He isn the ‘t be easy, green Kermit the frog sings. But the more I learn about living with respect for the land and its resources, the more I understand that even small changes can reap big rewards, which are green in terms of not only the land but also save money.

For example, I ‘ve changed all my bulbs with those funny-looking fluorescents. An added benefit is that I not only money but also precious energy savings. Sure those swirly compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) cost more than standard incandescent bulbs, but can last more than 10 times longer while using from 60 percent to 80 percent less energy.

Another thing I the ‘m doing is turning off my computer when I’m not using it, especially at night. According to the Ministry of Energy, if 1 million people turned off their PCs overnight, we could eliminate up to 45,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. That ’s the equivalent of 7663 SUVs make the road.

And you know a laptop applications much less energy than a desktop model? To maximize energy savings, because laptop ‘AC adapter s in a power strip that can be turned off.

Strips energy draw power continuously, as do most of the VCRs, the television, the stereo, computers and kitchen applications. According to the Ministry of Energy, the average household, 75 percent of the electricity used to power electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. We can avoid this energy and money drain by unplugging those applications when they are unemployed.

Another area where we can save precious energy and help reduce our fuel costs and dependence on foreign oil is keeping our cars.

Just keeping our tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by around about 3.3 percent.

Pongo ‘t know about you, but sometimes my car looks like I’m living in it. The rear seat can be converted into a storage locker filled with jackets, sports equipment, books and any number of other things to get back there shaking.

Clean the inside of our cars cut the extra weight, which also increases fuel efficiency.

An added bonus of this activity is finding those things that you thought was long lost. Being coupled with the CD of his biggest hits and favorite Captain Tennille worth the time it takes to perform the necessary archaeological thrust back in his seat.

We can not save fuel by buying bottled water. Recently, I ‘VE filling reusable bottles of tap water. Honest I can ‘t tell the difference in taste, and I like knowing that I’m helping to save some 1.5 billion barrels of oil a year ‘ s required to produce plastic water bottle. If your local tap water offends your delicate palate, then filtering it is a good option.

None of these ideas take much time or cost more than they can save. And in this season of the donor, providing all the wonderful gifts that we give to something back to the mother of us all – land.