Save the earth, save some money.

In honor of earth week, I decided to list some ways that you can be both friendly to the environment and keep some green in your pocket. Enjoy!

In college, you are typically responsible for paying your heat and electricity bill:

1. Lower the thermostat and grab a sweater.
   
2. Unplug your electronics when you are not using them. (iPods, curling irons, and computers suck up energy when they are turned off and still plugged-in.)
   
3. Turn the lights off! 

Going home for the weekend or driving to campus?

1. Carpool with a friend, split the gas money.
   
2. Fill up your tires--you'll get better gas mileage.
3. Use mass transit to get to campus (sometimes the bus is free with your student ID)
4. Bike or walk to campus

Random, Miscellaneous, but still good ideas:

1. Buy used textbooks.
2. Use both sides of printer paper when you are printing off articles.  Use spare pieces for scratch paper.
3. Recycle print cartridges or have them re-filled.
4. Only do laundry if you have a full load.
5. Try to take shorter showers.
6. Try to reduce your garbage and have it picked up once a month instead of every week. 
7. Utilize reusable water containers instead of bottled: try a personalized one at www.mysigg.com.

Now, this is by no means an exhaustive list of the things you can do to save money and the environment, but it should be enough to get you started. If you are interested in learning more, check out this article, or this website at National Geographic.