Save the planet

Global Warming is fact and it's coming faster than you expect. The hurricane Katrina was only one of the examples climate changes will bring. In the last 30 years the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricane are alomost doubled. The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050 and at least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.

Here's 20 thing you can do to help save the environment:

1. Take shorter showers
Save $99 per year

2. Air dry your clothes
Save $75 per year

3. Plant a tree

4. Change the AC Filter
Save $150 per year

5. Switch off equipment on stand-by such as televisions, VCRs, DVDs, stereos & microwaves at the wall
Save $256 per year

6. Walk, cycle or take public transport to work

7. Buy a hybrid car
Save $3,750 per year

8. Run your dishwasher only with a full load
Save $40 per year

9. Install a Low-Flow showerhead
Save $1,000 per year

10. Inflate your tires
Save $840 per year

11. Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer
Save $98 per year

12. Buy minimally packaged goods
Save $1,000 per year

13. Instead of turning up the heat in your home, wear more clothes

14. Make sure your walls and ceilings are insulated
Save $245 per year

15. Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs
Save $60 per year

16. Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper

17. Bring Cloth Bags to the Market

18. Keep your water heater thermostat no higher than 120°F
Save $30

19. Buy products with less packaging and recycle paper, plastic and glass

20. See the movie "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"