The Lazy Way to Go Green

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We've all been told it's important to save the environment, but sometimes going green feels more like a hassle. If you want to reduce your carbon footprint but don't feel like taking drastic measures, you don’t have to. Here are some lazy ways to help Mother Earth.

Want to go green but don't feel like going that extra mile? Just make these simple changes … stop lugging those heavy water bottles home from the store. If you replace just two bottles of water every week with tap water, you can save 500 pounds of co2 emissions a year.
 
Don't feel like washing your dirty dishes? You don't have to. Let the dishwasher do it instead. Running a full dishwasher uses less than a third of the water it takes to wash everything by hand.

Another easy way to go green … give your foot a rest and use cruise control. It will improve your gas mileage by seven percent.

And finally, stay married! The extra electricity used by divorced families amounts to 6-thousand pounds of carbon dioxide per household!

You can also save time and money by doing your errands all at once. If you cut just one 20-mile car trip every week, you'll prevent 1,200 pounds of greenhouse gas from being emitted into the atmosphere.