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Every person is the right person to act. Every moment is the right moment to begin". THE Time to Act is Now!
REDUCE
… YOUR CONSUMPTION
The first step to reducing your impact on the environment, is reducing the amounts of resources you consume and use. Think twice before you buy or use anything. Do you really need it? By reducing your consumption you will also decrease the amount of waste you produce.
… YOUR WASTE
There are also many other ways to reduce your waste. The opportunities are nearly endless. Here are just a few ideas.
- Think before you print or photocopy! Print and copy as little as possible.
- Edit on screen, not on paper.
- Use e-mail to minimize paper use.
- Send and store documents like necessary papers and business proposals electronically instead of on paper.
- When you must print or copy, do it double-sided.
- Circulate documents instead of making an individual copy for everyone.
- Change the margins on your Word documents. The default margins on the documents you print are 1.25 inches on all sides. Simply changing the margins to 0.75 inches will reduce the amount of paper you use by almost 5 percent.
YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION
There are so many ways of optimizing your energy consumption
Turn off unused or unneeded lights.
Use natural lighting instead of electric lighting whenever possible.
If you have a desk lamp, make sure it uses fluorescent bulbs (instead of incandescent bulbs).
Dress appropriate to the season
Select cold water for washing clothes
Keep windows and doors closed in heated and air-conditioned areas.
Turn off computers when they are not in use.
Turn off printers, especially laser printers, unless printing.
Don’t use power strips to turn on all computers and desk equipment at once.
When purchasing computers and peripherals, buy low wattage equipment
Minimize use of screen savers and instead enable power management features
Purchase only energy-efficient products
Move your refrigerator. Leaving space between your refrigerator and the wall increases air circulation around the condenser coils, allowing the fridge to operate more efficiently.
RECYCLE
When buying any type of product, see if it is available with post consumer recycled content.
Wrap presents in gift bags. Once you tear the wrapping paper off a holiday gift it ends up in the recycle bin, but gift bags can be used over and over again.
Production of recycled paper uses only half the water and 3/4 of the energy than new paper
Every ton of recycled paper saves almost 400 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space and seventeen trees.
If you recycle soda cans, the energy used and air pollution created, is 95 percent less than if the cans were produced from raw materials.
You could operate a TV set for an estimated three hours with the energy saved by recycling just one aluminum can
