Green Ideas

Go For Laptop

Switch to a laptop instead of using a desktop computer and cut three-quarters off your electrical use. Turn off the laptop at the end of the day.

Saving in air conditioning

Each degree you turn down the heat saves 3 percent of heating costs, while each degree you raise the temperature of your air conditioner saves 3-4 percent of cooling costs. By changing the temperature by 2 degrees all year, you can save about 2,000 pounds of C02 a year.

Paper Waste

*as recommended by our Pn. Charngeet :) *

The last day of school is approaching, do you think this is too crazy? I find it so disgusting how many half used notebooks get tossed into the trash can or recycling bin at the end of the year. Even when they are recycled it takes energy to process the notebook paper to make new products. Here, take them home and rip out all the unused pages, cut off the \"frilly part\" and then keep a box full of notebook paper for the next school year.

Too Many Shopping Bags?

Sometimes, whether we like it or not, we end up accumulating too many plastic bags--either from grocery shopping or from other shops. While many people make an effort to use re-usable grocery bags, at times there is just no other choice than to accept plastic shopping bags. So what can we do with all those plastic shopping bags? We can reduce the amount of plastic bags entering in the land fill by simply doing this idea!

Renewable energy

So what’s so great about renewable energy? Right now we use a lot of coal and oil for energy, but we can’t reuse these fuels. Once they’re gone they’re gone. Burning these fuels causes major pollution problems and increases global warming. Renewable energy is energy that won’t go away and will always be there to use again and again. The wind, the sun and even ocean waves are examples of clean renewable energy. We are now finding ways to make lots of power from clean renewable energy, so we will have a safer, healthier planet.

Peace out ♥