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