Go Green : Do your bit to save mother earth

In your home

1. Turn off equipment like televisions and stereos when you are not using them.
2. Choose energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs.
3. Save water; some simple steps can go a long way in saving water. E.g.: you should always turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth. And try to collect the water used to wash vegetables and salad to water your house plants.
4. Let clothes dry naturally. Avoid dryer.
5. Keep lids on pans when cooking to prevent your cooker having to work extra hand. Prefer to use gas ovens, Geysers etc in place of the electric ones.
6. Recycle your paper, glass, plastics and other waste.
7. Plants emit Oxygen. So take home these earth saving friends to live with you.

While on the road

1. Less traffic is less pollution and less petrol consumption.
2. Follow traffic rules and leave left lane, tomorrow we might be the one in ambulance caught in traffic jam
3. Prefer to share your ride to reduce traffic jams and pollution.
4. Prefer to use public transport.
5. Set an example by not littering and cleaning litter.
6. Keep a litter bag in your car and bring one with on day trips in case no waste bins are available.
7. Prefer to turn off engine at traffic signals.

Save wood and paper

1. Always use both sides of a sheet of paper.
2. Use email to stay in touch, including cards, rather than faxing or writing
3. Reuse envelopes. Always reuse paper for making scribbling pads.
4. Share magazines with friends and pass them on to the doctor, dentist or local hospital for their waiting rooms.
5. Use recyclable paper to make invitation cards, envelops, letter pads etc.

Reuse and recycle

1. Use washable nappies instead of disposables if you can
2. Give unwanted clothes, toys and books to charity shops or jumble sales.
3. Use mains electricity rather than batteries if possible. If not, use rechargeable batteries.
4. Use a solar powered calculator instead of one with a battery.
5. Instead of a plastic ballpoint, use a fountain pen with bottled ink, not plastic cartridges.
6. Store food and other products in ceramic containers rather than in plastic wrap.

At your workplace

1. Use printers that can print on both sides of the paper; try to loom into this option when replacing old printers.
2. Use the back of a draft or unwanted printout instead of notebooks. Even with a double sided printer there is likely to be plenty of spare paper to use!
3. Always buy recycled paper – for your business stationary and to use in your printers.
4. Switch off computer monitors, printers and other equipment at the end of each day. Though in standby mode they are still using power – and that adds to global warming.
5. Always turn off your office lights and computer when you go out for lunch or to a meeting.
6. Prefer green roofs, gardens and natural plants in your office.

While shopping

1. Prefer carrying your own bags and avoid plastic usage. Prefer paper or jute bags.
2. Prefer on-line shopping, bill payments and reservations as this will reduce fuel consumption and pollution by not driving to shops/offices.
3. Purchase solar powered products.
4. Send e-cards if you can, rather than buy paper cards.