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 Living The Green Life! Living the Green Life is easy, fun and cost effective. Simple Steps for you and your family: - Walk, ride a bike or carpool
- Turn off lights when not in use
- Buy a reusable water bottle and take it with you
- Use your own coffee mug instead of Styrofoam
- Use eco-friendly cleaning and personal care products
- Recycle: go to your county's website for details on what can and cannot be recycled in you area
- Open windows instead of running the air conditioning on nice days
- Eat locally grown and seasonal foods, look for Farmer's Markets in your area
- Support small business in your community. For a list of local businesses in the Inverness area go to Shop Green and Local
- Take your shopping bag to the grocery or mall
- When you make a purchase ask yourself, Where is this product going to be a year from now? If the answer is maybe broken in a landfill because is made cheaply, don't buy it
- Shop at your local thrift store, consignment, craigslist or ebay
- Use LED lights or CFLs instead of standard light bulbs
- Plant a tree
- Grow a small garden, herbs are really easy
- Upgrade your water heater to high efficiency energy star water heater
- Use a close-line to dry your laundry
- Raise the temperature on your refrigerator to a medium setting
- Put on a sweatshirt instead of turning up the heat on cold days, also if you have used the oven for cooking, open it slightly after you have turned it off to warm the house
- Install solar powered fans in the attic
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