Only run your car’s engine when you actually need it. Consider this: it has been estimated that customers sitting in line in idling cars at Burger King waste an amazing 16 million gallons of gas a year. That’s certainly not driving to save gas! Starting your car uses about the same amount of gas as it will burn in one minute when idling. If you think you will be waiting longer than a minute, switch off. Driving to save gas is mostly common sense with a little thought. You can do it! I do this sometimes, but not as much as I should.

Keep your tires properly inflated. Your engine uses some 20% of its efforts just overcoming the resistance of tire rolling. That percentage figure increases when the tires are under-inflated. The amount of gas you burn increases too. Keep your tires inflated at the manufacturers recommended level at all times, and only then will you start driving to save gas.

Over the last decade, awareness and understanding about environmental issues has grown quite a bit, which is why the Go Green Initiative has become such a popular cause. The Go Green Initiative is based on five basic principles, which spell the word “green.”

1. Generate compost – this teaches children about the principles of growing and recycling. It is also instructive about gardening, farming and the source of our food.

2. Recycling – children are taught to recycle as much as possible, both in their schools and at home.

3. Educate – students, parents, teachers and the entire community on the benefits of recycling and other environmentally helpful practices. Education is at the heart of the program, as it used in the school system.

4. Evaluate – evaluate the environmental impact of everything you do. This includes considering what you purchase at the grocery store or mall, where you work, what you drive and every other aspect of your life.

5. Nationalize the principles of responsible paper consumption. Do as much as you can electronically and reduce the amount of paperwork needed for as many tasks as possible.

These simple but important five principles are the core of the Go Green Initiative. More schools are joining this program all the time. This has the result of educating more children in the ways of being environmentally responsible. It allows them to practice these principles every day, as they are used at the schools that join the program.

I thought this was a site worth looking at, teaching young people to lookout for the future is an important part of going green! Here is there link please check it out and leave a comment.

http://www.gogreeninitiative.org/

First of all, recycling is something that everyone is talking about today, and for a good reason. Until fairly recently, we simply discarded items such as cans, bottles, leftover food, newspapers, junk mail and plastics. They were either burned, left at dumps or even thrown into bodies of water. Recycling is a way to make sure that we reuse as much as possible. In your home, you can contribute to this effort by keeping recyclable items separated. They can then be picked up or delivered by you to your local recycling center.