Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Green lifestyle brings down the carbon footprints and save earth

The need and importance of conservation of water, energy and natural resource are known to people all over the world.Water conservation helps in bringing down the water bill saving money and environment. Today Green is a buzz word associated with environment or earth. Water conservation is important and vital for better future.

Adopting Green Lifestyle


  • Encourage your family to keep looking for new ways to conserve water in and around your home.

  • Promote water conservation need and methods in community newsletters and on bulletin boards.

  • Apartment owners can form an association or group for implementing rainwater harvesting system in the apartment.

  • A faucet that drips once every second could be wasting over 2,500 gallons of water a year. Replace or repair leaky faucets as early as possible.

  • Turning the water off while you lather the soap can save as many as 5 gallons of water each time you wash. Use one glass of water for brushing teeth instead of running the faucet.

  • In order to reduce the usage of water during toilet flushes, put a 1-liter bottle filled with water inside each of the flush tanks.

  • For cleaning toilet and flushing, use recycled water.

  • Upgrade your toilet with new water efficient models.

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