50 Things to Do to Help the Environment

I found this list of 50 Things to Do to Help the Environment in an old issue of Vanity Fair, so I decided to post one thing a day to share with my friends to help us all find easy steps we can take to live a greener life. Here we go. #1 Lightbulbs Matter: Switch from traditional incandescent lightbulbs to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). If every American household replaced one regular lightbulb with a CFL, the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road. A 30-watt CFL produces about as much light as an ordinary 100-watt bulb. Although the initial price is higher, CFL's can last 12 times as long. CFL's are available at most home improvement stores.