What are you doing to help

[fishtal]

Hmmm, let's see...

Home:

99% of my household bulbs are CF.

A/C is only used in the room with my main tank, only when needed. Once last summer if I recall.

New windows will be coming soon.

Heat during the winter is kept at 62 during the night and 68 during the day.

Anything that can be recycled, is. Glass, paper, plastics, etc.

I use re-useable shopping bags instead of plastic.

Purchase locally grown produce whenever possible.

Fish:

Main lighting is T-5s (Will switch to LED when I can) CF, T-12 and T-5s are used in the other tanks and breeding room.

RO/DI waste water is used for the washer.

Water for water changes is heated by placing the bucket in the sun when possible.

Water from water changes is used for growing copepod and rotifer cultures.

Low wattage pumps and powerheads.

All tanks in the breeding room are covered to maintain temp and limit heater use as well as lowering evaporation.

Oh, and I breed several species of marine fishes to help limit the impact of the hobby on the world's reefs.

[lionhead]

For my home I too have turned the water heater down. Replaced all light bulbs to the CF bulbs. I replace my furnace filters regularly. I use my water from RO for my washer as well. I only use my AC when it is really humid at night. I also have reptiles so don't like the AC on too much. Once summer hits I turn all my heaters down in my tanks. Me and my wife prefer the dark so the only lights on at night are from the fish tank or the TV. I made sure to buy a energy efficient AC last year. I replaced two wooden doors on my house to better insulated steel doors. Took down the window blinds and bought double coated curtains to hold heat in for the winter. I live in like a 100yr old house, so basically anything I do is an improvement. I want to get a electric instant hot water heater, new windows, a new roof, and put spay insulation in the walls.'
My tanks I try to use low wattage pumps and powerheads. I cut my light cycles back by 2hours on both of my setups. I took down a 20gal freshwater setup to cut back a little. I do group buys with my friends to save cost on shipping and to get better prices. I just added a canopy over my 90gal setup to help with evaporation. Put all my lights on timers so that I dont have to deal with the lights manually and forget about them. I buy made phyto instead of buying store brands. Win a ton of food at the swaps so I dont have to buy food for most of the year. I am sure that there are a few things I am missing but we all should make a good effort to cut cost and energy use.