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[S111]Save Money Going Green

by Mancj Kumar Yadav, Man

Short answer ? absolutely you can save money going green! The term ?going green? typically refers to any activity that lessens your impact on the environment and/or doing your part to conserve and recycle our everyday resources. There are literally thousands, if not more, ways to actually ?go green?, and with the help of blogs and the internet in general, we have a real shot as we move into 2009 of going green by leveraging and taking advantage of many different and unique methods.

In contrast to going on a diet when you're trying to lose weight ? generally the diet food costs more than ?regular? food, so besides actually losing weight, there is no other benefit to going on a diet, and it can be quite expensive, but that's quite the opposite when you go on an earth diet (conserving less energy, recycling, etc?). for more details visit to www.auction-extreme-package.com .When you make a concerted effort to ?greeneries? yourself (yes, new word!), you stand the chance to save quite a bit of cash in the process!

For instance, let's look at a few popular ways that your every day consumer can go green:

1. Carpooling

2. Public transportation

3. Using compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL's)

4. Setting your thermostat a few degrees higher in summer

5. Wash clothes in cold water

6. Hang dry your clothes instead of dryer

7. Install low flow shower heads

8. Using reusable water bottles

I could go on and on about different ways to go green, but the eight ways listed above are perfectly easy and acceptable ways to help the environment, and best of all, you'll save money using every single method! To know more logon to www.auction-entrepreneur-kit.com .Doing a quick average, I would conservatively say that just by doing the above, you could save anywhere from $250-$350 per month, and to your average 4 person family, that's a nice chunk of change that can be saved or used for other bills (like your mortgage!). Recently, a poll came out that said only 12% of consumers are really ?going green?, while another 41% were considered ?light green?. Just imagine if we could get that first number higher, it would make a much greater impact than most people could imagine.

So I encourage you to make a list right now that lists out ten ways you can start going green today. At the end of 30 days, give yourself a true estimate on how much money you saved by comparing it with your regular costs. Saving money by going green is so addictive that you'll find yourself cutting back and conserving even more to enjoy all the extra cash you're putting back in the bank!

Aside from avoiding the destruction of trees and the inevitable addition to our landfills, digital ebooks put all the reading material you need right at your fingertips (literally). All you have to do is buy your ebook online and save the information to your computer. So when you're schlepping across campus, you can skip the heavy books and just grab your laptop and go.

In addition to the portability of ebooks and reducing stress on our environment by downloading online e-books, one of the great things about them is that if you're in a class that uses just a few chapters from the textbook, in many cases, you can just buy the digital ebook chapters you need and save money by not having to invest in the entire book.

Of course, for every college student, saving money is key - and one of the things that I've found is that ebooks are typically less expensive than traditional books. (I assume that's because the production of digital ebooks is basically a one-off proposition, so the booksellers pass the savings on to you. But I'm not in the online ebook industry, so that notion is strictly a guess.)

For instance, when my sister (whose academic passions I may never understand) was looking for a book called Liquid Crystals in Complex Geometries: Formed Polymer and Porous Networks, she found it in hardback form at a major retailer in new condition for $180 and used (from the same seller) for $155. So when we looked into the possibility of getting it in ebook form from eFollett, she was thrilled with the $130 price tag. I know it's not a lot of money, but for most college students, a savings of 25 to 50 bucks is huge!

So after searching for all of her books for the semester in ebook and hard copy form, she opted for the digital ebooks and saved hundreds of dollars - which, frankly, she used to upgrade her laptop and buy a super-stylish bag to protect it. And while selling her online ebooks back at the end of the semester isn't an option, she saved so much in the beginning that she really didn't care.

One of the things I was surprised by when I helped my sister shop for books online is that ebooks aren't just for college students anymore - they're also for adults who want to challenge themselves intellectually (or even read a bit of fluff). So I picked up an Italian language digital ebook to help me prepare for an upcoming trip - and Pride & Prejudice for some literary fun on my journey.

As a concerned citizen of the world (and a bit of a penny pincher), the last book I bought in a traditional bookstore may well be my last hardcopy book, period. I'm an online ebook convert - and if you try them, I bet you will be too!

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