Make a change: Green tip #1
December 4, 2007
Posted in Green tips, Lifestyle
Keep your car tyres properly inflated. Driving with under-inflated tyres can increase your fuel consumption, and therefore your emissions, by up to 5 percent. Keeping your tyres properly inflated also reduces wear and tear.
Source: Friends of the Earth
Energy-saving ideas for ordinary people
June 14, 2007
Posted in Green tips, Lifestyle
The Western Cape held a renewable energy and climate change summit in Cape Town last week and on its website there are a number of helpful ideas on what you can do to tackle climate change by improving your car’s fuel efficiency and using less electricity.
Make a change: Switch off your computer and save
May 15, 2007
Posted in Green tips, Lifestyle
Switching off your computer at the end of your working day can cut the energy it consumes by 75% thereby reducing the amount of carbon-dioxide created to generate the electricity to power it by as much as 554kg a year.
Source: ZDNet “At the Whiteboard”. See also: Tectonic
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