Tips

Buy carbon offsets! Visit www.b-e-f.org or www.carbonfund.org to support renewable energies.

Ride the START bus, bike, walk or carpool.

 Get a lighting audit! Visit www.lvenergy.com to replace your incandescent lights with compact florescent lights. 

Buy Green Power. Sign up with Lower Valley Energy and support renewable energies.

Know your footprint! Use carbon calculators to determine your personal impact. Go to www.epa.org or www.climatecrisis.net for calculators.

 If you use your clothes dryer dry two or more loads in a row, taking advantage of the heat still in the dryer from the first load.

An article in the NYT inspired this week's tip: line dry your clothes this summer!

The "drying" cycle is your dishwasher's most energy intensive cycle. Save energy by air-drying your dishes.

Keep Earth Week going all year long! Click here for a summary of Rhys Roth and KC Golden's programs.

Find out about local eco-efforts at the Eco-Fair! Saturday, April 25th in the Jackson Whole Grocer's parking lot, 11am-4pm. 

 Reduce your food miles by eating locally. Come to "A Locavore's Night Out" on Tuesday, April 21st at the Wildwood Room in Victor, ID to find out how you can eat locally in the Tetons.

 Conserve water by switching to a low-flow shower head!

 Switch to CFLs! Click here to take the March Action Step.

Switch to CFL bulbs: the average CFL saves 75% of energy used by an incandescent bulb.

Join the Yellowstone Business Partnership's sustainability program for businesses, Uncommon Sense, by visiting them here.

If half the homes in America reduced their energy use by 10%, it would be the equivalent of taking eight million cars off the road!

What's so special about the number 350? Go to www.350.org to find out!

Use dryer balls to dry your clothes more efficiently and cut down on drying time! If you can't find them locally you can get them at www.nelliesallnatural.com or www.amazon.com.

Use energy-saving search engines such as www.blackle.com and www.thegreenspider.com (both are powered by Google).

Turn off your video game consoles. Did you know that when video game consoles are left on they can consume twice as much energy as your refrigerator?

Start the new year in the right light! Set an intention and stick to it! Better yet – set a new intention each month! What is your New Year’s resolution? We’d love to hear your ideas! Email them to Juliet@pursuebalance.org. For inspiration click here for more steps on how to reach your 10x10 goal.

You can reduce the amount of electricity your refrigerator uses by keeping it full!

When decorating this season use LED (Light-Emitting Diodes) for your holiday lights! They use less energy and last longer than incandescent bulbs or CFLs.