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101 Ways to Save the Planet

101 Ways You Can Clean the Air and Save Money

    At Home . . .

  1. Insulate your home properly
  2. Buy energy efficient appliances
  3. Caulk and weather-strip your home
  4. Install storm windows
  5. Wear warm clothing and turn down your thermostat
  6. Close off unused areas in your home
  7. Buy low wattage or compact fluorescent light bulbs
  8. Turn off lights that don't need to be on
  9. Use cold water instead of hot
  10. Use small ovens or stove-top cooking methods instead of your large oven
  11. Don't burn wood during periods of high pollution
  12. Convert your fireplace to natural gas logs
  13. Don't let your fire smolder
  14. Use hard, dry wood when you do burn
  15. Buy a new, low polluting wood stove
  16. Put your fire completely out before you go to bed
  17. Clean your chimney
  18. Set your refrigerator to 38 degrees, no colder
  19. Insulate your water heater
  20. Substitute lemon oil or beeswax for wood cleaners, polishes and waxes
  21. Recycle aluminum and glass
  22. Recycle newspapers
  23. Reuse glass containers
  24. Buy a house plant
  25. Plant a tree
  26. Plant evergreen trees on the north side of your house
  27. Plant deciduous trees on the south
  28. Do all ironing at one time
  29. Snuggle with a friend and turn down the thermostat
  30. Run dishwashers only when fully loaded
  31. Run clothes washers only when fully loaded, but don't overload
  32. Hang your laundry to dry
  33. Clean the lint screen on your dryer
  34. Take quick showers instead of baths
  35. Install water-efficient showerheads and faucets
  36. Turn down your water heater to 121 degrees
  37. Start a recycling program in your neighborhood
  38. Defrost your freezer
  39. Buy recycled paper
  40. Cook with quick-heating, copper-bottom pans to conserve energy
  41. Teach your children about these ideas
  42. Use your microwave instead of the oven
  43. Limit or eliminate using disposable items
  44. Bring your own reusable bags to the grocery store
  45. Reuse your paper and plastic bags
  46. Write companies urging them to use paper rather than plastics and styrofoam
  47. Request paper instead of styrofoam whenever possible
  48. Use water-based paints whenever possible
  49. Buy products that will last
  50. Don't buy fire extinguishers containing halon
  51. Support environmentally conscious businesses
  52. Buy environmentally safe products
  53. Buy products that minimize packaging
  54. Avoid buying rainforest products
  55. Buy locally produced foods; avoid buying goods that must be trucked in
  56. Start a garden
  57. Support or start local tree planting programs
  58. Urge local and state government to buy recycled paper

    59. At the Office . . .

  59. Schedule deliveries together
  60. Subsidize and sell employee bus passes in the office
  61. Encourage employees to phone first rather than driving
  62. Use teleconferencing instead of driving to meetings
  63. Take the bus, walk or ride your bike to meetings
  64. Offer employees incentives for not driving
  65. Buy gas-efficient or alternatively fueled vehicles for your fleet
  66. Put a carpool matching map in the office
  67. Buy a bike rack for your employees
  68. Buy an office bike for employee use
  69. Buy recycled paper for office use
  70. Start a paper recycling program
  71. Make two-sided copies whenever possible
  72. Put an aluminum can recycling bin next to the pop machine
  73. Bus, carpool, walk or bike to work
  74. Ask if you can work at home one or more days a week

    75. With Your Car . . .

  75. Recycle motor oil and batteries
  76. Don't drive when air pollution is bad
  77. Call your local transit system for bus schedules
  78. Call your local carpool program or start one in your town
  79. Carpool the kids to their school events
  80. Carpool to the ski slopes
  81. Carpool to go shopping
  82. Eat lunch at the office instead of going out
  83. Call stores first to see if they have what you want
  84. Combine several small trips into one
  85. Shop by mail and catalogs
  86. Plan an evening at home with your kids
  87. Do errands on the way home from work
  88. Encourage your teens to walk or ride their bikes rather than taking the car, and do the same yourself
  89. Shop for a neighbor when going to the grocery store or form a neighborhood co-op
  90. Have your car's emissions tested regularly
  91. Tune-up your car, especially before winter
  92. Check for proper tire inflation when gassing up
  93. Don't repair your car's air conditioning yourself, have it serviced at a station that recycles CFC's
  94. Don't buy a car with air conditioning
  95. When buying a new car, let dealers know that fuel efficiency is important
  96. Park and go inside instead of idling at a drive-up window
  97. Remove unnecessary articles from your car; each 100 lbs. of weight decreases fuel efficiency by 1%
  98. Enjoy sports and activities that don't require gas or electricity
  99. Avoid accelerated starts to save gas
  100. Copy this list and send it to ten friends
  101. Think often about the future and how you would like the earth to be 100 years from now for your grandchildren and their grandchildren

Sound good? If not, here are some

Alternative Ways for You to Save the Planet

  1. Drink and swim
  2. Dive into shallow water
  3. Sky-dive until you achieve the objective
  4. Go to the zoo and pet the lions
  5. Become an elephant trainer
  6. Rent an aircraft with a fake license (At an airport in a sparsely populated area, please!)
  7. Volunteer to be launched into the sun
  8. Sunbathe in the Arctic Circle
  9. Commune with nature in a Colombian jungle
  10. Apply for a job at Chernobyl
  11. Send a copy of this list to a friend with whom you have a lot in common
  12. Short-circuit a car battery with your hands
  13. Lick an electrical outlet repeatedly until the desired effect is achieved

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