| Reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling are the four | | | | difference by preventing as much good-quality |
| most important actions when it comes to adopting a | | | | drinking water as feasible from running down the |
| greener lifestyle because they all contribute to | | | | drain into the sewers, and then back towards the |
| conserving the earth's resources. Your home is one | | | | processing plant so that it can be finessed into |
| from the greatest places to start making green living | | | | drinking-quality water. |
| changes because you have the control to make the | | | | With regards to waste, reduce what you buy as |
| choices which are greatest for you. Along with | | | | much as feasible - including choosing the least amount |
| energy efficiency, water conservation is a major | | | | of packaging possible - which will naturally reduce the |
| issue, and it is where you can truly make a distinction. | | | | waste you generate. Then assess your waste to see |
| Between the source and your faucet, water has to | | | | what can be reused or recycled; what is waste to |
| be pumped at various stages, and that takes power, | | | | you might be helpful to your buddies and neighbors |
| as does the process of treating the consuming | | | | or to a nonprofit group. Needless to say, your house |
| water. Should you conserve drinking water, you do | | | | extends to your yard, as well. Publication V describes |
| double duty by conserving both drinking water and | | | | what a green yard looks like (Hint: The grass is not |
| power, which helps decrease the amount of carbon | | | | always greener.), and Book VI provides tips on taking |
| emissions pumped into the atmosphere. | | | | your yard off chemicals and growing your own |
| Most from the water used in homes - regardless of | | | | organic food with the assist of composting. |
| whether it is for flushing, washing, cleaning,or drinking | | | | When you introduce green living at home, everybody |
| - is processed to the point of being high-quality | | | | can be involved. Kids learn from adults right after |
| drinking water. Even though systems do exist to | | | | which pass the word on to their friends, who pass it |
| divert gray water (water that is been used in sinks, | | | | on to their parents. Give everybody an |
| for example, for hand- or dish washing) to toilets for | | | | age-appropriate role to play by putting them in |
| flushing, they are not yet a typical feature of home | | | | charge of some aspect of your greener household. |
| building and renovations. However, you can make a | | | | You are able to find more about raising green kids. |