| It seems that every other day there is a new | | | | more of the heat in your home, and again reduce |
| "Green initiative to help us 'Save the Planet'". We | | | | emission. A win win situation, I think you will |
| are forever being urged to join in and do what | | | | agree? |
| we can to help, but What can we do? Will it really | | | | Recycling |
| make a difference? | | | | Recycling is perhaps the easiest way to help in |
| It may surprise many of you to know that there | | | | the fight to save the environment. You can |
| are small changes we can make to our everyday | | | | recycle many every day materials including glass, |
| lives, which will have a major impact on the | | | | paper, plastics, cans and much much more. Not |
| environment. If you are really looking to help the | | | | only does recycling save on energy emissions, the |
| environment, you may wish to consider the | | | | recycling of paper will literally save millions of trees |
| following simple ideas: | | | | a year, which are the earth's main source of |
| Switch Off Electrical Appliances when not in use | | | | absorbing some of the harmful emissions in the |
| Switching off, rather than leaving on stand-by, | | | | atmosphere. Not to mention, the chance of saving |
| such everyday appliances as your TV and | | | | areas like the Amazon Rain Forests, which contain |
| Computer will save enormous amounts of energy. | | | | some of the rarest of animals, many of which |
| By saving the energy, we can all help to reduce | | | | are near extinction due to the actions of man. |
| carbon emission into the earth's atmosphere, | | | | Junk Mail |
| thereby reducing pollution and global warming. | | | | While we all complain about the increase in Junk |
| Car Sharing | | | | Mail, we very rarely do anything about it and the |
| Rather than travel to work alone, why not | | | | mail continues to flow through our letter boxes, |
| arrange a car sharing Scheme with one or more | | | | straight into the bin - with 99% not even opened. |
| of your friends or colleagues? To give you an | | | | What can you do about this? There are various |
| example, if you drive one of the fashionable 4x4 | | | | websites around the world (UK residents check |
| cars, you will use more energy in a year than you | | | | out for further details) where you can register to |
| would leaving your fridge door open for seven | | | | receive NO JUNK MAIL. As well as saving your |
| years, or your TV on for thirty two years! | | | | time, your will also be doing a massive amount to |
| Imagine the savings if you car shared with 2,3 or | | | | help the environment, e.g. every person in the US |
| even 4 people? | | | | receives junk mail which is equivalent to one and |
| Insulation and Turing Down your Thermostat | | | | a half trees a year!! Throughout the US as a |
| These two energy saving ideas go hand in hand, | | | | whole, this equates to more than 100 million trees |
| and they will save YOU money. By turning your | | | | a year. |
| central heating thermostat down by one degree, | | | | There are many many other everyday changes |
| this will both reduce both your household | | | | which you can make to help the environment, |
| emissions, and save you £30 a year in | | | | they will cost you nothing and many will actually |
| energy costs. | | | | save you money! Why not give it a try? Turn |
| If you also update your roof and wall cavity | | | | your thermostat down by one degree and see if |
| insulation, as well as eliminating annoying draughts | | | | you notice the difference. We can all help, if we |
| around your doors and windows, you will retain | | | | really want to. |