The MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Green Team offers these green tips to help you lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle at work and at home:
- When remodeling, consider using thermal-backed siding on the outside of your home to save fuel
- Replace outside lights with motion sensor lights to save energy
- Caulk and weather strip around doors and windows to prevent leakage
- Change your incandescent bulbs to CFL [compact fluorescent lights]
- Consider using an electric lawn mower
- Set your thermostat higher in the summer and lower in the winter
- Recycle paper, plastic, metal and glass
- Use your discarded coffee grounds as fertilizer on azaleas and other acid-loving plants
