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Sure we all know to recycle, and to not run the washer before 7:00 PM, but there are some other ways to conserve that you might not have been aware of…

A two-stroke, gasoline-powered lawn mower releases as many hydrocarbons into the atmosphere in 30 minutes as a car does in 90 minutes. Switch to an electric mower.

An LCD flat panel TV uses as little as a third of the electricity of conventional tube-based models.

Buying organic produce grown within 100 miles of your home will help reduce the amount of diesel fuel needed to ship food.

If you feel woozy after painting with latex-based enamel, choose a product low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) instead. New designer colors and improved quality make these safer paints.

Manufacturers of low-flow toilets use advanced computer modeling to deliver more flush power with less water.

Like to linger in a hot shower? Stand under the pulse jet guilt-free with a solar hot-water system.

Skip the pesticides and use nature's method of bug eradication: other animals. Install birdhouses to shelter feathered friends who dine on pesky beetles and grubs.

Love your bottled water, but feel quilty each time you toss ou the plastic bottle? Use water filters instead. This saves 1.5 million tons of plastic expended in the bottling of 89 billion literes of water each year

During the 1950's many households were built with central cooling instead of your average ceiling fan because people were making more money. Now ceiling fans are making a comeback. They are a cheap effective way to cut down on energy costs and usage.

Get rid of the junk mail.There are sites on the web dedicated to stopping the mail that you don't want to get. Trees will be saved my friends, trees will be saved