Take your green efforts one step further and incorporate it into your laundry room.  Did you know that washing your clothes in cold water will give you the same end result as hot water?….clean clothes.  However, you’ll save tons of cash on your electric bill.  It takes so much energy to heat all the water in your hot water tank.  Why pay for something that you don’t need to?  Switch to a cold water detergent and start washing your clothes in cold water.   Do some multitasking by saving money,  being kind to the environment, and conversing, simply by switching to cold water when you do laundry.

Light bulbs account for 25% of all the electricity we use; 75% of that could be saved by switching from incandescent bulbs to CFLs.  Many local electric companies are even offering free CFLs simply for the asking (so call them and ask them.)  It’s everyone’s responsibility to be eco-responsible, so pick up the ball and get in the game.  It’s the right thing to do. 

Did you know that 84% of all household waste can be recycled?  Recycling is one of the easiest ways to go Green, yet makes a monumental impact to the environment.  At a bare minimum, everyone should be recycling.  Take care of the waste you create.  Be eco-responsible.

If you want to understand what global warming is all about, you must watch Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.   This eye-opening piece shows you, in no uncertain terms, exactly what is happening to our planet right in front of our eyes.  It’s informative, enlightening, and terrifying at the same time.  It’s your responsibility as a human being to be educated about what we are doing to the planet.  It’s your responsibility to your children and the children that will inherit this planet one day.  Borrow An Inconvenient Truth from your library or have Netflix deliver it to your door…whatever it takes.    Please visit www.ClimateCrisis.net to find out more.