CT Mayhem `07 - `08

Blog Action Day

October 16, 2007 at 11:21 am | In Homelearning |

Assignment: The best way to participate is to post on your blog something that relates to the environment. Your post can be about anything to do with the environment. So you could write a post which is offtopic for your blog OR relate the environment back to your topic in some way.

To write about the environment, I’m going to write about how simple things can affect global warming.  Simple things such as shorter showers, turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth, and unplugging things when you’re not using them.  Small things like that can have such a great impact on global warming.

Most people take 15 minutes showers or longer.  By shortening the time to 8 minutes, you can save hundreds of gallons of water.  The standard fixture in a shower releases 5-10 gallons of water per minute.  A running faucet uses approximately 4 gallons of water per minute.  If you take a 15 minute shower and your shower uses at least 5 gallons of water per minute, you’re using over 75 gallons of water.  If you spend two minutes brushing your teeth and leave the sink running, you use over 8 gallons of water.  That’s a lot considering millions of Americans contribute.

When you leave lamps, alarm clocks, radios, or phones plugged in even when you’re not using them, they still absorb energy.  When you’re not using something, unplug it.  Unplug seldom used items such as mini-fridges and chargers.  Cell phone, PDA, camera and cordless tool chargers are located in almost every household.  Keep them unplugged until you need them.

Turn off the lights.  Flick off the switches when you leave the room.  Its as simple as that.

Little things can save so much.  Think about it.