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Good ways to save electricity: * Use ceiling fans instead of the air conditioner * Turn off lights you're not using * Turn off your computer when you're not using it * Don't leave electrical appliances on stand by * Use solar garden lights Good ways to save water: * Install dual-flush toilet * Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth * Take a shower instead of a bath * Collect rain water * Check your plumbing for leaks * Don't use your toilet as a trash can * Water plants less often but deeper I've personally tried some of these suggestions myself for a week and surprisingly there was about 20% electricity and water use drop during that time.

In the late 1990s, Tim Smit — an archaeologist turned pop-music producer — decided to build a new Eden. The Dutch-born Englishman envisioned a grand environmental-education park in the depressed southwestern English county of Cornwall — with the world's biggest greenhouses as its centerpiece. All he needed was the money. Smit turned to private funders and gave them a professional pitch. "I told them, 'We are going to build the Eighth Wonder of the World in a clay pit west of Cornwall, it's going to be wonderful, and you'll want to be a part of it,'" Smit says. "'Also, we have no business plan.'" Amazingly, the line worked. Smit scraped together more than $100 million, and after a final construction season pummeled by 134 straight days of rain — soggy even for Britain — the park opened on time in the spring of 2001. By all rights, Eden should have been a commercial disaster, as even its founder admits. "All environmental...

Wipe your behinds with leaves, do not use the whole tree! Worldwide, the equivalent of almost 270,000 trees is either flushed or dumped in landfills every day and roughly 10 percent of that total is attributable to toilet paper. Do not pee in the toilet! A Brazilian environmental group is trying to get the country’s residents to urinate in the shower. The group says that if a single household flushed the toilet just one fewer times a day, it would save a whopping 1,157 gallons of water each year. Prefer showers over baths ! Showers use less water. Don't forget to install an efficient showerhead. Use soaps and detergents that contain no phosphates! Use a mixture of water and vinegar to wash your windows . Wash clothes in cold water to avoid consuming energy to heat the water. On sunny days, use a clothes line instead of a clothes dryer. Your clothes will smell fresher and the sun's rays ensure that germs are successfully sizzled. Install low-flush toilets in your hom...

Help out in your community Donate Goods – If you no longer need something that might be useful to someone else, try to donate the goods rather than throwing them away. Celebrate Earth Day – Start an activity on Earth Day so that others in your community can become involved in saving the environment. Contact Your Government – Tell local officials that you are concerned about the destruction of the environment and find out what the city is doing to stop it. Don't Dump Chemicals – Avoid putting oil, grease, antifreeze, pesticides, fertilizers, paints, and cleaning agents down the gutters on sidewalks. Encourage others to do the same. Find Recycling Facilities – Find out where you can recycle in your community. Help to make others aware of the local recycling opportunities as well. Go To Schools – By telling young people about environmental problems and what they can do to save the environment, you can hel...

How can you save gasoline/diesel? Drive the right car. See the list of dirtiest cars: Hummer H2 Hummer H3 Jeep Gran Cherokee BMW M5 Chevrolet Trailblazer Dodge Ram 1500 Doge Dakota Chrysler Aspen 1) Check your tire pressure (ask tire shop) Low tire pressure works like a brake - you need more gasoline/diesel 2) Check how much unnecessary things/weight you have in your car. Every pound raises your gasoline consumption. 3) Check your air filter An engine needs air to burn the gasoline/diesel When the air filter is clogged up, the engine has to suck harder and you need more gasoline/diesel 4) Think about how fast you drive The faster you drive the more gasoline/diesel you burn Our recycling truck gets 18 mi/gallon when we drive 70 mph BUT it run 22 miles a gallon when we drive 53 mph Sure, it takes more time, but just take your calculator When you have to drive 35 miles with 70 mph you need 1/2 an hour or 30 minutes Now, you want to save gasoline/diesel and you lower your speed to 53 mph y...

It is estimated that over 600,000,000 passenger cars travel the streets and roads of the world today. Most of them use petrol or diesel for their source of power. But at the end of 20-th century engineers and scientists started to develop more alternative fuels for cars. Innovative technology makes today’s automobiles cleaner and more fuel-efficient than ever. Ongoing advancements in fuels and technology will continue to drive future progress. Auto engineers have developed sophisticated emissions-control technology that is putting cleaner automobiles on the road everywhere. Catalytic converters use precious metals to reduce smog-forming emissions from cars. Automakers have dramatically reduced evaporative emissions with tighter gaskets, hoses and better gas tanks. Computers have revolutionized clean vehicle controls by precisely metering the fuel and air that go into the engine, reducing the smog-forming emissions coming out of the engine. And, a computer system called aeon-board diagn...