twitter thursday, green edition, #9

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@La Mama Naturale asked: What do you do to conserve energy?

@OrganicSister be a couch potato and way too many other things to list!

@PsychMamma During the summer? Don’t set air too cool & keep blinds shut during hottest part of the day.

@dsfq We never run an unnecessary appliance during the peak hours of the day (washer/dryer/dishwasher, etc)

@AlainaFrederick I try to keep lights, tv, chargers ect off and unplugged when not in use!

@Luvschweetheart I try to hang the laundry out when the weather is good, turn off lights when leaving a room #greenThursday

@cdnchick I’ve turned the power setting on my LCD tv to High & see savings of around $20/mowith no compromise to picture quality

@spennasaurus flick off lights in unoccupied rooms, biking or busing to practices, green bins for food waste/others!

@barleyandbirch I don’t use elevators and walk up and down 9 flights of stairs each morning… Currently out of breath…

@NedaJPhoto In the winter we keep our furnace set @ 58 degrees at night & when we aren’t at home. 62-64 degrees when we are home & awake

@CeeCee_W teach my children to turn OFF the lights when they leave a room

@melissamoog Turn off all lights, TV, unplug electrical appliances when not in use.

@EventMaven To do our part in conserving energy we shut off lights when not in use…simple, but many people don’t do it…

@BailaAsh take off clothes instead of turning up the AC!!! not using lights that require multiple bulbs

& u dont need a yard 2 air dry ur clothes! in my sm apt i put clothes on hangers&hang across my shower curtain rod

@condoblues 4 summr close drapes on south facing window 2 keep heat out=house cooler. Open them in winter=helps heat rm w/ passive solar

@vansunder Use almost exclusively CFL bulbs, turn off the lights when not in use & power off & unplug unused appliances/tv.

@butterflysnbees #breastfeeding conserves energy, hub takes the bus, unplug everything, energy efficient lighting, cold wtr wash/hang dry

And You?