| The term "being green" is one that is often heard | | | | understanding of how recycling will help our planet by |
| today on the news, from celebrities and in the | | | | reducing the landfills which are taking over our |
| newspapers. What does it mean? Being green is to be | | | | country's land. |
| more conscious of being more environmentally friendly | | | | Another way to be more green is to try to condense |
| and to take steps to help save the earth for the future. | | | | all of your driving trips. Many people run errands at the |
| This article will describe the many ways you can be | | | | spur of the moment and therefore use their car more |
| more green with things such as reducing paper waste | | | | than is necessary. If they just plan out their day ahead |
| by using rubber stamps and address stamps instead | | | | with the places they need to go to, it will help reduce |
| of stickers to encouraging all of your neighbors to | | | | the pollution in the air and save you gas and time as |
| recycle. | | | | well. If your job is nearby, think about taking your bike |
| Americans waste so much paper and the result is | | | | to work three times a week or even starting a carpool |
| more and more trees are being cut down which then | | | | with some coworkers that live near you. |
| affects our ozone layer and our air quality. There are | | | | There are a couple of other ways to be more |
| many easy steps to help reduce your paper use in | | | | environmentally conscious. One is to follow the lead of |
| your home today. The first is to reduce to amount of | | | | many people from other countries that bring their own |
| catalogs and junk mail you receive in the mail. There | | | | bags or baskets when they go shopping. This will |
| are online sites that you can find to stop the mailing of | | | | reduce the amount of plastic bags used and many |
| catalogs and junk mail to your home. Those items that | | | | stores now credit you with bringing your own bags to |
| do continue to come should be placed in a recycling | | | | their store. Changing your light bulbs to the new |
| bin. | | | | fluorescent ones in your home is another way to save |
| Recycling is only done by a small margin of Americans | | | | energy and help the earth. And finally, reducing the |
| and this needs to change. The fee to recycle is such a | | | | electricity and water in your daily use will help as well. |
| small one and really something that all Americans | | | | Turn off all lights and electronic devices that are not in |
| should do even in this struggling economy. Once you | | | | use to reduce your energy bills as well as take shorter |
| start to recycle your plastic, glass, metal and paper | | | | showers and turn off the water while brushing your |
| you will be shocked to see how your household trash | | | | teeth all add up to making a difference in our |
| will be cut by more than 50%. This is a great way to | | | | environment. |
| get your kids involved too to get a better | | | | |