The Conservation Steps
Step One
- Place a recycle bin in your kitchen
- Turn off your lights when not needed
- Cut down on disposable plates, cups and utensils
- Take shorter showers and switch to low flow shower heads
- Re-use your grocery sacks
Step Two
- Recycle all containers regardless of redemption value. Most recycling centers will take any container that has a recycling number on it, they usually do not pay you for them.
- Replace incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent
- Buy products with high "post consumer content"
- Reduce toilet flushes by remembering the phrase "If its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down".
- Buy canvas re-usable shopping bags
Step Three
- Look with packages with minimal packaging
- Use fans and swamp coolers instead of central air conditioning
- By only products made from sustainable resources
- Landscape your yard with items that require little or no watering
- Support and purchase products from eco-friendly companies.