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Going Green OnlineHave you ever thought about how you can go "green" on-line. Here are a few options for doing things in the digital age and at the same time "save-a-tree". Take a look:
Send greeting cards online at
http://www.jacquielawson.com http://www.americangreetings.com http://www.bluemountaincards.com Work puzzles http://www.realage.com/look-young-stay-sharp/aging-well/sudoku http://www.uclick.com/client/bdc/sudoc/ Play games http://gamesthatgive.net/play/ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/btshr/y2011/splash_index.jsp http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/fb/info/index.jsp Make donations - free to environmental and other causes http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4 http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html Read newspapers and write letters to the editor online, bank, pay bills, pay taxes, check stocks and shop paper-free Be informed on issues and position statements at your legislator’s website, also: http://www.LCV.org League of Conservation Voters http://www.EDF.org Environmental Defense Fund http://www.votesmart.org http://www.responsibletechnology.org http://www.rainforestactionnetwork.org/ Get conservation tips and learn about xeriscaping and recycling http://www.denverwater.org http://www.denvrgov.org/recycle Stop junk mail http://www.directmail.com/directory/mail http://www.dmachoice.org
Learn more http://www.greenprintdenver.org/about/download-the-plan/ http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/ When you encounter an online receipt that suggests “Please print this for your records,” save it as a PDF instead. Bank statements can also skip the printer and go straight to digital. Set your printer to use “draft mode” as the default print-quality setting. It uses less ink than whatever your printer’s top-quality level is. This will save a lot of ink especially when high quality is not required such as when printing photos, etc. Sign up digital statements instead of receiving paper hard copies. Pay bills on-line. Some banks offer free bill pay programs. You can schedule monthly payments and save money on a stamp. Try adding digital coupons to your store rewards card. Kroger and others offer this service. You go to the store website and load the coupons onto your rewards card. Then go to the store, make the purchase and the discount is applied at the register. savingstar.com has a program where you load the coupons on your rewards card and then you can get the savings from Savingstar in increments of $5. Manage your budget on-line. Budgettracker.com offers a free program where you can manage your finances and budget on a secure website. Track calendar dates on an e-calendar such as Google calendar. Use an "add on" like "sticky notes" from Google to place a reminder on your desktop instead of using a paper sticky note. |
