Off the Urban Grid

10 Simple Green Solutions to Save You Money

Are you trying to figure out how to save more money so you can secure your home and also have money for gas and groceries? Try these ten simple green solutions, because they can help you put money away instead of giving it away.

1. So many chemicals pollute the air, and this includes cigarette smoke. This is a bad habit for you and the environment so stop smoking by visiting a smoke cessation clinic or quit cold turkey. If you go through one pack a day at $4, you’re going through $1,460 a year.
2. Limit or eliminate the amount of meat in your diet. Meat costs more than vegetarian meals consisting of beans, rice and vegetables. Plus, the production of meat requires significant amounts of water, and it causes soil and groundwater pollution.
3. Immediately fix any leaks in your faucets and toilets. You could be wasting hundreds of gallons of water, which wastes a resource and your money.
4. Unplug all appliances after using them. Also, if you have an extra refrigerator or freezer you don’t use, keep it unplugged to lower your energy bill.
5. Stop driving back and forth to the gym to exercise. Not only are you wasting gas, but you’re also spending hundreds of dollars every year for your membership. Instead, walk and run in your neighborhood or exercise with yoga, pilates or other workout DVDs at home. Don’t forget that you can borrow DVDs from your local library.
6. Change the air filter in your car, because it can increase your mileage by 10 percent.
7. Turn your computer off at night instead of putting it to sleep. This can save thousands of kilowatt hours.
8. Buy dried beans instead of canned beans, because they cost less and are greener to transport.
9. Say goodbye to envelopes and postage by paying bills online and keeping in touch with family and friends via email or online social networks.
10. Create homemade insect deterrents instead of paying for a pest control service that will spray harmful chemicals in your house and yard.

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