Earth Day: Go green & save some green
April 21, 2009 on 3:16 pm | In Avatars, Events | 16 Comments
Every year, Yahoo! gets into the spirit of Earth Day and educates our users about what they can personally do to make a difference for the environment. This year, our focus is on how to be green at home and still save money. There’s a common misperception that helping the environment can weigh on your wallet, but that doesn’t have to be the case.
The Yahoo! Green Earth Day site has tons of advice, tips and tricks for saving the earth and your pennies. Browse the virtual house on the homepage to find affordable ways to go green in every room of your abode or check out their helpful buying guides on cleaning products, water filters, and energy efficient products. Plus find out which household appliances have earned the nickname “energy vampire“.
While you’re thinking green, why not get your Avatar in the mood too? Head over to the Yahoo! Avatars website to get decked out in fun Earth Day apparel. Then help spread the word about Earth Day (April 22) to all your friends on Messenger!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
Replacing low voltage outdoor garden lighting with solar lights is a good way to start.
Comment by Cliff — April 21, 2009 #
happy earth day…all… thude bhen da fuda marya
Comment by lun — April 21, 2009 #
be happy,be safe , be healthy just when u take care from our earth
Comment by hiba — April 22, 2009 #
everyone turn off your computers for earth day 8^)
i second the profiles thing can you please bring back the old ones they were much better!
Comment by RANGER1 — April 22, 2009 #
The eath is in dancer bicoz of very big polution!ue have do sanfing !
Comment by Bulgar Alin — April 22, 2009 #
good idea
Comment by hesham — April 22, 2009 #
we left all power off for eight hours today we changed all the bulbs to compact florecent and recycled all of our plastic bags
Comment by Cheryl — April 22, 2009 #
HI Sarah, with all the news of slash and cuts, I hope, well, I even pray that you and Yahoo prosper. About earth. Here in Norway we recycle everything, nearly everything,it is ingrained in the lifestyle and it doesn’t seem like a big deal. It’s something you do everyday and that’s where it counts.Best wishes,Henryk
Comment by Henryk — April 22, 2009 #
I did not celebrate “earth day” for it is a vicious undertaking by mean man-hating environmentalists.
Environmentalism was born from thousands of socialist intellectuals with nothing to do after their dream country, Russia collapsed. The greens came from the Reds.
The great Global Warming Swindle exposes the fact global warming – as much as it will be – is due to sunspot flares.
There is nothing wrong with being economical, but please do not mix this up with worshipping “green” / sacrificing your time and efforts.
Shame on all of you for being so gullible.
Comment by Tedd — April 23, 2009 #
Now a days we are facing the problem of globle warming .the main reason of this problem is decreasing forest.so we should thing about it.
Comment by Rinku pandey — April 24, 2009 #
I turn off the faucet while I’m brushing my teeth .In a year that can really add up to a lot of water needlesly down the drain.
Comment by 3 leaf — April 28, 2009 #
If you drink bottled water you might want to check into a water filter, it will save you lots of money and keep all those bottles out of the land fills.
Comment by Chris — July 27, 2010 #
Solar ligths are fantastic and everybody should use them. Some fact why: Solar garden lights work on renewable energy that is drawn from the sun’s rays. They are the most eco-friendly way of illuminating your garden and home. These lights will not leave any carbon footprints and are completely safe to use. In fact, they have several features and advantages that are beneficial for both you and the environment. The use of these lights reduces the depletion of natural resources. Here are some of the benefits that solar decking lights offer.
Solar energy is one of the safest and best forms of energy. Although, the earth receives 174 petawatts of solar radiation, approximately 30 percent of it is reflected back in to the space and the land, oceans and clouds absorb the remaining 70 percent. Solar garden lights use this renewable energy and help to save our depleting sources of energy. These lights get charged during the day from the sunrays and light up in the evening. They also use mirrors to track the sun’s rays. Solar energy is also utilized for thermal purpose and in heating water, cooking, air conditioning, and for water treatment like solar disinfection, solar desalination, and solar still.
Comment by Peter — August 9, 2010 #
There are government programs that help consumers with rebates on their appliances to help them buy new appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators so that they can replace them with an Enery Star compliant appliances.
Comment by Kris Dupont — September 15, 2010 #
Electricity supply is big problem in the whole world ,the methods shown in blogs are really useful but along with these we should try our self to reduce the power consumption because saving in electricity will save our nation from power crisis.I have an product called amanation which is approved by America government which helps the people to save electricity.
Comment by amanation — October 28, 2010 #
There is a message that I like yahoo.
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