How To Live Green!

Are you one of those people in this world that want to live green? Do you want to be able to say "Hey, I made an impact on the world!" Do want to brag to your neighbors by saying "Ha, ha, I'm Greener than you!!!" If you said YES to any of these things this insructable is for You! This instructable will tell you diffrent tips on how you can live green!

Step 1: Start off Simple!

OK, lets start off simple! One of the easiest ways to make a BIG impact is to turn off the lights. Most people forget to do this simple thing...including me...But this will both lower your electricity bill AND save electricity. Two birds with one stone! Before you leave any room you should turn off the lights, TV, Computers, Radios, Guitar Amps, blenders, coffee makers, wireless videogame controlers, and any other electronics you may have. That is the first thing you should do to go Green.

Comments

[Thetis]

Your comments on dishwashers oversimplify the issue unless US dishwashers are more wasteful than European dishwashers (mind you, if US cars are anything to go by...).  It is a bit of a grey area but apparently it all depends on how you wash dishes or use your dishwasher.  For example check out:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2005/nov/01/ethicalmoney.g2

In summary, if you ensure you fill your [European] dishwasher up before running, it will use no more, and probably less water than the methods many people habitually use to wash dishes by hand.  You can also save on the energy it uses by using any economy settings, and switching the thing off before it completes its drying cycle. 

So to save water, you need also to adopt water saving handwashing techniques, rather than simply abandoning the dishwasher.  (no, I don't work for a dishwasher manufacturer!)

[Cuicydepunk]

Shooting glass bottles is not good for the environment. It renders the glass non-recycleable in most places, and does little more than the glass ending up in a landfil.

[spydyr]

I disagree. I use a pellet gun and bust up all kinds of bottles. Beer, Tea, Cola... Then I take the shatteed glass that I collected in a cardboard box and dump it into a 5 gallon bucket that has sand in it. I roll it back and forth in my back yard (Its a work out..) and take the now smoother pices of glass and decorate with them. Fish tanks require me to buy 1.00 worth of blue or green marbles, but this is far greener.

[A good name]

Just another useless "go green" instructable that spits out the same repetitive garbage.

[theburn7]

ya you copiers, dont call it garbage tho, cus i made one, the original

[Marcos]

Hey, isn't this 'ible entered in 2 contests at once? I think I saw it in the laser cutter contest too. And yes, it's pretty common sense, not much to learn here. :-\

[Solutrean]

Getting rid of the lawn altogether would be even greener. Consider planting drought-resistant native plants or even better, a garden.