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Your mission to preserve the planet begins in your own
home.
In the Bathroom
• Take a shower instead of a bath and you'll use three times less water.
Save energy, don't make
the water too hot.
Fix dripping faucets. You can
save 300 to 4000 gallons of
water every month.
Turn the water off when you brush
and you save about 3650
gallons of water every year.
Throw away less trash. Chose large family sizes and items
packaged in recyclable containers
In the Kitchen
Don't leave the water
running when you wash dishes.
Keep the oven door closed when you're cooking. A fourth of the heat escapes when the door
is opened.
Put lids on pans when you're cooking. The food heats faster.
Don't stand there with the
fridge door open. Decide
what you want, before you open it.
Use people power for mixing.
Choose large sizes packaged in recyclable or reusable
containers.
In the Bedroom
In the summer, close the
curtains in the morning so the sun
doesn't heat up your room.
In the winter, pile on the
covers instead of
turning up the heat.
Turn off the light when
you leave the room.
In the Laundry
Do the laundry in cold water. About 90% of
the energy used in
washing is just to heat the
water.
Dry one load after the other so the dryer
doesn't have to reheat.
Only dry full loads. Hang up small items like socks instead of using the
dryer.
Remember to recycle your plastic laundry bottles or refill
them.
Clean the lint filter. It takes
more energy to dry your clothes
when the lint filter is clogged.
Never touch the fuse box!
Can you think of more ways to save
energy?