Reduce Financial Stress by Reducing Carbon Waste in Your Home

The first step you need to take in your quest to reduce your carbon waste is to check what you do in your home - so go around and check what you are using. Then have a family talk and get "stuff" turned off. Entertainment and game machines are real power gobblers and often left on 24/7 when they are actually used for 2-3 hours!

Here is a list of areas you can save:

When you buy new appliances go for the ones with good energy ratings
Check your refrigerator seals.
How many fridges does one family need? Can you turn the beer fridge in the shed off except for parties and keep some beer in the kitchen fridge?
Why use hot water for washing.
Air dry the clothes unless it is very wet. Even small apartments have somewhere to put a drying rack.
Temperature is an interesting one. For some reason people prefer the temperature in their homes to be warmer in winder that they can "possibly tolerate" in summer!
We seem to have forgotten how to wear winder clothes in winter.
Light is a very important part of our life and some people get depressed in low light environments so our energy saving need to be more creative than turning off lights! Gloomy is used for both the environment and the mood for a very good reason. But this is the easy one with a range of new lighting options.
It is more energy efficient to use a small electric appliance like a "frypan" to cook a roast than to use the oven - check which heats the kitchen most.
Share the car.
Road rage uses much more fuel than calmer driving habits.

Some quick tips to help you and your family go save carbon emissions and money are:

Be informed. Read on the latest reports about energy saving and be proactive.
Educate young children on the effects of wasting energy and goods and be an example that they can follow.
Think green. Make planting a part of your family's activities. Join organizations that have programs to plant trees. This is also a good way of involving and educating children.
Be careful of how much green matter you send to landfill - it breaks down to release more methane to the atmosphere.

Think Green, reduce waste, and go for a "grumpy" walk every day before leaving home and going to bed. Turn off everything that is not essential.

Jean Cannon is an enviro-entrepreneur - both a scientist and a business person and has been both for over 20 years.

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