Thank you for taking part in AMC’s Green Homes, Clean Energy contest! The small everyday things we all do to conserve energy add up to large reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. These first steps will help you start to make even more changes to reduce air pollution, save money, and protect our beautiful world.

Please follow these links for greater detail about the impact you can have by making small changes.

•  Replace incandescent light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs

…if every American home replaced just one light with a light that’s earned the Energy Star, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year… More>> 

• Install low flow shower heads

…Showering is one of the leading ways we use water in the home, accounting for nearly 17 percent of residential indoor water use, or about 30 gallons per household per day… More>>

• Air dry your clothes

…You can save more than $25/month off the monthly electric bill for many households… More>>

• Get a home energy audit

AMC has compiled state-by-state home energy audit information for the northeast (PDF). Don’t see your state? You can learn more at the Department of Energy website

• Use smart energy strips to cut your phantom load

…Many appliances continue to draw a small amount of power when they are switched off. These “phantom” loads occur in most appliances that use electricity… More>>

•  Join AMC’s Conservation Action Network
  

Making individual and community reductions in power use makes a huge difference for air quality and human health, and you can magnify that effect when you contact your elected leaders about the importance of supporting the Clean Air Act and legislating to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions. Joining CAN makes it easy to stay on top of what your elected leaders are up to.

• Carpool or use mass transit on your next hiking trip

You can use AMC’s ride share board (www.outdoors.org/ridesharing) or contact your trip leader for information.  If coming to the White Mountains of NH check out these resources on mass transit and alternative transportation options.

• Invite an AMC Energy Conservation Speaker to talk in your community or take the training and give your own presentations

No one influences your friends and family more than you. AMC has created a simple presentation that offers education about air pollution, climate change, and energy conservation and helps people come up with their own first steps for energy conservation action. You can invite an AMC volunteer to come and speak, or become a trained presenter and climate change activitst yourself! More>>