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Have an idea for a fun, creative new challenge for the Rally? Please post it here.
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The most popular and unique ideas will become actual Featured Challenges in the Rally.
In the green season
Buy foods that are in season because foods that aren't had to be shipped from other places.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Vegetables-By-the-Seaso...
Created 07.06.09 //
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Current score: 5
Great one!Earth Exercise
If you plan on working on treadmills then why not go for a jog outside instead? Treadmills use up a lot of energy and going outside is funner, and ...
Created 04.25.09 //
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Current score: 14
Great one!Your phone sleeps too!
Cell phones use burn up energy even when you aren't using it, so turn it off when you go to bed and you can turn it back on when you wake up.
Created 03.30.09 //
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Current score: 17
Great one!Super absorbant
Using a sponge to clean spills and tables and other things is better for the environment than using a paper towel or napkin. Usually the first the ...
Created 02.14.09 //
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Current score: 9
Great one!Yellow is green!
Using yellow rubber gloves for housework is greener than using the plastic ones. If you use rubber gloves they are good because you don't thro...
Created 01.19.09 //
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Current score: 11
Great one!Unscrew one and save a few
Hopefully you house has at least one room with an extra lightbulb. Pick one day this week and unscrew it for the whole day and you will save about ...
Created 01.01.09 //
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Great one!more zzz = less cccs
Get an extra hour of sleep every day for the rest of the week. If you get one extra hour of sleep that means the lights are off for another hour. W...
Created 12.19.08 //
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Great one!Box the juice boxes
Instead of buying a dozen juice boxes you should buy one whole carton and pour it in washable cups. By doing this you will save about 120 square in...
Created 11.25.08 //
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Great one!Yellow no pages
One yellow pages book is about 800 pages. You can use a site called http://www.yellowpages.com/
to find the same things you would with the book. S...
Created 11.11.08 //
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Great one!the heat is on!
Instead of using a central heater (heater that heats the whole house) use a space heater and TURN IT OFF when you aren't in the room. It uses ...
Created 11.01.08 //
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Great one!Wash dishes with dishwasher
Washing dishes by hand uses about 4 times more water than with the machine. Also use a machine with energy star.
Created 10.25.08 //
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Great one!Green Morning
Normally when you start your day you usually wake up brush your teeth take a shower eat a piece of toast for breakfast get dressed and go to school...
Created 10.24.08 //
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Great one!Two Hot
Very much like two cool but we're getting to the time of year when we use heaters and not a/c. A space heater will use about 1,500 watts of el...
Created 10.21.08 //
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Great one!Trees, pencils and you
Use a mechanical pencil instead of a wooden one. About 2,000,000,000 pencils are made in the U.S each year and a cedar tree will give about 170,000...
Created 10.17.08 //
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Current score: 24
Great one!natural reader
Instead of reading inside with a lamp why not read outside with the sun? It will use less electricity because you are using natural light!
Created 09.27.08 //
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Great one!SF essay
SF stands for smaller font. If you write a paper in a smaller font you will use less paper. Just by changing from a size 14 to a size 12 you'l...
Created 09.16.08 //
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Current score: 16
Great one!Rain Water
If you have a garden try using rain water collected from the gutters to fill up your watering can.
Created 08.19.08 //
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Great one!Elevate your use of stairs
Do you use the elevator a lot? If so try using the stairs for a month instead.
Created 08.19.08 //
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