10 Easy Ways to Reduce your Carbon Footprint and save money:
Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.
Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $80 per year.
Keep the tires on your car adequately inflated. Check monthly.
Save about 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $1000 per year. A single tire under-inflated by 8 psi represents a 4% increase in fuel consumption. If everyone in the North America did it, gasoline use would decrease by 2 percent and we would save a trillion pounds of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere!
Check your car's air filter monthly.
Save 800 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $150 per year.
Run your dishwasher only with a full load.
Save 200 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $50 per year. Use the energy-saving setting to dry dishes and don't use heat when drying.
Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer.
Save 2000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $120 per year.
Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Save 500 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $45 per year.
Air conditioner check. Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended.
Save 175 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $180 per year.
Take shorter showers.
Save 350 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide and $120 per year. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs! Using less water in your shower means using less energy to heat the water, which means less pollution.
Install a low-flow showerhead to use less hot water.
Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $180.
Plant a tree.
By age 50 a mature tree will have produced about $35,000 worth of oxygen, $65,000 worth of air pollution control, $40,000 worth of recycled water and $35,000 worth of wind and water erosion control.
Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.
Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $80 per year.
Keep the tires on your car adequately inflated. Check monthly.
Save about 250 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $1000 per year. A single tire under-inflated by 8 psi represents a 4% increase in fuel consumption. If everyone in the North America did it, gasoline use would decrease by 2 percent and we would save a trillion pounds of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere!
Check your car's air filter monthly.
Save 800 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $150 per year.
Run your dishwasher only with a full load.
Save 200 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $50 per year. Use the energy-saving setting to dry dishes and don't use heat when drying.
Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer.
Save 2000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $120 per year.
Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Save 500 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $45 per year.
Air conditioner check. Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended.
Save 175 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $180 per year.
Take shorter showers.
Save 350 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide and $120 per year. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs! Using less water in your shower means using less energy to heat the water, which means less pollution.
Install a low-flow showerhead to use less hot water.
Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $180.
Plant a tree.
By age 50 a mature tree will have produced about $35,000 worth of oxygen, $65,000 worth of air pollution control, $40,000 worth of recycled water and $35,000 worth of wind and water erosion control.
