Put a Lid on it
Lose a little less energy through your stovetop (whether gas or electric) by applying the simplest of expedients - a lid over a saucepan to contain heat and warm food faster.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
January 16th
Rare Steak
The global loss of biodiversity isn't limited to environments like rain forests; its effects are also being felt in barnyards across America. Up to one third of domestic breeds aren't big players in today's mass farming techniques, and they're in danger of extinction. Support their survival by purchasing meat from these heritage breeds.
Do your part: Visit www.labels.com/store/main/heritage_main.htm#purpose, which offers meat from such heritage varieties as Galloway and Devon beef cattle, and Gloucester shire Old Spot pigs.
The global loss of biodiversity isn't limited to environments like rain forests; its effects are also being felt in barnyards across America. Up to one third of domestic breeds aren't big players in today's mass farming techniques, and they're in danger of extinction. Support their survival by purchasing meat from these heritage breeds.
Do your part: Visit www.labels.com/store/main/heritage_main.htm#purpose, which offers meat from such heritage varieties as Galloway and Devon beef cattle, and Gloucester shire Old Spot pigs.
Monday, January 14, 2008
January 14th
The Re-Use File
Demonstrate some initiative on the job - set up a program to encourage the reuse of perfectly good office products that are routinely tossed - folders, paper clips, binders, Rolodex cards, and the like.
An internal employee exchange at Eastern Illinois University reclaimed more than 9,000 pounds of computer equipment and 25,000 pounds of coated paper office supplies, saving the university about $7,000.
Demonstrate some initiative on the job - set up a program to encourage the reuse of perfectly good office products that are routinely tossed - folders, paper clips, binders, Rolodex cards, and the like.
An internal employee exchange at Eastern Illinois University reclaimed more than 9,000 pounds of computer equipment and 25,000 pounds of coated paper office supplies, saving the university about $7,000.
January 13th
The Thermostat Rules
Warm your house to 68 degrees F on winter days, and to 55 degrees at night or when you'll be out. Install a programmable thermostat to change settings for you automatically. For every degree you lower the heat, you can save 3 percent in energy costs.
Do your part: By one estimate, every 100 households that practice careful thermostat regulation will reduce CO2 output by more than 30,000 pounds - 15 tons - annually.
Warm your house to 68 degrees F on winter days, and to 55 degrees at night or when you'll be out. Install a programmable thermostat to change settings for you automatically. For every degree you lower the heat, you can save 3 percent in energy costs.
Do your part: By one estimate, every 100 households that practice careful thermostat regulation will reduce CO2 output by more than 30,000 pounds - 15 tons - annually.
January 12th
The Cost of Litter
If you need an incentive not to litter, consider this: Your tax dollars go toward cleaning it up - and it's not cheap. To pick one example, Alabama spends $5.3 million dollars a year on the effort. So can it!
If you need an incentive not to litter, consider this: Your tax dollars go toward cleaning it up - and it's not cheap. To pick one example, Alabama spends $5.3 million dollars a year on the effort. So can it!
January 11th
Illumination
Replace incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents. You'll recoup their higher cost - they last ten times longer and save up to $30 a year in electricity.
Do your part: Fluorescents use much less energy than traditional lightbulbs. And the less energy we burn away, the less CO2 we produce. Just one compact fluorescents keeps half a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of its lifetime.
Replace incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents. You'll recoup their higher cost - they last ten times longer and save up to $30 a year in electricity.
Do your part: Fluorescents use much less energy than traditional lightbulbs. And the less energy we burn away, the less CO2 we produce. Just one compact fluorescents keeps half a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of its lifetime.
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