{"id":130,"date":"2020-05-03T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potatosquad.org\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-01-07T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T19:00:36","slug":"may-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/03\/may-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2020: Energy Eco-Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month we begin working on eco-etiquette part 2: energy! There are a lot of simple, small ways you can reduce your energy usage \u2014 here are some that we\u2019ve found helpful!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn the light off when you leave a room, and if possible using more energy-efficient lights like LEDs or solar lights when possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn down the heat in the winter and turn it up in the summer by a couple degrees \u2014 in the winter, put on warmer clothing such as a sweater, cardigan, etc. In the summer, use a handheld fan or drink something cool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn off and unplug devices and appliances when they aren\u2019t being used \u2014 when they\u2019re plugged in, they always expend a bit of energy, even when they\u2019re off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use solar energy when possible! Solar lanterns or flashlights, as well as solar battery packs for charging devices, are an easy way to put solar energy to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See if your appliances have an energy-saving mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuse as much as possible! Producing anything requires a lot of energy, and recycling is still energy-intensive, so the most energy-efficient choice is to reuse whenever possible \u2014 bags, boxes, scrap paper for notes, etc. \u2014 and get reusable straws, water bottles, and handkerchiefs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any tips for saving energy, let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month we begin working on eco-etiquette part 2: energy! There are a lot of simple, small ways you can reduce your energy usage \u2014 here are some that we\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}