| If you have ever wondered how you can live a | | | | reduce energy costs. Some schools are now |
| sustainable life and reduce your energy bills but | | | | harnessing the power of wind to such an effect |
| never quite knew how, then read on... | | | | that they are actually selling some of the power |
| There are many ways of living sustainably and | | | | produced, back to the power company! |
| reducing your costs yet still live a comfortable life. | | | | Now, no-one says that building your own wind |
| Some examples are solar power, wind power, | | | | turbine will be easy as there are planning |
| plain old recycling and other various renewable | | | | restrictions in place to prevent large structures |
| energy ideas. | | | | from invading other people's privacy, but there |
| Solar Power | | | | are ways around it, all you have to do is check |
| Solar power is becoming a major player in | | | | with your local planning committee and perhaps |
| offsetting your energy costs, but it is also one of | | | | become a little 'creative'. |
| those things that people often think about using | | | | Plain old recycling |
| yet just don't know where to begin. It's all very | | | | If the first two are a little beyond you at the |
| well researching online, but until you actually get to | | | | moment, then you can just recycle! It is easy to |
| see one in action, it's all theory. | | | | do and at no cost to you either. If you can shop |
| Building your own solar panels is not as daunting | | | | at local markets or stores which do not have |
| as it first seems and it is also not as expensive | | | | products which are massively overpackaged then |
| either. Many times folks think that the cost of | | | | that is a great start, but if you do find you have |
| building their own in prohibitive, but it just is not. | | | | to shop at the local big store, then any recycling |
| The power companies would like you to think this | | | | you do will help to combat this. Any food you buy |
| because if everyone built their own, they would | | | | and do not eat can usually be recycled too, either |
| be down in their profits. | | | | in a compost or leave out to attract wildlife into |
| Wind Power | | | | your yard. |
| Just as with solar power, wind power can easily | | | | |