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Denver, CO
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The Greenprint Denver Take Five pledge is asking residents to pledge that they will make five small behavior changes that collectively add up to large environmental savings. Save energy, conserve water, protect the land and air and eliminate waste when you take this pledge. Visit the Greenprint Denver website for more information. (Take a pic of yourself taking the pledge!)
Denver, CO
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Denver offers free curbside recycling to single family homes in Denver. Register for this service and help us reach our landfill waste diversion goal of 30% by 2012. If each household composted and recycled their waste – food and lawn - we could reduce the amount of solid waste going to landfills by over 75%. Denver has started a compost pilot for 1,000 homes, but you can begin to compost on your own. Consider taking a free compost class offered through the Denver Parks & Recreation department. Visit their website for a schedule. (Take a pic of yourself bringing a load out to the curb or composter!)
Denver, CO
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If you turn off your car when you're not moving for 10 minutes a day, you can save 550 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and money on gas. Turn your engines off when waiting for any reason while not in traffic. Turning it off when loading and unloading passengers. Also, load passengers right before departure instead of having them wait on board with the engine running.
Denver, CO
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Save money, keep your home warm, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions by doing at least one of the following: install weather stripping around doors and windows, insulate your attic and walls. Use storm windows. Greenprint Denver is conducting outreach to every neighborhood assisting residents in signing up for income-qualifying weatherization services. (Take a pic of yourself doing one of these things!)
Denver, CO
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Get a group of neighbors and friends together to rally around environmental actions and help your entire community make collective energy improvements (change porch bulbs to CFL, register everyone in recycle programs, etc.). This builds community awareness and has a large, collective impact. Visit the Greenprint Denver website under “Get Involved” to learn more. (Take a photo of your neighborhood group!)
Denver, CO
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Paper is one of the biggest materials by volume in landfills, and its environmental footprint is enormous. A Paper Smart program helps reduce paper use by implementing initiative like “Paper Free Fridays.” It can also ensure that only recycled paper is purchased, that paper used is then recycled.
Denver, CO
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Instead of selling candy bars and wrapping paper for school fund raisers, move to something more sustainable – like nice reusable bags with the school logo on them. Each student has to opportunity the learn about the environmental impact of plastic bags, and then help change behavior through this program, encouraging people to reuse the bags when they shop, go to the library, or as a tote bag for work.
Denver, CO
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Try the bus: If one person replaced one car trip each week with walking, bicycling, or the bus it would decrease carbon emissions by 250 pounds per year. Or ride a bike. On Earth Day of 2010, Denver will launch a citywide bike share program called Denver B-Cycle. Residents and visitors will be able register and then have access to bikes throughout the City. To learn more, visit greenprintdenver.org
Denver, CO
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The loss of natural forests around the world contributes more to global emissions each year than the transport sector. Curbing deforestation is a highly cost-effective way to reduce emissions. (United Nations Environmental Programs) In the Denver region, the Mile High Million campaign aims to plant one million trees by 2025. Every tree planted counts towards this goal. Make sure you register your tree by visiting the Greenprint Denver website.
Denver, CO
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Water is a limited resource in the West, and conservation is a critical concern. Do one of the following: change your faucet aerators to low flow to save 55% more water and energy, plus a water savings of over 12,000 gallons per year; take a shorter shower (if all Denver residents reduce their shower time by 45 seconds, we could collectively save over 400 million gallons of water each year); check for leaks by putting food coloring in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet bowl without flushing, you have a leak. Fixing it can save up to 1,000 gallons a month.
