green @ home

teen environmental awareness movement @ kalamalka secondary school

Thursday, May 21, 2009                                                                                                                

by: team green s.k. (super kid! )

Ways to Have a Healthy Green Home

We all want want to make our homes healthy while still staying green, right? Well here are a few tips that can help us.

Firstly, you can do the basic things that most people know about. Shut the lights off when you're not in the room; turn the tap off when not in use. Well, here are some other things. When you go on a vacation, unplug your computer, T.V., clocks and other electronics. You might think that if they are off they are not consuming energy, while actually they are. The electricity is still in the wires and is "being used." When you unplug the the electronics, though, the energy is saved. Secondly, when you use earth friendly light bulbs like the Blue Planet Covered A-line Spiral light bulb, it saves 25% more energy than regular light bulbs do. Finally, you can use earth friendly cleaning products. The number one brand that you could use is Green Works. They are not only healthy for the environment, but it can help keep down some of the fumes that other cleaning products give off.

If you even do one of the tips that is given, then our world will slowly but surely become greener!