Water shortage is one of the most common problems in the world today. Many countries around the world are suffering from water shortage that is why it is a widespread campaign to conserve water in order to be free from this dilemma. So, how can we conserve water? Take some of the simple water conservation steps below:

Do not let your taps and pipes to have some leak. If you have seen one, fix it immediately because every drop counts and it will allow you to save 140 gallons a week.

When brushing your teeth, avoid using running water. Use a glass instead to avoid wasting your water that continuously running while you are brushing your teeth. Things will be the same to men when they are shaving, letting your water tap open when shaving is obviously a waste of money.

When it comes to your water closet, purchase a water closet with water tanks that allows you to use less water. Many of the manufacturers of today are having a water tank with two buttons, intended for a full flush and half flush. If you are only to flush a small amount of poop or urine, you can opt to flush half of the water tank capacity.

Keep an eye on your water tanks as well. You can do this by putting a food color in you water tanks and if the food color seeps into the bowl without you flushing it, there must be a leak in your water tank. Fix it immediately and it will allow you to save up to 1,000 gallons a month.

When doing your laundry, run your washing machine only when it is already fully loaded. It will not only save you water, but electricity as well.

After doing your laundry, re-using or re-cycling your water can be a big help in conserving water. You can have it use to clean your bathroom, water your plants, flush your water closet, wash you cars, and more.

When washing your car or watering your plants, avoid using a hose, because using a hose will keep the water from flowing even if it is not necessary. If you will use your pail in washing your car and a sprinkler in watering the plants, you only have to use water when needed and eventually avoid waste.

If you have a lawn, better water it early in the morning or evening when the temperature is cooler to avoid faster evaporation.

Do not flush your tissue and drop it in the trash instead and save water every time you do it.

Collect rainwater and use it to clean your bathrooms, wash your clothes and water your plants. You can even drink rainwater if you have cleaned you gutter properly and have a clean rainwater collection system and tool.

Mentioned above are just a few of the many things that we can do to conserve water and save the environment.

Recycling is just another simple way of saving our environment aside from saving tons of our energy usage.

When we say recycling, it involves creating new products out of those used materials. In this way, we can prevent wasting those used items that has the potential to be a useful material for a new product. We also are able to reduce the consumption of new materials and the energy used in manufacturing it and eventually reduces green house gases.

If we are still not aware of the materials that are recyclable, this includes different kinds and types of glass, paper, meal, plastic, textiles, electronics and more. Everyone anywhere can do you recycling. Let us start with recycling things in your home.

First you can classify your waste into different types like, organic waste, which includes your leftovers, plastic including your grocery plastic bags, plastic containers for your milk, soy sauce, cooking oil and more, glass that includes your wine bottles, cola and more, and electronics including your old television set, mobile phones, remote control and more.

So how can you recycle the things you have at home. If you are not knowledgeable enough in crafting things, all that you can do in-order to recycle things is do deposit those items to recycle banks and junk shops near you. Mostly if not all of them are willing to pay a price for the recyclable items that you have. In this way, you have not only helped save the environment but you were able to have some income from it as well.

If you are gifted with artistic hands, you can create wonderful items from personal things to wonderful home decors out of recyclable materials you have at home. Your emptied wine bottles can be your beautiful vases, or your plastic containers can be your artistic lamps, or your electronics as your fashionable jewelries (using your old boards like of your TV or remote control boards). A creative mind and a gifted hand is what it takes to create beautiful items out from your used and recyclable materials. With recycling you can easily minimized if not eliminated landfills and reduce the harm it caused to the environment.

On the other hand, if ever you are not skillful enough or simply not fond of recycling but wanted to have some share in saving the environment, you can also prefer to buy things that are made from recycled materials.

If you are residing in India or an Indian national, handmade expression has various fashionable items available for you and all of them are made from recycled materials. One great example of this is the “This is a paper bag” paper bag. This is a paper bag is made from recycled Hindi newspapers. You will not have to worry of its quality because the bag is composed of five layers of newspaper to make this fashionable paper bag a sturdy one. Aside from the fashionable paper bag, they also have stylish bags, purse, make-up kit, and more.

It is fun doing good deeds to save the earth, it will benefit not only the current generation but the future generations as well.