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What Can I do to Go Green?

Drive the speed limit

Drive a car that is eco-friendly

Plan Your Trips and Car Pool

Fill Up in early AM or late night

Vampire Power Eliminate those little red lights

Use Power Cords You can turn off just one switch instead of several—saying time and energy

Kill your screen saver.

Use Your Own Reusable Containers

Trim your trash

Eco-friendly choices in the grocery store

Bring Your Own Coffee Mug Don’t Use Styrofoam cups Bring your own to get your coffee, tea or cocoa.

Be a Water Bottle User not a bottled water consumer This NOT

Reduce paper napkins

Reduce Receipts

Use CFLs

Buy Local food and products

Recycle