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msg[1] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Recycle your Cans</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Did you know that we throw enough aluminum away every month to completely rebuild all our commercial airliners? That would be an annual amount of  $600 million dollars. Recycling aluminum is one of the easiest ways to recycle. Many places now have collection points just for them.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[2] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Buy Reusable Products</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Skip the disposable items. Those disposable cameras every year if placed end to end would circle the globe. We throw away 2 billion disposable razors and blades annually. Those resources, and the energy they take to be built are just being thrown away.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[3] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Decrease Packaging</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Try to buy items that have less packaging. That extra packaging means energy and resources lost, and more to be thrown away. Always try to choose paper or cardboard instead of plastic. Renewable and more biodegradable. Try to buy items in bulk, you can save money as well as packaging.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[4] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Install a Water Filter</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Instead of using (and tossing) all those little bottles of water, invest in a tap water filter. You will be assured of the quality of water because you will be the bottler. It\'s estimated that the one filter can give you 40,000 glasses of water, and the cost is less then $15.00.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[5] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Save Water</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Take shorter showers and install a low-flow showerhead (that can cut up to 50 percent off your water use). Use a bucket to catch the water while it heats up. If you don\'t have a low flush toilet, get one or install a displacement device to cut down on water use. Make sure there are no dripping faucets.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[6] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Buy Local</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Buy your food locally from Farmers\' markets, specialty stores, Co-ops, you pick it farms. This saves on fuel from the average 1200 mile trip from the farm to your table. The food is fresher, tastes better, lasts longer and could be organic.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[7] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Get Green with Plants</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Indoor plants can help eliminate airborne pollutants. Inside air can be filled with more contaminants then outside air. Plant shade trees outside your home on the sunny side. Their shade can reduce the inside temperature up to 20 degrees, saving a lot of money in electricity. If they are fruit trees, you get food too!<center>###</center></font>";
msg[8] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>A Green Lawn</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Consider using plants that are drought tolerant. Use organic or safe alternatives to combat pests. Use a mulching lawnmower to let the grass clippings feed the lawn as they decompose. Measure your watering, only enough to do the job.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[9] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Lighten Up</B></font><Font color=\"black\"><BR>Today, replace every incandescent light bulb in your house with a compact fluorescent bulb. They last 10 times longer and use only one-fourth of the electricity. They cost more upfront but you will quickly make up for it in smaller power bills. If everyone did this one thing we would almost eliminate depending on other countries for oil.<center>###</center></font>";
msg[10] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>A Greener Ride</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">It\'s estimated that 25 percent of auto trips are for less than a mile. Try walking or bicycling. Make a plan for taking all those short trips, combine them together for one efficient trip. Keep your car in tune and tires properly inflated. Car pool whenever you can.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[11] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Thermostat Two Step</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">If you turn your thermostat down three degrees in the winter, and up three degrees in the summer, you can prevent the relase of 1100 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. You will also be saving energy and money.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[12] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>All Washed Up</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Try washing your clothes in cold water, they usually get just as clean, but you save energy. When shopping for a new washing machine, try to get a front loader, they save energy and use less water. The old solar clothes dryer of a rope strung outside will save you energy as well.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[13] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Dry Cleaning</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Ordinary Dry cleaning uses known cancer causing solvents. They douse your clothes in these, be sure to air your clothing before wearing. Better yet, look for \"Green\" dry cleaners or \"Wet\" cleaners that use safer ways to clean your clothes.</font> <center>###</center>";
msg[14] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Power Vampires</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">You think you have everything turned off, but there is something there in the dark. Something that is still sucking electricity! Any of those small cube box plugs have a small transformer in them, using power. Your television instantly turns on because it is not really turned off. Try using power strips that can be turned off by a switch.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[15] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Save More Water</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Brushing your teeth? Don\'t let the water run. Use liquid hand soap and lather up before turning on the faucet to rinse it off. Boiled some vegetables? Save the excess water, let it cool and use on your outside plants.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[16] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Old Tech</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Take that drawer of old tech cell phones and donate them. They may be reprogrammed to only call 911, they may be resold, they may be recycled as scrap. The same thing for that old computer in the closet. There are plenty of people who can\'t afford the newest, they would be happy with what you consider old tech.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[17] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Old Paint</B></font><BR></font><font color=\"black\">Paint is far too dangerous to just dump or trash. The best bet is to recycle. Can someone else use it? Is there a theatre group that can take it? Check with your trash collectors, they may know of a place that will take the paint and dispose of it properly.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[18] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>About Fish</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Sea life is very endangered, from over fishing and pollution. Notice at the store all the \"new\" fish that you have never heard of? Be a conscious consumer, look for labeled farm raised fish like Tilapia, Catfish, Shrimp. Good wild choices are Mahi-Mahi, Pacific Cod, Pacific Halibut. Limit your choices on Calamari and Lobster. A poor choice would be Orange Roughy.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[19] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Recycling Plastic</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">You can\'t get by without buying something in a plastic container. Each plastic that can be recycled has a triangle with a number in it. A number 1 or 2 is the easiest to recycle, try to make your choices accordingly.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[20] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Batteries</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Five billion batteries are bought, and thrown away every year. They are filled with toxic metals and chemicals. A single rechargeable battery can replace between 50 and 300 disposable batteries. They cost more in the beginning, but save money in the long run. Yes they have chemicals too, so at the end of their life, try to locate a business that will dispose of them properly.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[21] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>The Paperless Office</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Ok, we\'ve had our laugh. We still generate enough paper to annually build a 12 foot wall from LA to New York. Try making double sided copies. Buying <b>POST</b> consumer waste recycled paper. Use email whenever appropriate. Make scratch pads out of one sided paper (with no company or personal information of course). Shred waste paper and use it for packing material.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[22] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>In the Kitchen</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Twenty seven million trees a year are destroyed to make paper towels. Try using the good old dish cloths, old towels or clothes. Try switching to a cloth reusable coffee filter, each one replaces about 300 paper ones. If you must use paper, use the unbleached coffee filters, less chemicals used.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[23] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Do it on the Computer</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Use e-mail instead of letters(you probably already do that). Pay bills online to save paper and postage costs. Use digital cameras and store the photos electronically. Share them electronically. Print the ones you really want printed. Use the map services instead of paper maps.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[24] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Turn it Off</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">It is the simplest thing to do. When you are not using the computer, the television, the light. Turn it off. Use sensors to control lighting when appropriate. Try to use lower power lights for area lighting and brighter focused lights for task lighting.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[25] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>More in the Kitchen</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Try to keep freezers and refrigerators full, they work more efficiently full. Run dish washers and washing machines full, but not overfull, saves water and energy. Clean the coils on the back of your refrigerator. Make sure the faucet doesn\'t drip.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[26] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>More Greener Lawns</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Water lawns during the early morning hours when temperatures and wind speed are the lowest. This reduces losses from evaporation. Don\'t water your street, driveway or sidewalk. Position your sprinklers so that your water lands on the lawn and shrubs ... not the paved areas. Install sprinklers that are the most water-efficient for each use. Micro and drip irrigation and soaker hoses are examples of water-efficient methods of irrigation.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[27] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Cool Tips, Hot Hints</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Clean or replace furnace and air conditioner filters once a month during heating/cooling season. Consider a programable thermostat if no one is home for a good part of the day. When  replacing a furnace, air conditioner, or heat pump, look for the ENERGY STAR label.";
msg[28] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Look to the Star</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">When practical, replace appliances with Energy Star rated appliances. Every kWh of electricity you avoid using saves about 1 1/2 pounds of CO2 from being pumped into the atmosphere. If over the next 15 years, Americans bought only ENERGY STAR qualified products, we would shrink our energy bills by more than $100 billion and eliminate as much greenhouse gas pollution as is produced by 17 million cars for each of those 15 years!</font><center>###</center>";
msg[29] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Now Your\'re Cooking</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Use a microwave or toaster oven to cook small portions and a conventional oven or stove-top for larger items. Putting a lid on a pot reduces cooking time and energy use. Also, match the pot size to burner size to avoid energy waste. Refrigerators in the U.S. alone use enough power of 60 300-MW power plants. If they were replaced using the most efficient refrigerators, electricity savings would eliminate the need for about 30 power plants.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[30] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>In Hot Water</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">Set your hot water heater thermostat at 120 degrees (or \“low\”). It\’s hot enough for most needs—including dishwashers, which are generally made with booster heaters — and it cuts down on energy needed to keep water hot in the tank. Wrap your hot water tank in an insulating \“blanket\” if it feels warm to the touch.</font><center>###</center>";
msg[31] = "<FONT COLOR=\"#8b0000\" FACE=\"Tahoma\"><B>Car Smarts</B></font><BR><font color=\"black\">If everyone purchased one of the four most efficient models in each class (sedans, sub-compacts, SUVs, light trucks), fuel economy would be 12 percent higher, according to EPA. Americans would save 13.1 billion gallons of gasoline annually, or the equivalent of 157 million tons of greenhouse gasses.</font><center>###</center>";

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