6- Tips to Go Green

Switch to green home. If you are doing house repairs or renovation, try second hand lumber store, junk shops, surplus or salvage stores and antique shops in your neighborhood for used but inexpensive building materials and fixtures. It will reduce your carbon footprint and save some trees from being chopped.

If you are renovating your house, try to salvage as much as reusable materials as you can. You can sell building materials and fixtures to junk shops or second hand lumber stores. The remaining scrap lumber that was not sold can be turned into charcoal.

5- Tips to Go Green

Conserve water at all times. Fix all water leaks and faulty toilets without delay. The faster you repair leaks, the less water wastage and lower water bill. It will also help a lot if you turn off the water while brushing your teeth, and use a glass of water instead.

4- Tips to Go Green

Use green lights. Instead of incandescent bulbs, switch to LED lights, fluorescent bulbs or compact fluorescent lights (CFL), which last longer and cost less energy for the same amount of light output. It will save you around 80% of your lighting cost.


Of course, it will save you more if you turn off the lights during daytime or if not in use.

1- Tips to Go Green

     Plant trees as long as you can. Select the right tree species for your need. There are the several tree species available for shade, fruits, wood, fuel, fence, medicine, industrial, protection, ornamental or many other purposes. If in doubt, ask the advice of foresters. 

    

     Planting trees is one of the greatest things a person can do in this world. It can do the humanity a lot of good more than we can imagine. As trees have social functions and benefits like cleaning our air, averting climate change and beautifying our world , we all have a collective responsibility to take care of the trees too.