Ways to be green.

So while hearing all this talk about "saving the earth", you realize: no one ever really told you how to be green and help out a little. Here's how.

(man i really wanna go there!)

Step 1 Turn off the lights!!!

This is a GREAT way to save energy and money. When you walk out of a room, just flip the switch (if theres no one else in there) and BAM! You just saved the world. It's like your jack bauer, but better.

Comments

[Acepilot42]

WOW YOUR SUCH A TREE HUGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luvit]

i burned a pile of 80 tires to save the landfill. it was pretty too.

[Acepilot42]

LOL

[The Knights Of The Round Pie]

 burning tires is almost just as bad you should take them to a recycling center so that they don't do any bad

[amarsar]

This is another sweet way to go green. http://bee26r3rawhken7c2hego23y7i.hop.clickbank.net

[chilll2009]

nice!!!! LETS ALL SAVE OUR EARTH!!!!!!!!

[merijnvw]

Looking at this step and the last step, I think you aren't getting the things right in proportions. An energy efficient light bulb uses per hour just as much as one google search! This is due to the fact that with each search an enormous amount of information is being searched through at the google HQ. So you could better have adviced to reduce the amount of google searches.

[Gamer917]

i like the last pic,its funnyy

[MegaMaker]

Wow, amazing pictures!

[MegaMaker]

Check this out, This is awesome, but pretty unbelivable-

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/979/pricey-but-high-performance-domestic-led.html

[sk8master]

thats a sweet pic

[OrlandoD]

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[generator]

I want to go there too! that looks beautiful. something else to consider about living green - not purchasing plastic water bottles. plastic is made from oil, a limited resource. it takes 7 liters of water to make 1 bottle of water because of processing. recycling the plastic bottles you use is not better than not consuming bottled water. bottled water production wastes water. and puts out exhaust from the vehicles to take them to your market. to be green about this - drink tap water. or get a more permanent filtering system. sweet instructable! thanks!

[nedfunnell]

Did you ever consider that perhaps a candle is less environmentally friendly than lighting a CFL or even a incandescent bulb for the time the candle would provide light? After all, the infrastructure for providing electricity is already there and efficient, whereas candles have to be made (out of petroleum wax), shipped to the distributor(in a diesel semi truck), shipped again to the retailer, yet again in a truck, then bought by you and burned. Just turn on the light for the 6 hours it would take to burn the candle. It will use one eighth of a kilowatt hour, which will release 54 grams of CO2. How much did that candle weigh, and the diesel fuel used to make it weigh? Much more than 54 grams, and all of it went into the the atmosphere. Let's not forget the indoor pollution. I don't mean to insult you, but I get REAL tired of people thinking they are doing the world a favor(and half the time, getting smug about it), when really their lifestyle is more environmentally unfriendly than living like any other person. Now, I would be real fired up if I thought that global warming was an issue, and even more so if I was in any way suspicious that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming. To sum this all up: Think things out before you tell people what to do.

[SandLizard]

Commercial candles may be made of paraffin wax, which is a petroleum product, but a lot of people make candles out of beeswax, which is a bee product. And candles can be purchased locally in a lot of places from people that produce hand-made candles. So it may be possible to be green using candles if the candle users do their research and obtain their candles from the green sources. Maybe.

[lawizeg]

I know what you mean but what about the shipping and manufacturing for the BULB?

[Tool Using Animal]

We could make a broad assumption and set the manufacturing and transportation "costs" equal per unit. The candle burns for six hours, the bulb for 6000 hours. So you need 1000 x the energy to manufacture and transport an equivalent number of candles.

[gaiatechnician]

Did you put in the disposal costs for the candle and for the bulbs?

[lawizeg]

Well i edited the instructable a little bit, in favor of what you guys think. thanks! I never would have realized that on my own.

[lawizeg]

I think this is an excellent job. There is no total solution to global warming. But, this gives us ideas everyone can do, to save a little. At a minimum it promotes awareness. The harsh comments are unwarranted. I am impressed with the work.

[colin_bignall]

cool ideas, keep up the good work

[bigt4616]

wow, how did you get the lightning pic, that is freaking sweet.

[lawizeg]

Flickr

[Yerboogieman]

whats a township?

[gumbytig]

A township is usually an area outside of the city limits that is taken care of by a seperate governing body than the city itself. something between a city and a county. our township that i live in takes care of mostly roads, parks, etc. outside the city limits in it's define area. The county takes care of things that are not covered by the township or city i.e. County sherif's dept., county roads outside township boundries, etc.

[ravebot]

what is that place? it looks fun

[lawizeg]

Uhh i think its in austin...I REALLY have to go there. It's like paradise. Its a combo of beach, island, and lake. sweet.

[ravebot]

if you figure out where it is could you let me know? like where in Austin

[topmonkey]

Its hamilton pool near dripping springs. Its a state park I think. Take mopac to 290/71, head west, take 71 to hamilton pool rd, turn left (only way you can turn), and follow it a while. Get there early because if the parking lot fills up, they stop letting people in.

[ravebot]

thank you very much

[candikiki]

Good job lawizeg!

[lawizeg]

heyyyy candice!

[lawizeg]

This is a nice and straight forward way to illustrate an important point. Thanks for the easy to follow steps and reminders. The simplicity and directness are impressive. GREAT work!!!

[lawizeg]

dad?

[GorillazMiko]

Nice job! I look forward to seeing more entries for this contest...