It’s time to Go Green 2

In Our Home-Let us Reduce Toxicity

• Let’s eliminate mercury from our home by purchasing items without mercury, and dispose of items containing mercury at an appropriate drop-off facility when necessary(e.g. old thermometers)

• Let’s learn about alternatives to household cleaning items that do not use hazardous chemicals.

• Let’s buy optimum amount of paint for a painting job in home/office.

• When no good alternatives exist to a toxic item, let’s find the least amount required for an effective, sanitary result.

• If we live in an old building, let’s have the paint in our home tested for lead. If we have lead-based paint, let’s cover it with wallpaper or other material instead of sand papering it or burning it off.

• Let’s use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and insect killers.

• Let’s use cedar chips or aromatic herbs instead of mothballs.

• Let’s use ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.

In Our Garden

• Let’s leave grass clippings on the yard-they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.

• Let’s minimize pesticide use.

• Let’s create a wildlife habitat in your yard.

• Let’s water grass early in the morning.

• Let’s rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations and others that are seldom used.

• Let’s take actions that use non hazardous components(e.g. to ward off pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).

• Let’s put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away.

Courtesy: P.S. Group

Answer to the last QOTB: The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7th to 18th.

QOTB: Do you know what is Global Warming?

It's time to Go Green

With the recent uncharacteristic rain in November, the Phyan scare or the 2012 prediction, everyone is talking about climate change. I too personally feel that each of us can make a difference if we try. For the next couple of blogs, I'll be putting up ways on how You can save the Environment in various ways. All of us are aware of these things but everyone needs a reminder once in a while...

In Our Home-Let us Conserve Energy

• Let's clean or replace air filters of our air comditioning unit atleast once a month.

• Let's lower the thermostat of our water heater to 120 degree celsius.Let's set our refrigerator temperature at 36 degree-38 degree and our freezer from 0 degree-5 degree.

• When using an oven, let's minimise door opening; it reduces oven temperature by 25 to 30 degrees every time we open the door.

• Let's use a microwave whenever we can instead of a conventional oven or stove.

• Let's unplug seldom used appliances.

• Let's wash clothes with warm or cold instead of hot water.

• Let's turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.

• Let's purchase appliances and office equipments with the Energy Star Label; old refrigerators, for example, use upto 50% more electricity than newer models.

• Let’s use appliances only when we need them.

• Let’s use compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money and energy.

• Let’s insulate our home as best as we can.

• Let’s plant trees to shade our home.

• Let’s shade outside air conditioning units by trees or by other means.

• Let’s replace old windows with energy efficient ones.

• Let’s connect our outdoor lights to a timer.

Let us pledge today to do our best to save the Environment.Sign the following petitions to show your support-

http://www.350.org/

http://hopenhagen.org

QOTB-Which major Climate Change conference is going to be held in December?