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Hello everyone!
This is a new blog which will teach you how to live a better more green lifestyle. To "live green" is to go about your daily life in such a manner that you're not polluting our planet. This blog will give you easy to follow tips that will reduce your carbon footprint on our planet, reduce waste, and even save you some money. If one of my blog posts is going to save you money I will add six dollar ($) signs to it's title (three before, three after) much like this one. I have also added the National Geographic Pic of the Day just so you can see how beautiful we can keep our planet just by living a more green lifestyle.

I'm going to try and update this blog as much as possible but I'm a full-time college student with two jobs and an internship so come back often. Also about this blog is that it's totally free. Sure you can find tips here and there online but a lot of people want you to buy their books which is just crazy! Our planet's future should not be something that you have to pay for in order to ensure; plus, I've always been all for the free exchange of knowledge.

Today I'm going to start out with something very simple and often overlooked-lights. Now, I'm not going to deluge you with numbers and stats but you can reduce your carbon footprint and increase your bank account quite a bit by just shutting off your lights when your not using them. It's pretty simple; most lights work by flipping a switch up (on) or down (off) all you have to do is whenever you leave a room for more that like ten seconds is flip the switch down.

It's a common misconception that it saves electricity and is therefore cheaper to just leave the lights on for those few seconds or minutes. I don't know where that came from, but don't believe it. I'm not saying you have to be in the dark, but if you're not going to use the lights why have them on? This tip can save electricity (reduce your carbon footprint), and save you on the cost of bulbs and your electric bill (increase your bank account). I'm going to end every blog post with this simple reminder: TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!