| What to do for one hour besides switching the lights off? |
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| Host a Green Party |
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| Get your friends together for Hyderabad Unplug eco-party. Fire up the battery lanterns, serve organic food, avoid the disposable utensils, use natural décor (like flowers and hanging plants) and have a friend provide acoustic music. Talk to your guests about solutions for saving more energy, money and carbon dioxide. |
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| Give Yourself an Energy Makeover |
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| Use Hyderabad Unplug to make your home more energy efficient: Replace your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs; install power strips (so you can turn computers and electronics on and off more easily); and change your air conditioner filters. |
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| Go Green with Your Kids |
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| Hyderabad Unplug is a perfect time to talk to your kids about the environment and why we need to protect our planet from the dangers of climate change. |
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| Green That Workspace! |
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| Working the night shift? Even if you can't turn off all the lights at work, look around and see what you can unplug, turn down or use less of (like consuming less paper by printing double-sided). Every day millions of computer screens and speakers are left on overnight-shut them off! And talk to your colleagues about what they can do to help make a difference too. |
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| Unplug and Chill Out |
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| Most of our daily activities-like watching TV, shopping online - require loads of electricity, but do we really need to do so much stuff all the time? Take one hour for yourself to just chill. turn off the screens, put down the handheld devices and just take some "you" time to reflect, read or talk to your family. After all, why do more when you can do less? |
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| Make a Pledge for the Planet |
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| Hyderabad Unplug shouldn't end at 8:31 pm-it's a chance to take a first step towards lowering your overall impact on the environment. So use part of that hour to make a personal pledge to do more-use less water, drive less often, remember to switch off or unplug electronics, and beyond. The only way we're going to stabilize our climate is if we make real changes in our everyday lives. That change begins with Hyderabad Unplug, and ends with a healthy planet. |
