Green living tips for renters? - tips for renters
8YR My mother falls into a green life, that's great, but most of the advice that we could sit on Elec, water, see, etc., are the owners. Is there a link for those of us who rent and can make changes, not at home?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tips For Renters Green Living Tips For Renters?
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You can pay for small changes within a reasonably short.
Wash your clothes in cold water.
Make sure your vehicle is well maintained, with tires properly inflated, and clean air filter.
Remember to replace the owners of the air filter on heating / cooling.
Ask compact fluorescent lamps, as they are provided, or buy if you are responsible.
Check the refrigerator coils clean and it is not clear and free flowing air space in order to provide the refrigerator.
Use fans instead of air conditioning case as soon as possible. Reduce the draft of fresh air in the house at night to the amount of air that is used during the day.
Use ceiling fans or box fans in the air to move in space, and you can measure the temperature increase in the thermostat and the amount of revenue you need.
Reduce, reuse and recycling of the things you do at home. Beware of packaged products prior to. It is often more expensive than simply packaged products. Launched in tContainer if the product is opened, so they buy a product with less waste, fewer packages left for disposal or recycling.
The next time your daughter wants a method "new" product, remember that these things require the use of resources, production and transportation, and if has happened to her, must be eliminated. Ask him to ask if the item is really worth the risk to the environment and whether they be in a position to get it out of landfills. Not only can you toys error if you do not really need, but they are better informed about their habits.
You can not have a garden with a compost pile, but perhaps you could take your laptop to a neighbor or a community garden. Perhaps a little too much for some people, but you never know when they do.
Carpet on the bare floor, the room warmer in winter. Recycled carpet fibers are more accessible than they were a few years ago.
Use and reuse of a clean glass bottle, depending on the tea takes the place ofWater bottles for single use. Questions check your owner, installing a reverse osmosis system. If not, you can buy a pot with a filter or a filter "on tap" for water is as good as most of the water that comes in bottles, no way. Te filters are much cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the millions of plastic bottles.
Ask your daughter to make sure turn off the TV when she is not in use. In addition, the outlet and all equipment (DVD player, stereo speakers, etc.) into a power strip and turn the strips at any time, the system will not be used for an hour or more. Do the same for the team and all other electrical power "on" light. My printer, speakers, cable router and the computer is turned off the power, every time when I'm gone away from them more than three hours.
Drag "shipper" when not in use or is connected to a power strip and turn the power strip.
Remember to turn your child into waterOFF when you brush your teeth. Ask him 5 minutes to go to the bathroom shower, save water.
If you do not have access to a fashion line, you can use a medium that is configured in the bathtub for drying clothes. Some of T-shirts of my husband and hook directly to the washing machine to work but not for all clothing. But who does not need a dryer savings in energy costs and environmental dried.
Added Edit - To the happy face under my post = Excellent! Good on ya!
You can also use the green cleaning products for the home - such as the ingredients of cleaning products like baking powder, lemon juice, vinegar, grapefruit seed extract. The recipes here:
... http://greenlivingideas.com/housecleanin
A container can worm composting system in your house or apartment and made the most of your kitchen waste. See link here:
http://www.nyworms.com/vermicomposting.h ...
Do not panic, worms! They remain in the tray and the work of composting, which is where they want to be.
You can also use the green cleaning products for the home - such as the ingredients of cleaning products like baking powder, lemon juice, vinegar, grapefruit seed extract. The recipes here:
... http://greenlivingideas.com/housecleanin
A container can worm composting system in your house or apartment and made the most of your kitchen waste. See link here:
http://www.nyworms.com/vermicomposting.h ...
Do not panic, worms! They remain in the tray and the work of composting, which is where they want to be.
I know of no website, but you can recycle and use fluorescent lighting.
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