Little Things We Can Do

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Little Things We Can Do

• to save our planet

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You Could Stop Breathing!

• That would save 500 pounds of carbon dioxide per
  year
• But the average American is responsible for
  breathing
• out 40,000 pounds per year so
  that wouldnt help much

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So what can we do?
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Let There Be Light!

• Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
• Make sure the lights you turn off (and on) are
  compact fluorescent.
• Open your shades! Sunlight doesnt pollute and
  its better for you than light bulbs (pure
  vitamin D!)
• Doing this would decrease 2000 pounds
• of carbon dioxide per year!

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Three Cheers for Saving Energy!

• Turn off electronics and unplug them when you are
  through using them. hungry electronics
  keep using electricity all night long, did you
  know?
• Use a power strip to help you
• Just turning off your computer at night can
  prevent
• 1000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions every
  year

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 1

• Use rechargeable batteries.
• Use a solar charger for your batteries and for
  your ipod and cell phone.
• When they expire, recycle your batteries.
• Batteries are the 1 source of
• dangerous heavy metals in landfills.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2

• Buy recycled paper
• (100 post-consumer waste).
• Print on both sides of paper.
• Better yet e-mail it,
• bookmark it, save it,
• but dont print it!
• When it IS finally used up,
• recycle your paper.
• If everyone at school used ONLY recycled paper
  it would stop over 50,000 pounds of carbon
  dioxide from entering the atmosphere.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 3

• Take only the food you know you will eat.
• Try a vegetarian choice a couple times a week.
• Drink from reusable containers
• glasses mugsNalgene bottles
• At least 40 of global warming is directly
  related to agriculture.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 4

• Recycle bottles cans in the bins around campus
• Recycle your cardboard pizza boxes (there is a
  cardboard dumpster behind the dining hall)
• Order take-out food less often
• Be a friend and remind your friends to
  recycle their stuff, too!

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 5

• Wash only full loads of laundry
• Line dry your clothes
• Wash in cold water when you can
• Take shorter showers
• These watery solutions stop another 1000 pounds
  of carbon dioxide!
• Hey, thats twice what you save
• by not breathing!

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 6

• Turn down thermostats at night
• Cold?wear a sweater (or two!)
• Close windows and doors (open them up in the
  summer for a breeze)
• You save 1000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions
  per year
• for every degree you move your thermostat.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 6

• Buy used when you can (books, clothes, gifts,
  cars)
• Donate or sell clothes you no longer wear
• Buy clothes made from organic cotton
• Go shopping with your friends at thrift stores
• this is how fashion trends get started so
  start one!

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Travel Lightly

• Walk
• Carpool
• Ride your bike
• Take a bus or train
• Skip a trip homecheck out a fun activity on
  campus
• Help Mr. Stiles plan a fun activity on
  campusyour friends will drive less too.

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Green Car Smarts

• Never idle your car.
• If you are stopped for more than 10 seconds, it
  saves gas to turn off the engine.
• Thats right, 10 seconds!!!
• This has been true since they stopped making
  carburetors.

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Cars have been carburetor-free since 1990.
No need to ever IDLE your car!
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Consume Lightly

• Buy locally produced goods
• Shop at farmers markets
• Buy non-toxic cleaning products

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So what else can we do?
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• Join New Hampton Schools Husky Green Council
• Find a green Senior Leadership Project
• Ask questionsget educated
• Answer questionseducate your peers (or your
  teachers)

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Husky Green Council projects weve thought of

• Calculate our carbon footprint and figure out the
  best ways to reduce it
• Expand our recycling program
• 8 Coordinate the
• end-of-the- year
• clean-up

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Join in. Husky Green Council meets weekly.

• LUNCHTIME
• THIS FRIDAY NEXT FRIDAY in Memorial Hall
  Classroom
• After break
• MONDAY LUNCHTIME

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Breathe in this beautiful life.Its the little
things that count.