Watch your Wake of Waste...

I really worked hard on this last message. It is a topic that I have never heard taught on and one that I was especially challenged by. I hope that is came across well.

Waste management is a difficult challenge. someone said i have never prayed, "Lord help me waste less." I think it is a good and proper thing to pray. Like at the harbor when you bring your boat in there are signs... "Watch your wake" we have a wake of waste and must watch ourselves from getting out of control.

What are things that we can do to minimize our WAKE of WASTE?

Water Conservation:

• spend less time in the shower
• Set your hot water heater to a lower setting
• replace shower heads with water reducing heads
• older toilets use more water than newer ones and a kit can be purchased to use less water
• check for leaks from the tank and the bowl of your toilet.
• Fully load your dishwasher and clothes washer instead of running more smaller loads
• Stop pre-rinsing dishes... See if your dishwasher can handle it
• Use reusable water bottles such as Nalgeene

Electricity Conservation:

• Request an energy audit to see if there are leeks in your walls
• Turn of lights in rooms you are not using
• Use rechargeable batteries
• Do things manually instead of electrical... such as a can opener
• Use florescent or Led bulbs
• Close doors to the house as well as the refrigerator
• if building a new house look into thermal heating and cooling

Cars:

• Turn the car off when Idling
• Car pool
• Walk into the bank, coffee shop or fast food restaurant
• Look for cars that get a good mile per gallon rating
• buy for the size car you need... super sized isn't always better
• keep tires fully inflated and the engine tuned to maximize fuel efficiency

Other Ideas:

• Give electronics that are still working away
• start a compost pile of all your organic waste
• recycle
• add insulation to home
• use recycled materials
• Use less of what you are already consuming
• use reusable products first
• bring your own cup to the coffee shop or use a reusable one of theirs

Green Websites:
creationcare.org
green.yahoo.com
xcelevision.com
Treehugger.com
ourearth.org 
geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4990/
thegreenguide.com
enginesoff.blogspot.com/
earth911.org 

I hope that this is helpful. If each one of use looks for a way to make a difference we will together make a massive change in the world.