Being Conservative...in many ways.

With rising energy cost, doing any or all of these on your list will not only save us money but save the environment as well.  Thanks for that great list!

Great ideas and reminder Heather. Someone needs to develop a meter that actually shows up the cost saving when we turn off stuff.

Great points, Heather! Every little action can add up to big savings.

Heather,  I am glad you posted this list... because I see I am doing better than I thought...(she said, patting herself on the back.)

Already doing almost everything on the list... but I will re-read, and see if there is anything else I can be doing.  I rarely use my DVD player, so unplugging that, while a little thing, will save a little.  And... I need to start unplugging my computer at night... instead of either leaving it on, or simply turning it off.  Even when the computer is turned off... I am guessing that there is some wattage being used.  I am not sure of that, however.

Heather... I just noticed that you have not "included" this post in any of the Active Rain Groups.  So, I went to your profile page to see what groups you are in, and found that you have not joined any.  Perhaps you are not aware of the benefits ?

Active Rain encourages us to "include" each of our posts in as many as a maximum of five of the Active Rain Groups.  The more groups you include, or display your posts in, the more sets of eyeballs that can see them, and read them, and perhaps comment on them.

I have looked at some of your posts... and I like what I see.  But... without including them in any groups... you are about as invisible as a blogger can be here on Active Rain.

Here is a post I wrote called Using the Active Rain "Groups" Feature .  I suggest you give it a read, so you can get an idea of how beneficial using the Groups feature can be.  I have had many Newbies, and many Oldbies as well tell me they found the post very useful.

Also... I have subscribed to your blog.  I invite you to subscribe to mine.