Trying to figure out how to teach your kids about energy conservation? We’ve got a few suggestions to get the conversation started and get your family on its way to becoming better global citizens. It all starts with the next generation.
Watch Some Shows Together: Get out the Direct TV and tune into some of the great new shows featuring green technology. Try HGTV and even Nickelodeon for socially responsible options.
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All over the country people are searching for ways to save money. We’re clipping coupons like crazy, re-evaluating our car insurance policies, and cutting back our cable plans. While these are all great ideas, make sure you are also looking at ways to reduce your energy bill. Programmable thermostats make it easy to raise or lower the temperature of your home when you aren’t there. You program the thermostat to change the temperature a few minutes after you usually leave and to go back to your preferred temperature shortly before you come home. You only have to program it Read more…

A programmable water heater is good for the environment and your wallet. A traditional water heater wastes costly energy because the tank is designed to always keep the stored water at a certain temperature. Even if there is no demand for hot water, the heating element in a traditional tank still uses up energy you pay for by turning on and off throughout the day to keep the water at the set temperature. The cycling process wastes electricity and gas and is more wear on the unit.

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Everyone knows it-s important to save energy and everyone wants to save money, but when it comes to cooling down a room people are willing to sacrifice both for comfort. Air conditioners suck up a lot of energy and that all adds up on your power bill.

Ceiling fans use less energy than air conditioners and can still manage to keep you cool. They circulate the air in the room and create a gentle, nice breeze on anyone within a fair distance of the fan.This/tag helps explain it more. Though ceiling Read more…

Gas stoves are more energy efficient than electric ranges and cost less to operate. This is true if the gas range is equipped with electronic ignition rather than a pilot light because a pilot light constantly burns.

On average electric stoves, cost about 56 a year to operate and gas ranges cost about 28 operate which is half the cost. Gas ranges also offer a variety of features such as precise cook-top burners, smokeless broiling and easy to clean sealed burners which all help save energy.

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You should consider your monthly electric bill when planning to remodel your kitchen. Replace your old appliances with new models that are energy efficient. Listed below are the top five energy efficient kitchen appliances that can reduce your energy usage and save money on your electric bill each month.

1. Cook stove

Replace your traditional electric cook stove with a model that requires no oven preheating. Also, choose a modern cook stove with induction elements, which use less energy than coil elements.

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With energy costs as high as they are, one habit we all have a hard time breaking is using the clothes dryer after we wash our clothes. Line drying is ideal, but many of us don’t have the time to line dry consistently. Not to mention, the space it requires to hang line outside. For those of us that live in an apartment, this is not usually even an option. We must work on improving the efficiency of our dryers.Additional information can be found at http://news.instyle.com/2011/06/24/bethanie-mattek-sands-tennis-ball-jacket-alex-noble/. One way to do this is with tennis balls.
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Although clothes dryers are getting more energy efficient over the years, it is still expensive to do all of the laundry in one. There is actually a free way to dry clothes that helps stop wrinkles and makes whites whiter, using the sun. A clothes line may be slower than a dryer but this method has many Eco-friendly benefits.

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