For
example someone keeps the energy in his or her forehead and who dare to question
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Be
prepared and love yourself.
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He
who does not learn the littlest things, will do the big things bad.
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Let
your children know!!!
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Involve
your children and listen to their ideas or help them to develop ideas. f.e.
they can ask for toys without plastic. When it is broken, no-one will have
to pay for the waste of it.
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Many
of our children are now receiving what is pure wast afterwards. Give them
other things or even better, give them more of your time.
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If
you are artistic, open yourself up and contribute something to Mother Earth
in your work.
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Try
to resolve small conflicts, this helps to manage bigger conflicts.
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Don’t
use aggressive language. Offensive language is often the cause of many
fights.
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Dare
to evolve further than just today, and start today!
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Do
print as few e-mails as possible and use paper untill it is full, if
possible.
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Go
to www.passiefhuisplatform.be
or other website on building a 'passive house' (low-no-energy-house) A
regular house costs 120.000 EUR average building price, a Passive House
140.000 EUR or 1/6th more, but it is possible to do with 1/6th less and than
the cost is equal. In 30 years you will 280.000 EUR average for the
energy-use in a regular house, 50.000 EUR average for a passive house.
Totally it makes 210.000 EUR less. More than half the cost cheaper in a
short time (because after you, people will live in that house too). Pay
attention, you are saving almost 5/6th in 30 years time on energy if you use
energy like before in an energysaving way. At the same time, you are saving
5/6th of your energy, that can be used in 5 others houses. The big
danger is that we consume more with new technologie, instead of for example
saving the money to invest in the future, in our kids, who may study, in
their houses later on, in an own hydrogencar before long (?), etc...
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Use
low-energy light bulbs instead of ordinary bulbs. You can get them in all
shapes and sizes these days.
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Use
your clothesline in springtime, summertime and autumn instead of the tumble
drier.
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Use
an ecological washing-up liquid for your dishwasher if you have one (e.g Ecover)
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Buy
products with a minimum of packaging or products which have recyclable
packaging
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Get
some information from an environmental energy supplier who offers renewable
energy
(e.g.
Ecopower)
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Does
your company work with environmentally friendly energy? Then promote this
through your publicity channels. Offer people the possibility to consciously
choose for your company.
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Shut
down your computer when you are not working on it. Organise your work and
therefore
have
more time for other things.
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Switch
off electrical appliances when you are not using them. If this is not
possible, you can
use
a junction box with an on and off switch.
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Go
to shops specialized in recycled goods or second-hand shops.
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Use
old materials for new creations.
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Dare
to experience the positive side of things and dare to express this.
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Take
a shower instead of a bath. This way you save water.
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Lower
the hot water temperature and see what you save on money and on pollution
after only
one
year. A few degrees can make a big difference…
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Shut
doors and windows when the central heating is on in your house or company.
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When
you are using hot water, don’t leave hot water and money in the pipes. For
example:
when
you turn on the hot water tap and you let the water running, at the end let
a small stream
of
water run out of the tap. This way your boiler will not start up again, all
the hot water is used
and
you will consume less.
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When
you buy clothes, try to find out who made the clothes and how they are made.
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Fair
Trade – products which are definitely fair for everyone.
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Buy
local and regional products, transport costs and needs are lower and you don’t
have to
drive
so far to get them.
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Use
human and environmentally friendly detergents and use less detergent as
well. (e.g.
Ecover)
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Only
biodegradable waste disappears quickly. Keep your environment clean.
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Don’t
buy just to buy or because you can have it. Ask yourself whether you really
need the
product.
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To
consume makes us happy for a little while. Ever tried consuming less?
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You
can cut the grass or weed that grows between your garden tiles. It looks
nice and some
people
pay a lot of money to get this kind of garden look. This way you save a
little piece of
earth
from poisoning.
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Switch
off the lights in rooms when you leave a room for a longer period of time.
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Put
your central heating at maximum 20,5°C during the daytime and at 15,5°C during
the night.
This
is both healthy and sufficient. If you do happen to be cold, put on a
jumper!
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Wash
your clothes as much as possible at 30°C instead of 40°-60°-90°-95° and
use a
minimum
amount of washing powder/liquid. Dare to experiment because washing machines
do
clean a lot on their own…
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Use
less and an environmentally friendly washing powder/liquid (e.g. Ecover)
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wash
yourself with environmentally friendly soap, shampoo, etc.. .(e.g. Ecover)
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When
no one is at home turn down the temperature of the central heating but no
more then
5°C.
A higher difference in temperature is more expensive and asks more
energy to make up
for
the difference when you turn the temperature back up. (unless the period of
absence is
quite
long)
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Do
unto others as you would have others do unto you.
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Use
rainwater or well water to flush your toilet(s) and/or for your washing
machine.
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If
you cannot do this, find some other solutions. Cut off the bottom of a
plastic water bottle and
put
one or more bottles in the cistern of your toilet, if can open. This way you
can save liters or
beautiful
water.
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Only
buy plastic bottles to save water in your cistern :-)
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An
old-fashioned urinal or a small hanging gentleman’s toilet outside for
example, means that
you
will need less water to flush.
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Walk,
use your bike or use public transport if necessary.
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Drive
less superfluous kilometres with your car
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Draw
up a shopping list and try to shop in such a way that you do not need to
return to the
shop
for longer period of time.
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Do
your shopping before of after work. This way you will be more at home.
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Try
to combine leisure activities, music lesson, evening classes… as much as
possible.
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If
you have to be in one place for a few days, then try to stay the night
instead of driving to and
fro
all the time.
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Why
not go on holiday in your own country for once? It lovelier than you think.
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Get
information on insulating and insulating subsidies, because without
insulation you will
loose
40% on energy and a lot of money.
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Choose
ecological insulating material
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Compost
bio-degradable waste and use it in you garden or for your flowers. See how
many
garbage
bags you can save by composting … and enjoy what your flowers or your
garden
do/does
for you.
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It
is possible to wash your car with only a few buckets of water. Again you can
save water this
way.
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An
expensive spare part for your old car is always cheaper than buying a new
car and means
less
waste.
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Plant
trees, shrubs, hedges… They give you oxcigen, shadow, birds that sing,
fruits, a back
rest,
they empty the puddles in your lawn and they grow old together with you.
They give you
more
free time to do and to enjoy other things.
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Listening
is the beginning of accepting, accepting is the beginning of understanding,
understanding
the beginning of living together
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Think
enough, and do more.
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Time
is free.
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Don’t
leave the tv on while you are doing something else.
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When
you are working on your computer, you can easily listen to an online radio
station or to
a
disc. So you don’t need a radio and you save electricity.
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If
you smoke, roll your own cigarettes instead of smoking cigarettes with a
filter. (degradable
cigarette
ends)
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If
everyone sweeps the pavement in front of their own house, then the entire
street will stay
clean…
Act instead of waiting for your neighbour or the local counsel to act.
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Have
you got a house of your own and the means? See to it then that your house is
a passive
house
or that your company is a passive company.
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If
you are living in Belgium, you can go to the following site www.energiesparen.be.
Type in
the
name of your town and see what subsidies are available. Perhaps you were
just thinking
of
replacing the windows or the pipes or you want to insulate your house better
or put on a
new
roof… They also give you information if you want to use more
environmentally friendly
energy
or if you want to provide your own energy coming from local sources e.g.
solar panels (take care about their
production,
a warmth pump, (little) windmils…
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If
you can afford it, buy a hydrogen tank (a container) and buy a vehicle that
runs on hydrogen at the same time.
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If
you can not afford it, try to drive along as long as possible with the same
car (building one car = 20 years pollution)
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If
you can read this, your computer is working. You will normaly not need the
'latest' version of a new computer next year. Use your computer as long as
possible. For more space you can always change your hard disk or replace it.
Reparing is mostly cheaper also than buying a new computer.
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BIKE
! BIKE ! BIKE ! ...
