Gas Mileage

Lauren Fix the Car Coach explains how to save up to $100 a month at the pump.

The Revolution: Tips for Saving the Environment!

Annie Leonard and Ty give great tips to help save the environment and save some money!

How to Stop Using Plastic Bottles

The constant use of plastic bottles is really harmful to the environment and can be pretty easily reduced. here are some ways to stop using plastic bottles so much.

Use Less Plastic

Every piece of plastic ever made still exists today, and much of this plastic has traveled from our hands to our oceans. This problem of plastic in our oceans is pretty serious. Here's one way to help, and it's pretty straightforward: Use less plastic. Join the Blue movement and sign the plastic pledge at SaveMyOceans.com.

Director: Mariana Blanco
Animator: Sol Linero
Production Co: Hoodablah - hoodablah.com

Song: Pot Kettle Black
Written by Kianna Alarid, Neely Jenkins, Derek Pressnall, Jamie Lynn Pressnall & Nicholas White
Performed By Tilly and the Wall
Courtesy Of Team Love Records By Arrangement With Bank Robber Music

Stop The Environment

Stop The Environment from Ed Asner

Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant & Cathy Shim (Reno 911) join Ed Asner & Mindy Sterling to offer a modest, sensible solution for your environmental concerns!

Devices use power even when turned off

Are you always getting on your family to turn off lights or the TV when not in use? We can all reduce our waste and energy use with very little effort, and significantly help our environment.

Everything You Need to Know About Electric Cars

Electric cars are coming. But how much do you really know about them? How much money will you save on gas? Where and when can you charge them? What happens if you want to charge your car at a friends house? GOOD's latest video answers all these questions and more.

Go Green Gourmet

Save energy making meals and goodies!  Con Ed engineer Aisha shows how you can use your stove and oven more efficiently. 

How To Precycle

Recycling’s great, but go even greener by precycling as well, and create less waste to recycle in the first place.

You Will Need

• Reusable bags and containers
• A thermos
• Cloth towels and napkins
• A computer with internet access
• Houseplants or potpourri
• Cloth wrap and bags
• Vinegar and baking soda

Step 1: Think ahead

Bring reusable sacks and containers to the supermarket to carry your items in the cart, rather than using the clear plastic bags that stores provide. When checking out, place all your purchases into reusable bags.

Step 2: Eat, drink, and be practical

Take a thermos to the cafe, or fill it at home; pack a lunch in a box or insulated sack instead of a paper or plastic bag; drink tap water instead of bottled; and buy fresh foods rather than prepackaged. Carry cloth handkerchiefs, and ask take-out joints to hold the plastic cutlery, individual condiment servings, and paper napkins.

Step 3: Go digital

Set up your bills for auto pay. You’ll cut out excess mail and avoid late fees. Read online editions of newspapers and magazines, which are often free and feature additional multimedia content. To prevent unwanted catalogs or junk mail, request to be removed from the company’s mailing list.

For a $1 fee, the Direct Marketing Association’s mail preference service will take you off the mailing lists of many large companies for five years.

Step 4: Cut out single-use products

Avoid buying single- or limited-use products, such as disposable diapers, cleansing face wipes, and razors.

Step 5: Precycle on the job

At work, think twice before printing out emails or documents. Double-sided copies also reduce paper consumption. Posting employee manuals and memos online creates less paper waste and makes the documents easier to update.

Step 6: Clean more with less

Use concentrated dish and laundry detergents, which pack more cleaning power into less packaging.

Step 7: Scent your home naturally

Fill your home with the natural scent of houseplants or potpourri instead of using store-bought air fresheners, especially ones with disposable cartridges.

You can use white vinegar and baking soda – which come with less packaging than conventional cleaning products – to clean just about anything. Use undiluted white household vinegar or a paste of baking soda mixed with water.

Step 8: Don't trash gift wrap

Avoid excess garbage when gift-giving by wrapping presents in reusable cloth or cloth bags. Often, the best gifts need no wrapping at all.

It takes nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil to produce the 30 million water bottles Americans use annually.

How to Save Energy in Summer

Your summer utility bills may be higher than necessary. Here are some easy ways to save energy when it’s hot.

Step 1: Unplug your spare fridge

Got an old refrigerator you keep in the garage? Unplug it for the summer; an inefficient unit in a hot room can really run up your electric bill.

Step 2

If you have central air-conditioning, don’t close the vents to unused rooms thinking you’re saving money. Research has found that closing vents reduces efficiency and cooling capacity, costing you more in the long run. And keep interior doors open throughout the house; closed-off rooms increase cool-air leakage to the hot outdoors.

Set your A/C at 78 degrees Fahrenheit or higher; home cooling costs increase 12 percent for each degree below that.

Step 3: Participate in a direct load program

Ask your local utility company if they have a voluntary direct load control program that gives you energy bill credits in exchange for allowing the company to turn off your air conditioner or electric water heater for brief periods during peak demand times. It’s an easy way to save energy.

Step 4: Line dry

Use the hot temperatures to your advantage and line dry most of what you wash. This alone can shave 5 percent off your energy bill.

Step 5: Microwave your meals

Maximize summer’s bounty by eating meals that require little or no cooking. When you do cook, use the microwave if possible; it uses 2/3 less energy than your stove.

Step 6: Cut back on pool systems

If you have a swimming pool, save energy by installing a timer so the pump only runs about 6 hours a day during off-peak times — not round-the-clock. Now grab yourself a cold drink and enjoy the summer!

Texas produces and consumes more electricity than any other U.S. state, largely due to air-conditioning demand.

Giving Homes an Energy Audit

Find out how one company helps you identify hidden sources of energy waste throughout your house.

Cracking the carpool conundrum

Getting employees to rideshare has always been a difficult challenge for businesses. But Paul McGrath, CEO of Ridespring may have an answer. He's developed web-based software that organizes carpooling into a one-stop destination, so users can share their daily commute information across the organization more easily. The software also has incentives built-in, so the more employees carpool the more likely they are to be rewarded for ridesharing.