1. Ditch the cleansers that come with bleach.
2. Make peace with the bacteria in your household.
3. Ease up on the dryer.
4. Embrace the cold.
5. More water. Less soap.
6. Re-use it and then use it again.
7. Greens for less.

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1. Call your utility program and ask them if they have any cost saving programs such as load management programs or off hour rate programs.
2. Ask your electric and/or gas company if they do a free or low cost home audit.
3. Go over your phone bill and see if there are charges on it for services you don’t use, like three way calling or call waiting.
4. When the fireplace is not in use, keep the flue damper tightly closed.
5. If you use electricity to heat your home, consider installing an energy-efficient heat pump system.
6. You can cut the amount of water you use showering in one year in half, by installing low flow shower heads.
7. Insulate your water heater and turn the thermostat on it down a few degrees, to save quite a bit on your bill.
8. Carefully placed trees can help to heat a cool your house.
9. Provide high efficiency lighting to your home by using linear fluorescent and energy efficient fluorescent compact lamps in your fixtures.
10. Use solar pathway lights in your yard to provide nighttime light.
11. Refrigerators with freezers on the top are more efficient and therefore more cost effective than those with freezers on the side.
12. Switching your washing machines temperature from hot to warm or cold cuts a loads energy use in half.
13. Gas dryers are less expensive to operate than electric dryers.
14. When you are drying jeans in the dryer, throw a towel or two in with them.

via notmadeofmoney

• First Things First: The "B" Word

1. Start by listing all your income

2. List your "fixed" expenses

3. List the expenses that vary

• Go Green on Utilities, and Save
• Become Mr. or Ms. Fix-It

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1. Replace your incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.
2. Install low-flow shower heads.
3. Get a programmable thermostat.
4. Open you windows at night during the summer.
5. Weather strip your doors and windows.
6. Balance your vents to achieve an even temperature throughout your house.
7. Insulate, Insulate, Insulate….
8. Water your grass and flowers at night.
9. Turn the temperature down on your hot water heater.
10. Is your TV really off?

via suburbanhousehunters

• Clean with Rubbing Alcohol
• Exterminate with Rubbing Alcohol
• Dilute Cleaning Solutions
• Alternatives for Curtain Rods
• Spaghetti as Long Matches
• Scented Light Bulbs as Votives
• Paint Plain White for Easy Maintenance

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SAVE UP TO $50

1. Shorten your dryer-vent hose.

2. Borrow specialized tools

3. Close closet doors to lower the square footage you're heating (and cooling).

4. Choose one neutral trim paint

5. Sign up for your utility's time-of-use plan.

6. Make your own cleaning solutions

7. Turn down the thermostat on your water heater.

8. Install dimmer switches and use energy-efficient halogen bulbs

9. Replace central-air-conditioning filters

full list via thisoldhouse