Everyday millions of people wake up and get in their cars, buy their morning coffee, and through out the day press their carbon foot print deeper into the world. Thankfully there are a number of things you can do to reduce your imprint and reverse effects that are already occuring. Here are some green ideas that every person on this planet can do to help save this planet and give our children and childrens children a beautiful future.

Save energy in the home. Lowering the thermostat lower or higher then the tempature outside consumes less energy and lowers the bills. Also changing the light bulbs to compact flourescent lights and use a power strip or just unplug all apliances not in use, the amount of energy still being consumed by lights and appliances hugely affect carbon emissions even when not on. Also washing clothes on cold whenever you can because its been shown over 85 of energy used when washing clothes come from heating the water. Shorter showers and changing your showerhead to low flow showerheads reduce the amount of water used, faucet aerators help with water flow but don’t use as much energy for water pressure. Plant drought tolerant plants in your yard that are common to your area. You don’t need to water them as often and they take less minerals from the ground.

We are consumers and as consumers we take in massive amounts of things we could reduce drastically. In 2009, 5.1 billion pounds of polyethylene terephthalate bottles were in existence that were thrown into landfills instead of recycled. Using aluminum water bottles that you can reuse is a smart and money saving must.

If we lived lighter and greener the world can be better. It’s everyones responsibility to keep this planet progressing for a brighter future tomorrow.