)

We should be doing car pool to work atleast with our own collegues if not starnger. This will reduce traffic on roads and save fuel 

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Political Spinnery May be Just the Thing to Save the Environment: President Bush's Environmental Record

Wed, 02/04/2009 - 10:09 — Ajay
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Environmental Buddies? Secret Tree Huggers?

Fig 1. Environmental Buddies? Secret Tree Huggers?

The Bush-Cheney Administration claim that they made the environment a top priority and site it as an accomplishment & result of their administration. 

43alumni.com/

Sure, he did set aside 335,000 square miles of pacific ocean as a protected waters, but he still believes in sonar (which may be a leading cause of whale suicide).

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