10 ways to save green by going green

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Ten Great Ways to $ave Green by Going Green

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Metro Hippie Joshua Foss presents 10 easy ways to save money by thinking green.

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Ten Great Ways to $ave

Green by Going Green

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Who am I?

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What Gives?

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Waste=

Money

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1Light Bulbs

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Compact Fluorescent Incandescent

Life Span: 60,000 hours 10,000 hours 750 hoursWatts: 6 14 60 Electricity $: $82.17 $191.73 $821.72Bulb cost: $45 $3 $1Bulbs needed: 1 6 80

Total Cost: $127.12 $209.61 $901.52

Source: Productdose.com

Light Emitting Diode

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If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we would save enough money to light _______ homes for a year.

3 Million!

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2Energy Star

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In 2006, Americans saved ______ on their utility bills by using Energy Star appliances.

$14 Billion

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3Phantom Electricity

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Get Smart!

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A $30 investment in a Smart Power Strip will pay for itselfin as little as ______ weeks.

6 weeks, Y’all!

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4Bottled Water

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To drink the recommended amount of water in Aquafina, you'd spend _______ a year.

$2,500!!!

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Reusable Bottles

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5Paper or Plastic?

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Every five seconds, the US alone uses _______ plastic bags.

60,000

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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6Junk Mail

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Americans spend _______ a year on merchandise from catalogs.

$160 Billion

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-www.abucus-us.com

-www.catalogchoice.org

-www.greendimes.com

Junk Mail Resources

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7Energy Upgrades

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From the new stimulus package, new federal tax creditshave tripled to ______ of the value of energy upgrades, with a cap of ______.

30% $1,500

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Cars

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The average annual cost of owning a car is _______ with insurance, gas, maintenance and depreciation.

$8,580!

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2010 Honda Insight

-hybrid electric

-43 mpg

-$18,000 base

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smart fortwo:

-currently available

-40+ mpg

-4 star crash rating

-$11,590 base

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9Low Flow

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Dual Flush Toilet

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You can save up to _______ gallons of water a yearby changing an old water-guzzling toilet to a dual flush.

10,000

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Invest Green

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_______ of the $25.1 trillion in the U.S. investment marketplace today is in Socially Responsible Investments.

$2.7 Trillion

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-Look for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) performance

-Mutual Funds – Calvert (CLGAX), Winslow Green Growth (WGGFX)

-Exchange traded fund – www.ishares.com

-The New Alternatives Fund (NALFX)

-Green Century Funds

SRI Resources

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Think Globally.Act Locally.

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Questions