Going Green for Your World & Your Wallet

Simple changes can result in easy savings, for both the climate and for your budget. Try these simple tips:

• Close the Refrigerator door - Leaving the door open for only a few minutes releases cool air, making the compressor work harder, and wasting significant amounts of energy.
• Turn off the lights! - Energy is saved by turning off a light for just one second. Think how much energy can be saved by turning off the lights when at class.
• Unplug appliances when not in use - Appliances continue to use energy even when turned off. Unplugging them removes this energy loss and is also safer, reducing the chance of an electrical fire.
• Avoid excessive amounts of fast and/or prepackaged foods - These types of food (which are often rather expensive as well) are often over packaged. Limiting their use reduces the amount of trash headed to a landfill. If you do have trash left over after a meal, make sure to dispose of it properly instead of throwing it along the roadside.

By using common sense, you can easily save some money in your wallet, and save help the future as well.

These tips are based on those originally posted in the September issue of EC SIFE's Bathroom Business, a monthly publication distributed throughout the Elizabethtown Campus. Check out this month's issue for more tips.

References:
Save a buck save the world - CNN Money - June 1, 2007
Going Green