Creative Solutions
Creative Solutions are habits, products and services that reduce environmental and financial waste. From turning off the water while brushing your teeth to installing solar panels, Creative Solutions can be many things. As a Creative Citizen you will have the opportunity to read, share, adopt, edit and comment on the Creative Solutions you find. The more Creative Solutions you share or pledge to do the higher your Greenage will grow.
Creative Solutions do not have to be rocket science, and are not about sacrifice. They are often common sense habit changes that you simply hadn't thought about. Creative Citizen is a place for you to learn about the solutions available to you. You can and should partake in the discussion about whether these solutions are truly helpful to you and the environment.
A Great Place To Start Are These Five Solutions
CARPOOL by Wolf
Sharing a trip with one other person immediately cuts the emissions in half by taking a car off the road. On average a carpool saves 527.8 gallons of gasoline and 4.536 tons of CO2 each year. The average family purchases 1,143 gallons of gas per year.
EAT LESS MEAT by DAVEC
Raising meat for food (livestock) is an environmental disaster, contributing more to global warming than transportation, using up 30% of the Earth’s land (yes, that’s right, 30% of the entire land mass of the Earth is used directly or indirectly in livestock production), contributing to significant water pollution, using up tons of energy and water for raising and transporting livestock, etc. For example, it takes 2500 gallons of water to produce 1 lb of meat. The average American eats 185 lbs of meat per year, meaning 462,500 gallons of water can be saved by moving to a vegetarian diet!
TUNE YOUR CAR REGULARLY by Argam
Keep your engine tuned properly. Checking spark plugs, oxygen sensors, air filters, hoses and belts are a few examples of maintenance that can save a vehicle owner up to 165 gallons of gas per year, resulting in potential savings of over $600.>
ELIMINATE JUNK MAIL by karlbach
* Junk mail destroys 100 million trees a year — the equivalent of deforesting all of Rocky Mountain National Park every four months.
* Largely due to deforestation, junk mail manufacturing creates as much greenhouse gas emissions annually as 3.7 million cars.
* Every year, Americans receive 848 pieces of junk mail per household — 44% of which ends up unopened in a landfill
DON’T WATER YOUR LAWN EVERY DAY by Ghengis
The amount of water used by a sprinkler in one hour is equal to the daily water needs of a family of four! The average sprinkler will use in excess of 240 gallons of water per hour. If the average person sprinkles every day for a half hour and reduced that to once a week, one could save 37,560 gallons a year!! This is huge!
These 5 solutions were featured on: EcoTimes