Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Bring Your Own Bag
• from Whole Foods Market
AUSTIN — Whole Foods Markets announced today that it'll stop using disposable plastic grocery bags at its checkouts.
The Austin-based natural and organic grocer says it'll encourage reusable bags instead.
The decision affects all of the company's 270 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods said its goal is to be plastic bag-free by Earth Day on April 22.
The grocery company will continue to offer 100-percent recycled paper grocery bags. It says it'll continue to look for alternatives to plastic bags in its bulk, produce, bakery and seafood departments.
A.C. Gallo is the supermarket chain's co-president and chief operating officer. He says cities and countries are increasingly restricting single-use plastic shopping bags because they don't break down in landfills. He says they also can clog waterways, endanger wildlife and litter roadsides.
He estimates Whole Foods will keep 100 million new plastic grocery bags out of the environment between Earth Day and the end of this year alone.
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