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What Does It Mean To Be Green?

What Does It Mean To Be Green?. 2012 TAFCE Leader Lesson Prepared by: Martha Keel, PH.D. Professor Housing and Environmental Health. Do I Have To Become a Tree Hugger?. NO!! You don’t have to change your whole life. Just start with a few simple things . . . It will make a big difference.

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What Does It Mean To Be Green?

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  1. What Does It Mean To Be Green? 2012 TAFCE Leader Lesson Prepared by: Martha Keel, PH.D. Professor Housing and Environmental Health

  2. Do I Have To Become a Tree Hugger? NO!! You don’t have to change your whole life. Just start with a few simple things . . . It will make a big difference.

  3. Why Should I Go Green? • Save the Earth. . . ? • Save your Health. . . ? • Save Money. . . ? • Save the Economy. . . ? • It Just Feels Good!!!!

  4. How Do I Start? • Save Energy? • Reduce Air Pollution? • Conserve Water? • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? • Use Safer Cleaning Products?

  5. Being Green • Shopping Green • Living Green • Moving Green • Cleaning Green

  6. Simple Steps – Shopping Green • Buy products which have little packaging • Buy products in bulk • Buy reusable products instead of throw-away • Buy “energy star” appliances • Buy “local” food products • Buy products with “recycled” content

  7. Simple Steps – Living Green • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle • Use compact fluorescent lights • Switch off appliances when not in use • Lower temperature on hot water heater • Turn the thermostat temperature down 2˚ in the winter and up 2˚ in the summer

  8. Simple Steps – Moving Green • Share rides • Walk, when possible • Plan trips to run multiple errands

  9. Simple Steps – Cleaning Green • Cut down on paper – use washable cleaning cloths • Buy earth-friendly products – look for: • Nontoxic • Biodegradable • Chlorine-free • Phosphate-free • Non-petroleum based • Vegetable oil based • Fragrance free • No dyes

  10. Beware – Greenwashing • Making false claims about a green product or service as an outlet to market and/or sell a product or service. • Hidden trade-off • No Proof • Vague Claims • Irrelevant • Lies or Fibs • Lesser of Two Evils

  11. Being Green • Being green means just wanting to see less use of harmful products and more use of methods that will help the environment. A true green believer wants to do their part and hopes that others will do theirs.

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