Keen to be Green

1. Please use the buttons to navigate the presentation Keen to be Green By Tom Hewer Bathrooms Introduction Saving Electricity The Three R’s Car Garden Kitchen Fridge Attic Conclusion Bibliography

2. Keen to be Green Bathrooms The Three R’s Saving Electricity Introduction This PowerPoint is about how to make your home more environmentally friendly. Just small things. Things like turning of the tap when brushing your teeth or using less paper. Things that if one person does not that much changes but when everyone does lots changes. Make the world a better place. Kitchen Fridge Attic Garden Car Conclusion Bibliography

3. Keen to be Green Introduction Saving Electricity The Three R’s Bathrooms • To start making your bathroom more environmentally friendly, start saving water. • To save more water you can take simple steps: • Take shorter showers • Turn off tap whilst brushing your teeth • Only flush toilet when you need to Kitchen Fridge Attic Garden Car Conclusion Bibliography

4. Keen to be Green Introduction Bathrooms The Three R’s Saving Electricity • To save electricity you don't have to spend loads of money on hybrid cars or solar panels (though you can if you want to) you can just take these easy steps. • Buy things that use less energy like energy saving light bulbs. They might cost more but then your one step closer to a brighter world. • Unplug stuff when your not using it. • Use your phone less for they use electricity all the time. Kitchen Fridge Attic Garden Car Conclusion Bibliography

5. Keen to be Green Introduction Bathrooms Saving Electricity The Three R’s • All the three R’s are, are three simple words. They may be simple but they are not meaningless. What they mean is reduce, reuse and recycle. Reduce your waste reuse what you can then recycle what waste is left. An easy simple way to help make the world a better place. Fridge Garden Car Conclusion Kitchen Attic Bibliography

6. Keen to be Green Introduction Bathrooms Saving Electricity Kitchen • One way to make your kitchen more environmentally friendly is to buy eco friendly products. On eco friendly product’s packets there will be a sign saying that it is eco friendly. Waste food can be put on a compost heap or if you have pets (especially dogs)they eat waste food Also use less water and electricity as that helps. Fridge Garden Car Conclusion The three R’s Attic Bibliography

7. Fridge • To keep your fridge eco-friendly its not just about the fridge itself it is about the food you put in. here are some simple steps: • Get an A-class fridge • Shut the door as soon as possible • Put it somewhere sensible e.g. not by a radiator or on heated floor • Put cold food in the fridge not hot food • Clean when needed Garden Car Conclusion Kitchen The three R’s Attic Bibliography

8. Saving Electricity Attic • To keep your attic eco-friendly get good insulation. Insulation can make your whole house more eco-friendly, because it goes everywhere in the walls. Check the roof every once in a while for leaks. Keep reusable items like baby things because you might need them. A normal home loses almost half its heat through its walls and roof. Insulating the roof and the walls could save you almost £400 in energy costs, which more than makes up for the low cost of insulation. Fridge Garden Car Conclusion Kitchen The three R’s Bibliography

9. Saving Electricity Garden • Grow food as that is better for the environment because it is fresher and has no evil chemicals on it Create an epic rain watered garden by planting your garden low in your yard, so that it will collect more water when it rains! This will almost get rid of the need for watering. Water butt Fridge Car Conclusion Kitchen The three R’s Bibliography Attic

10. Saving Electricity Saving Electricity Car • To make your car more environmentally friendly you don’t need to buy a hybrid car or never drive again. All you need to do is not drive as much and cycle or walk when you can. Some cars are better than others so put that in to your car choice This symbol on the pavement means it is safe to walk along here. This symbol on the pavement or road means that there is a safe cycle path Garden Fridge Conclusion Kitchen The three R’s Bibliography Attic

11. Saving Electricity Conclusion • It is surprising how easy it is make your life eco friendly. Simple things like turning things off can mean the world. Although the natural way of life is being wasteful we can do it. All we need is time, time to save the word, time to undo are wrongs, time to preserve mother earth. Time is all we need. Garden Fridge Car Kitchen The three R’s Bibliography Attic

12. Saving Electricity Bibliography • Images – Google Image Search • Text – eco local, 21 ways to make your house eco friendly, 10 ways to make your garden eco friendly, 10 way to make your house more environmentally friendly, and various other websites. Garden Fridge Car Conclusion Kitchen The three R’s Attic