Eco-Tip 41

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 41
Take the right car for the occasion! Smaller car = lower emissions; bigger car = higher emissions. If you're driving alone or with one other person, a sedan or two-seater is the car you should be driving. If you have six, obviously you need a minivan. But if you have a minivan available when you're driving alone or with just one other person, take a smaller car. It's just common sense. Don't be that guy who drives alone in a minivan.

Eco-Tip 40

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 40
It's winter, it's cold, but you don't need to turn the heat up that high to stay warm! Instead of turning your house or car into a sauna in the winter, dress a bit more warmly (wearing a sweater indoors isn't as much of a hassle as you think, really!) and try having more warm foods and beverages. You shouldn't have to have your thermostat above 68 degrees in the winter. If you're wearing swimwear and drinking iced tea indoors in the winter, you're doing something wrong.

Eco-Tip 39

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 39
Are you considering getting a new phone and MP3 player? Instead of buying a run-of-the-mill phone and an iPod, go buy a smartphone, like a Blackberry, iPhone or an Android-running phone. Why? A smartphone has (or at least the majority of them have) storage for music, videos, pictures, etc., i.e. everything you store on your iPod. Save production costs and buy just one gadget instead of two. As usual with environmental tips, this will also save you cash too. But don't just sporadically toss your iPod and phone for a smartphone -- that defeats the purpose. Only do this if you were already planning to get a new phone and MP3 player, so as not to create unnecessary waste.