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" Not everyone can afford to install solar panels for their house or buy a hybrid car. But, there are super-easy changes you can make that help the environment. Check out five simple ones below.   1. Turn off the faucet. An open faucet lets about 5 gallons of water flow every 2 minutes.   2. Put your computer monitor to sleep. Screen savers, those funky moving images you get when your monitor is kept on, cost you an extra $50 or more in electricity per year.   3. Think about your TP and buy recycled toilet paper. If every household in the U.S. joined you, it would save nearly 1 million trees.   4. Baby your lotion and powder. Choose phthalate-free products for your kids (and yourself!) so no one is exposed to the harmful chemicals. Look for it on the label.   5. Don&amp;#039;t sit idle. Turn off your car if it&amp;#039;s going to be sitting for more than 30 seconds so you don&amp;#039;t waste gas.   From NRDC: Simple Steps Deck: Healthy Home. Healthy Planet. 50 Easy Actions, by the Natural Resources Defense Council (Chronicle Books; $14.95) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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