Whether super city or hamlet, every home town bears the burden of providing food, shelter, resources, and energy for its residents. Until recently, many US cities have been more likely to be the cause of environmental ills than the solution.
Today many cities, like McKinney TX, are finding ways to ‘Green’ themselves in ways that not only make them more livable but also save millions on municipal budgets and in some cases, as with smoking bans, may even save lives.
McKinney’s population has grown amazingly and consists of energetic and well-educated residents. The median age in McKinney Texas is 31 and the average household income is $94,000. Within our city’s diverse economy some of McKinney’s leading employers have discovered the multitude of benefits of going green.
Pat Lobb Toyota of McKinney is the United States’ first LEED-certified automobile dealership. They joined Wal-Mart’s “McKinney Experiment” as high-profile, environmentally friendly businesses operating in McKinney Texas. This green facility is joined by four environmentally friendly schools and the first privately developed, LEED-certified Platinum office building in the US. You can see these at the city’s new web site, www.mckinneyinfo.com/green.
Here are 5 simple ‘Green’ ways that you can help.
- Save left over water from drinking cups or water bottles and using it to water your indoor plants
- Bring your own reusable shopping bags to the store
- Air-dry your clothes on a nice day (when possible)
- Unplug all unused electronics/appliances
- Recycle paper, cans, bottles, boxes and anything else that you can
Can you believe we have the technology to shuttle a crew to the moon, yet we can’t create a production solar car? I just had to accept that not doing anything to save our planet was adding to the destruction of it, bit by bit. I know that Al Gore isn’t “all there” but I do believe that we should all do our part. It helps conserve our resources and can save a lot of money which is an added benefit.
Maybe I’m not ready to install photovoltaic solar panels and tubular skylights in my home to help conserve energy—not yet anyway! And, maybe it is a little too weird to think about how a vegetarians releases much less methane gas into the air as opposed to meat lovers like myself (ewww), BUT I firmly believe every little bit helps. When city and residents work together, the sum of the parts can be much greener than the whole!
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