10 tips to lessen impact on environment

After seeing "No impact man" on Facebook (yes, the maternity leave has begun, so I finally have time for those kind of things), I started to think about what we, as an individual, can do to lessen the impact on the environmental. I think it is a question each of us has to ask his-/herself once in a time...just little details in your day-to-day life can help!

Let me share you some tips you can use at home!

1. Use CFLs, Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs, instead of the traditional incandescents.
2. Tighten the gas cap of your car until it clicks three times. Apparently gallos of gasoline literally evaporate into the atmosphere because of loose, damaged or missing caps. This is not only better for the environment but also for our economy!
3. This one I had to read two times to actually believe it. Scrub your wheels at a car wash, not at home. A drive-through uses less than half the water per car than the typical do-it-yourselfer and many of the establishments re.use there soap water.
4. Eat meet-free at least once a week, as producing a pound of beef consumes 145 times more fossil fuels than a pound of potatoes.
5. Use bar soap instead of liquid soap that comes in plastic packaging. Before I married a Mexican man I really wasn't used to use bar soap in the shower, I had no clue how to wash my body with it, but, as many ne things, practice solves that problem!
6. Use cloth napkins, eliminating disposable napkins. Something that we really need to learn in Mexico where the use of disposable plates, glasses and napkins is very normal.
7. Recycle. Recycle, recycle, recycle, what more do I need to say?!
8. Read your water meter. Check the meter, then wait an hour without using your faucets or toilets and check again. If the number rises, call a plumber!
9. Switch your computer display to go to sleep mode after 5 minutes of inactivity, as the sleep modus consumes 90 percent less energy than an animated screen saver.
10. Use reusable bags. Always have a reusable bag in your car for errands! In a lot of countries plastic bags are no longer free in supermarkets, which is a very good beginning but we really have to get used to bring our reusable bag everywhere we go!

10 simple tips to introduce in your household! Good luck!