So you want to be a green Consumer?* DO: Fit energy-efficient light bulbs Insulate your house Wash your clothes at low temperature Use rechargeable batteries Fit water-saving devices to your toilets Buy FSC-certified wood and paper products Switch to a ‘green’ electricity supplier Buy an energy monitoring device Reuse gift wrapping paper Take trains and buses instead of driving DON’T: Buy bottled water Leave your computer, TV, etc on standby Fly if you can avoid it Eat a lot of meat Buy a blacklisted fish Drive a gas-guzzling car Use a dryer Install air conditioning Buy ‘gas log’ or coal fires Buy incandescent or halogen light bulbs * Do’s and Don’ts from ‘Pocket Power Points’ by Julia Hailes (co-author of the original eco-shopper’s bible); Green Futures May/June 2007

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