Green Ideas

Ideas to Go Green

Solar Panels: Solar energy is expensive but cheaper than in the past. Some solar panels produce enough energy to be used by the house and to be sold to Electric Energy Companies. The investment to install panels is high, but with the time it can be compensated. It depends on the amount of energy consumed by the house, the number of panels and the volume of light they receive from the sun.

Recyclable Counters (balcões) and Sinks (pias): If you want to have a green kitchen, you can buy recyclable sinks and counters, they use recyclable glass, paper, concrete and aluminum.

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (lâmpadas): They use only ¼ of the electric energy consumed by the conventional light bulbs and last up to 10.000 hours (the normal ones last only 800 to 1.000 hours). Their price varies from U$ 5 to U$ 10.

More Ideas:
- Print your things using both sides of the paper (front and back);
- Edit your files on the computer and send memos via e-mail;
- Use old pieces of paper as notes;
- Reuse old folders;
- Use recyclable paper;
- Use e-mail and telephone instead of sending letter or paper messages;
- Tear apart newspaper, used paper and recyclable packages;

Check this web site for more green ideas:
http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/meio-ambiente/