A trip to the local depot would surprise you at the many green options that are coming out of the many think-tanks that are trying to find easier and better ways for us to live. From more efficient lighting to DIY solar heaters and solar panels to harvest the sun’s free energy to small home wind turbines that harnesses another of nature’s cleanest features, the wind. All these come in kit form that allows easy and cheap electricity all-year round, well mostly. Though it is seldom possible to totally go -off the grid for all your electrical needs, a little goes a long way and if each and every home were to shift some of their electrical needs to renewable energy, billions of dollars a year can be saved and millions of tons of carbon taken out of the atmosphere that would otherwise make the bad situation worse.
Even a simple retro-fit of all the home’s lights from incandescent to fluorescent or LED lamps is a quick way to reduce electrical consumption. Upgrading your toilets with green options that use less water or does away with water all together is another resource saving move that would benefit us all. It will take a few more years for us to commit to the green revolution for some re-education is needed for most to adopt the green lifestyle. but we’re surely on our way to a greener future as we adopt and embrace green technologies bit by bit, day by day.