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How You Can Save the World is a podcast about the simple steps anyone can take to help to save the environment.

In our first episode, we begin by looking at energy in the home, comparing the benefits to the environment and your wallet when you replace your lightbulbs with LEDs.

Find us on:

Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr

Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com

All the information from this episode:

Greenhouse Gas CalculatorDetermine your energy savings

Look at your energy bill, determine your cost per kilowatt hour (kwh). Mine is 11 cents.Go to Micheal Bluejay, and plug in your energy usage cost, per one bulb, per hours burned, to his calculator. That will give you, the cost to operate one bulb per month. Then multiply that by 12 (a year) and multiply that by how many bulbs you use in your house.

Micheal Blue JayAdditional energy saving calculators

Where to buy bulbsLight Bulbs Unlimited (interviewed in podcast)Home Depot

California Public Utilities Commission Find out where you can recycle your bulbs

Environmental Defense Fund DIY sites to make solar lanternsThis Old House (mason jar solar lanterns)Put it in a JarFree People

Products ReviewedSunJar (Suck.UK)Water Battery Powered Clock (Bedol Water Clock)

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26 episodes

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Manage episode 152334645 series 1056952
Content provided by Barbara Edelman. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Barbara Edelman or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

How You Can Save the World is a podcast about the simple steps anyone can take to help to save the environment.

In our first episode, we begin by looking at energy in the home, comparing the benefits to the environment and your wallet when you replace your lightbulbs with LEDs.

Find us on:

Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr

Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com

All the information from this episode:

Greenhouse Gas CalculatorDetermine your energy savings

Look at your energy bill, determine your cost per kilowatt hour (kwh). Mine is 11 cents.Go to Micheal Bluejay, and plug in your energy usage cost, per one bulb, per hours burned, to his calculator. That will give you, the cost to operate one bulb per month. Then multiply that by 12 (a year) and multiply that by how many bulbs you use in your house.

Micheal Blue JayAdditional energy saving calculators

Where to buy bulbsLight Bulbs Unlimited (interviewed in podcast)Home Depot

California Public Utilities Commission Find out where you can recycle your bulbs

Environmental Defense Fund DIY sites to make solar lanternsThis Old House (mason jar solar lanterns)Put it in a JarFree People

Products ReviewedSunJar (Suck.UK)Water Battery Powered Clock (Bedol Water Clock)

  continue reading

26 episodes

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