Oprah Is Going Green
Today, January 4, 2008, Oprah’s show was all about going green.
Oprah and her guests, suggested the following ways to go green:
1) Get yourself a reusable shopping bag, and use that instead of “paper or plastic”
2) Use your own organic cotton produce bag, when buying fruits and vegetables
3) Use a reusable water bottle, instead of buying bottled water
4) Use bio diesel for diesel powered vehicles
5) Use less paper napkins. Switch to cloth ones at home.
6) Avoid the use of toxic chemicals in your home or business
7) Run your dishwasher full, avoid wasting water
8.) Donate old clothes to charity
9) Buy from resale shops
10) Use power strips on your TV and computer. Turn the power strip off when your TV and/or computer are not in use
11) Change your light bulbs, and use the compact fluorescents
12) Recycle as much as you can…paper, plastics, glass, etc
13) Take shorter showers
14) For junk mail reduction, check with Green Dimes.com
15) To find out what can be recycled in your area, check with Earth 911.org
Want to read more about recycling, check out the following articles:
Going Green May Mean Big Bucks
Recycling May Slow Down Global Warming
My Recycling Category is filled with more great ways to recycle and go green, just like Oprah.
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Barbara January 7th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Hi Catherine,
A power strip is an electrical device into which you can plug multiple cords.(usually 4-6) It gets plugged into an outlet, and has a main power switch, which controls the device. If you flip the switch to the off position, the power to all “appliance/apparatuses” that are plugged into the “strip”, will be turned off.
They can be found in home improvement, office supply, and/or electronic stores, as well as stores like Walmart and Target, in the electrical department.