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• Top 5 Green New Year Resolutions

  Date: 2009.12.31 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, Local Water Issues | Response: 0

  Top 5 Green New Year Resolutions

  1. Conserve conserve conserve. It’s easier than it sounds to save water in your daily routine: switch off the tap when brushing your teeth, fill the dishwasher to the hilt before turning it on, start capturing water for your garden or flushing the toilet.
  2. Get involved There’s a lot to be said for getting out of your house and focussing your energy on others-or on the environment. Join a community conservation program, or community supported agriculture program, volunteer for an environmental charity and feel good about making a difference.
  3. Organize your recycling If at home, this is the perfect chance to get your glass, paper and aluminum in the proper containers or if at work why not wrestle with your company’s recycling policies.
  4. Learn to recycle something new Sure, you’re a pro at  never leaving your newspaper on the bus or at the skytrain station—but what about all the other stuff you can recyle?  Computers, DVD players, televisions, compact fluorescent light bulbs and cell phones all can and should be recycled, so the metals can be disposed of correctly or, even better, reused. If you’re already doing this, consider starting a compost bin for your organic food scraps, or buying clothes made from recyclable fibers.
  5. Stick to it The most popular advice for keeping resolutions is to keep them simple: look at small changes in water conservation you can make to reach your long term goals, like thinking twice about having a daily bath. And don’t make too many—choose one, maybe two, goals and focus on those.