101 ways for a greener lifestyle

101 Ways for a 101 Ways for a Greener LifestyleGreener Lifestyle

(Kilos na! Ngayon na!)(Kilos na! Ngayon na!)EARTH DAY 2010: Hamon ng Panahon:

CLIMATE CHANGE10 Milyong Solusyon

COMPILED by: ADELIA R. ROADILLA, PhD, RGCPUP MULANAY CAMPUS

THRU:THRU:GREEN ENERGY & AIR QUALITY GREEN ENERGY & AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENTSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTWATER – CONSERVATION AND WATER – CONSERVATION AND POLLUTION PREVENTIONPOLLUTION PREVENTIONGREENINGGREENINGCOASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTCOASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMORE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLEMORE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE

GREEN ENERGY & AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

1. Conserve energy. Change your light bulbs.

Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) instead of incandescent bulbs. CFLs use up 75% less electricity and last up to 13 times longer.


2. Turn on the lights only when needed.

3. Turn off lights and all electrical appliances when you leave the room.


4. Make sure that you avoid overcharging your mobile phone. Turn it off as soon as it is fully charged.


5. Unplug appliances when not in use. TV sets, radios, video players, air conditioners and computers when on standby still consume power.


6. Buy energy efficient appliances. Check the energy efficiency rating of any appliance that you will buy.


7. Maintain and keep your appliances in good working conditions to maximize their use.


8. Turn off your computer completely at night. And, don’t get addicted to it. If you open your computer for only 4 hours a day (instead of 24 hours), you will reduce its CO2 emissions by 83%.


9. Keep bulbs/lamps clean at all times to maximize the light that they give.


10. Switch to electronic banking and credit card payment, too.


11.Drive carefully. Avoid rapid acceleration since this can burn as much as 50% more fuel.


12. Ride a bike or walk when going short distances.


13. Use the mass transport system, as much as possible. Take the train or bus or jeepney. Leave your car at home. This will not only save gas, it will also reduce CO2 emissions by millions of tons.


14. If riding the public transport system is not practical, join a carpool. The idea is to get the most number of passengers for every vehicle on the road.


15. Consider buying a fuel-efficient car or a hybrid.

16. Turn your car engine off instead of idling.

17. Drive the speed limit.


18. Combine all your errands to minimize car trips.

19. Minimize vehicle loads. Transporting excessive weight will increase your

vehicle's fuel consumption.


20. Pay your bills online. This means less car trips and less fuel spent.


21. Report smoke-belching vehicles to LTO or to the anti-smoke belching unit in your locality.

22. Buy and use CFC-free sprays and perfumes.


23. Give up smoking. Or at least, do not smoke in enclosed spaces.


24. Take care of your car. Keep your engine properly maintained and your tires properly inflated. Keep your air filter clean. Good engines, properly inflated tires and clean filters will give you a 17% increase in fuel efficiency.


25. Keep plants in your home/school/office to freshen the air. Plants absorb carbon dioxide (which is a green house gas) and releases oxygen.


26. Do not ride on smoke belching tricycles, buses, taxis, jeepneys. This way you deliver the message that you demand clean air.


27. Passive and side stream smoke is toxic to your health. Stay away to protect yourself.


28. Open the windows to allow sunlight and air to enter the rooms. This will reduce the need for electric fans or air conditioners.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

29. Do not burn your waste

30. Properly manage your solid waste:

30.1Undertake an orientation on ecowaste management for everyone in your home, your community, your school, your office or your factory;


30.2 Implement ecological solid waste management in your home, your school campus, your office or your factoryHow?

A. Segregate the waste at source into biodegradables (left over food, etc), non-biodegradables that can be recycled or reused and the non-biodegradable waste that cannot be sold which become your residual waste


B. Segregate the waste at source into biodegradable (left over food, etc), non-biodegradable that can be recycled or reused and the non-biodegradable waste that cannot be sold which become your residual waste.


C. Compost the biodegradable waste and use the compost as soil conditioner for the plants and garden. Give away or sell excess compost.


D. Sell the recyclables to nearby junk dealers. For communities, schools, offices and factories, set up a Materials recovery Facility to store your recyclable and reusable materials


E. Coordinate with your local government or with some environmental NGOs for the processing and/or safe disposal of the residual waste


31. Start a compost garden in your back yard.

32. Recycle your newspapers.

33. Buy products that use recyclable materials, whenever possible.


34. If you use plastic grocery bags, reuse them for doggie poop bags or for small trashcan liners.

35. Reduce use of plastic & paper bags by using reusable totes. Most stores give a credit!


36. Keep candy wrappers in your pocket or bag. Do not throw them in the streets.

37. Consider reading your newspaper and magazine subscriptions


38. If you have a baby, use cloth diapers instead of disposables.


39. Take your used car batteries to a recycling center. There is an ongoing Balik Baterya Program of Ramcar with Bantay Kalikasan.


40. Bring empty ink cartridges to accredited recyclers during the scheduled waste market in your locality. Or have them refilled.


41. Distribute company information and post company materials online.


42. Share a magazine subscription with a friend, not only will you share the cost but you will cut down on the amount of trees used.


43. Use reusable containers instead of plastic or paper bags when bringing your lunch to work.


44. Save your old coffee grinds and reuse them as fertilizer for indoor and outdoor plants.


45. When you stop for coffee, bring a reusable mug from home. Refills are cheaper and there is no trash to throw away!


46. When going to the market, use a “BAYONG” or similar reusable bags.


47. Think before you print your emails and attachments. We can save trees by only printing out necessary documents!


48. Minimize the use of disposable cutleries and plates during parties.


49. Reuse scrap paper. Use clean paper only for external communications.


50. When buying recycled paper, choose one with the highest recycled paper content.


51. Make rags out of old towels and

t-shirts.


52. Segregate your kitchen waste. You can use it for animal feed or you can compost it.


53. When riding a boat or any water vehicle, do not throw anything into the water even if the material is biodegradable.


54. If there is space within your home, school or office, establish a vegetable garden or a herbal garden. Use the compost for these gardens.


55. Save the eggshells. it can help organic farming

56. Opt for recycled paper products.

WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER CONSERVATION AND POLLUTION PREVENTIONPOLLUTION PREVENTION

57. Fix leaky faucets right away and regularly check them.

58. Use a glass while brushing. Don’t run the water when brushing your teeth.


59. Teach everyone to close the faucet while soaping their hands and open it only when washing.

60. Check out your bathroom. Use low-flow faucets, showerheads.


61. If installing new toilets, use dual flush toilets which use less water for flushing urine.

62. Stop using the bathtub. This wastes a lot of water.


63. Limit the length of your showers. Shut off the water while soaping up and shampooing.

64. Better yet, use pail and dipper (tabo) when bathing.


65. Wash towels and bed sheets after several uses.

66. Collect rainwater, and use it to wash your clothes, flush the toilets, and water your houseplants and garden.


67.Recycle used water from washing clothes. Use this to flush the toilet and to clean the floors.


68. Use a basin when washing dishes instead of letting the water flow continuously. Better yet, wipe the plates, spoons and forks first before washing them.


69. Just thaw your frozen food inside your refrigerator. Do not use running water to thaw it.


70. Use a basin of water instead of running tap water to clean your fruits and vegetables.


71. Water your plants/garden early in the morning or late in the afternoon to lessen evaporation.


72. Use a pail and wash cloth when cleaning your vehicle. Do not hose it down.


73. Wash clothes in bulk for fewer loads in your washing machine. Set the rinse cycle to “cold.” And, hang clothes to dry, rather than using an electric dryer.


74. Check your septic tank. Make sure it is sealed. Have your septic tank dislodged regularly (3 to 5 years for a regular household).


75. Connect to a sewerage system, if one is available in your area.


76. If possible, put in rain water harvesting using gutters and storage tanks. Use this water to clean the rooms, the floors, flush the toilets and water the plants. This will provide substantial savings from your water bill.

GREENINGGREENING

MAKING THE MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT GREEN AND GREEN AND ALIVEALIVE

GREENINGGREENING

77. Plant/landscape with 77. Plant/landscape with native and indigenous native and indigenous plants.plants.

78. Support Organic 78. Support Organic Farming! Farming!

GREENINGGREENING

79. Start Urban 79. Start Urban Farming! Farming!

80. Plant a tree at 80. Plant a tree at least once a year.least once a year.

GREENINGGREENING81. 81. Find your local watershed. Find your local watershed.

A. Ask the nearest DENR office. A. Ask the nearest DENR office.

B. Be involved in protecting and/or B. Be involved in protecting and/or rehabilitating it. Adopt a forest. rehabilitating it. Adopt a forest.

C. Coordinate with your local DENR C. Coordinate with your local DENR office to identify your watershed and office to identify your watershed and offer not just to plant once but to adopt offer not just to plant once but to adopt a portion of that watershed. a portion of that watershed.

GREENINGGREENINGFind your local watershed. Find your local watershed.

D. Mobilize your family and friends (students, D. Mobilize your family and friends (students, faculty, administrative staff and the parents faculty, administrative staff and the parents for schools; management and employees for for schools; management and employees for offices and factories) to go and plant the area offices and factories) to go and plant the area and regularly maintain it. and regularly maintain it.

E. You can raise the seedlings or buy same E. You can raise the seedlings or buy same from local communities. Seek technical from local communities. Seek technical advice from the local DENR.advice from the local DENR.

COASTAL RESOURCE COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

82. Support efforts to 82. Support efforts to protect and/or protect and/or rehabilitate rehabilitate mangrove forests in mangrove forests in your area.your area.


83. Learn about threats to 83. Learn about threats to ocean life and help ocean life and help environmental groups environmental groups take action.take action.

84. Join the Bantay Dagat in 84. Join the Bantay Dagat in your locality.your locality.


85. Support efforts 85. Support efforts to stop dynamite to stop dynamite and cyanide and cyanide fishingfishing


86. If living in a coastal 86. If living in a coastal area, lobby with your area, lobby with your local government to local government to establish marina establish marina protected areas.protected areas.

MORE SUSTAINABLE MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLELIFESTYLE

87. Build a greener 87. Build a greener home by using non-home by using non-toxic and non-toxic and non-hazardous hazardous materials.materials.


88. When painting your 88. When painting your house, use lead free house, use lead free and non-hazardous and non-hazardous paint. Also ensure paint. Also ensure proper disposal of the proper disposal of the remaining paint.remaining paint.


89. Use organic all natural 89. Use organic all natural cleaning products like a cleaning products like a mixture of baking soda mixture of baking soda and vinegar instead of and vinegar instead of chemical-based chemical-based products.products.


90. Support local 90. Support local restaurants that restaurants that use organically use organically grown food.grown food.


91. Support local 91. Support local restaurants that use restaurants that use food derived less than food derived less than 100 miles away, and 100 miles away, and learn more about the learn more about the benefits of eating locally.benefits of eating locally.


92. Buy locally made 92. Buy locally made products. Products products. Products from far away from far away consume a lot of consume a lot of fuel to transport.fuel to transport.


93. Use services 93. Use services within your locality.within your locality.

94. Opt for eco-friendly 94. Opt for eco-friendly and holistic health and holistic health products.products.


95. When you catch a wild 95. When you catch a wild animal like snakes, animal like snakes, birds, etc., turn them birds, etc., turn them over to the Protected over to the Protected Areas & Wildlife Bureau Areas & Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) or the local (PAWB) or the local DENR.DENR.


96. During holidays and 96. During holidays and birthdays, give your birthdays, give your family and friends the family and friends the gift of saving the earth. gift of saving the earth. Plant a tree in their Plant a tree in their name or support groups name or support groups that do so.that do so.


97.Attend seminars 97.Attend seminars and symposiums and symposiums on environmental on environmental protection.protection.


98.Donate to your 98.Donate to your favorite favorite environmental environmental group, foundation, group, foundation, or organization.or organization.


99. Share with family 99. Share with family and friends, and friends, especially kids, the especially kids, the need to protect the need to protect the environment.environment.


100. Be involved in 100. Be involved in legislation of legislation of environmental environmental ordinances or ordinances or laws.laws.


101. 101. Ensure the Ensure the physical physical cleanliness of cleanliness of your area. your area.


Set aside regular clean up Set aside regular clean up days either weekly, days either weekly, every two weeks or once every two weeks or once a month with you and a month with you and your neighbors (for your neighbors (for communities); communities);


students, faculty, students, faculty, administrative staff and administrative staff and parents (for schools); parents (for schools); management and management and employees (for offices employees (for offices and factories).and factories).

MORE SUSTAINABLE MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLELIFESTYLEYou can rotate this activity You can rotate this activity

among the different streets among the different streets (for communities), different (for communities), different grade levels or different grade levels or different sections (for schools); sections (for schools); different departments (for different departments (for offices).offices).

MORE SUSTAINABLE MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLELIFESTYLEstudents, faculty, administrative staff students, faculty, administrative staff

and parents (for schools); and parents (for schools); management and employees (for management and employees (for offices and factories). You can offices and factories). You can rotate this activity among the rotate this activity among the different streets (for different streets (for communities), different grade communities), different grade levels or different sections (for levels or different sections (for schools); different departments schools); different departments (for offices).(for offices).

Look how beautiful our Look how beautiful our blue planet isblue planet is

What do we need to comply?

•Only genuine concern and supreme sacrifice…

for the next generations

How?•Begin with ourselves..•Not tomorrow but now!

101 ways for a greener lifestyle

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