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What you can do
•    Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth and shaving.
•    Turn your thermostat up three degrees (in summer) or down three degrees (in winter).
•    Change incandescent light bulbs in your home to compact fluorescents.
•    Lower the temperature of the water in your water heater.

•    Clean or replace furnace filters regularly.
•    Install low-flow showerheads and faucets.
•    Wash your clothes in the coolest water possible.
•    Turn off the lights, TV and computer when you leave the room.
•    Only run the washer and dishwasher when they are full.
•    Read Psalm 23, 24, 104, 147, and 148.
•    Clean out your closets and donate clothes you have not worn in the past year.
•    Bike, walk, carpool or use public transportation instead of driving.
•    Pick up and throw away any trash you see on the ground.
•    Buy locally grown produce.
•    Follow an old saying: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without."

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