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August 16, 2007 by  
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The Cottonwood Institute
is committed to inspiring participants to increase their awareness of
local environmental issues, environmental sustainability, and how to
reduce their environmental footprint. In order to help raise an
awareness about how easy it is to tread lightly on the planet, we have
compiled the following list of green facts and resources you can incorporate into
your daily lives.

GREEN FACTS:

  • If every U.S. household replaced one roll of regular paper towels with
    100 percent recycled ones, we’d save 544,000 trees. Source: Green Life
  • Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light
    bulb (energy efficient bulb) will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide per
    year. Source: Inconvenient Truth
  • You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.  Source: Inconvenient Truth
  • Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save
    one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive! Source: Inconvenient Truth

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Green Fact: June 19, 2007

June 19, 2007 by  
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If every U.S. household replaced one roll of regular paper towels with 100 percent recycled ones, we’d save 544,000 trees. Source: Green Life – http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife

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