energy and environment

HeyMy name is Laura

This world is beautiful… Unfortunately lots of humans don’t understands it. Saving our nature and our nature resources means saving ourselves.

‘’But why?’’,you will ask me.

Well,did you know that, if you dont’t turn off tap

while brushing your teeth,per minute it runs 4 liters of water?

Have you ever wondered to economize natural resources?

Let’s talk about electricity. As we all know, it is really necessary in our lives.Than, how to economize?Well,I and my family willshow it to you

Electricity

We are using natural lighting. No curtains during the day. It will save a lot of electric energy.

NO

We use only economic light-bulbs.It’s a bit expensive, but it saves a lot of

electricity.

WE USE THE TV OR THE COMPUTER. NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

WHY? BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT ELECTRICITY, AND YOU CAN BE ENTERTAINED BY ONLY ONE OF THEM.

OR

WE HAVE ANOTHER RULE TOO- WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM, TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.

OF COURSE, DON’T FORGET ABOUT TV, STEREO, COMPUTER, ETC.

When we leave the house for some days, we pull out all plugs from sockets

We defrost our fridge once a month.

When we are out of town for more than a couple days, we turn off our water heater.

We Make sure that outdoor lighting is turned off during the day.  

At first,we decide what we want from the refrigerator or freezer before we open them so we don’t waste electricity by standing there looking inside and keeping the door open.

Before putting hot foods into the refrigerator, we cool it to room temperature (unless the recipe tells not to do this).

We defrost food before we bake or microwave it.  This uses 1/3 less energy than if we bake food that is still frozen.

We usualy use gas teakettle, not the electric one.

Water

Without water there is no life. Save the water and planet will say ‘’Thank you’’ .

We wash our clothes in washing machine only when it is full.

We have only short-time showers.

The best shower in summer is………

…

Swimming in the lake.

 We keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge.

As I said in the intro: we keep the tap closed while we are brushing our teeth.

Closed

When we wash our hands, we wash them with cold water.

-Putting shampoo in your hair?

-Yes…

-Close the shower tap ,you don’t need it a that moment

Heating keeps you in warm. It’s really necessary in winter months. We heat our house almost every day in Latvia.

Heating

We try to economize logs which we are putting in oven, stove or furnace.

In my house curtains do not hang over radiators.

Good way to save heat is heat insulation.

When it gets cold, we don’t heat stove…

We just dress up a little warmer…

After making dinner in the oven, we leave the oven door open.

Remember, it’s not difficult. You just need to start it and do it regularly with whole your family.