The document provides tips for saving energy and water in various areas of the home, including taking shorter showers, fixing leaky faucets, washing clothes in cold water, closing curtains and blinds during hot and cold weather, and only running full loads of dishes and laundry to conserve resources. Small changes like these in daily habits can significantly reduce household energy and water usage.

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2. Your mission to preserve the planet begins in your own home.

3. In the Bathroom

4. Take a shower instead of a bath and you'll use three times less water.

5. Save energy, don't make the water too hot.

6. Fix dripping faucets. You can save 300 to 4000 gallons of water every month .

7. Turn the water off when you brush and you save about 3650 gallons of water every year.

8. Throw away less trash. Chose large family sizes and items packaged in recyclable containers

9. In the Kitchen

10. Don't leave the water running when you wash dishes.

11. Keep the oven door closed when you're cooking. A fourth of the heat escapes when the door is opened.

12. Put lids on pans when you're cooking. The food heats faster.

13. Don't stand there with the fridge door open. Decide what you want, before you open it.

14. Use people power for mixing.

15. Choose large sizes packaged in recyclable or reusable containers.

16. In the Bedroom

17. In the summer, close the curtains in the morning so the sun doesn't heat up your room.

18. In the winter, pile on the covers instead of turning up the heat.

19. Turn off the light when you leave the room.

20. In the Laundry

21. Do the laundry in cold water. About 90% of the energy used in washing is just to heat the water.

22. Dry one load after the other so the dryer doesn't have to reheat.

23. Only dry full loads. Hang up small items like socks instead of using the dryer.

24. Remember to recycle your plastic laundry bottles or refill them.

25. Clean the lint filter. It takes more energy to dry your clothes when the lint filter is clogged.

26. Never touch the fuse box!

27. Can you think of more ways to save energy?