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It’s a great dream — a self-sustaining house that can provide for all its own power needs and exist entirely impact-free. We’re not there yet, but like anything, small steps add up to big change. Looking for some simple-but-effective ways to make your home greener in 2010? Check out these 5 simple ways to start.

#5: Act Like You’re A Surveyor.

Treat yourself like some kind of magical energy consultant in your own house. Grab your notepad, walk around to each room, and come up with a cool, comprehensive list of all the ways your household can save a bunch of energy. Write it down, formalize it, and you’ll see that putting some of those things into action suddenly got a whole lot easier.

#4: Investments Today Save You Money in the Future.

There are several things you can buy that represent an up-front cost but a long-term savings. Put some money aside to upgrade to these things — better power bars you can automatically shut off. Smart power meters that regulate your household’s energy expenditure better. Toilet upgrades that use far less water. The list is endless.

#3: See How the Old Folks Do It.

You know a huge amount of the world don’t use dryers? They use a massive amount of power just to spin and generate all that heat, and not only that — they can shrink your good sweaters! Get some drying racks and spend the extra 10 minutes it takes to hang things up. Then wait till the next day or so, and you’ll be 100% dry. You don’t wear all your just-washed clothes immediately anyway, do you?

#2: Alternative Energy Sources are Possible.

If you’re feeling ambitious, grow your ‘green’ fund a little more, and invest in some solar panels on the roof of your house, or another micro-source of energy. There are plenty of ways to approach it, and there’s never been a better time.

#1: Stay Fresh With Good Environmental News.

You’ll never run out of ideas or inspiration if you check up with the latest green news from time to time. Not only will you get new ideas, but as the news coming from climate change scientists seems to only be getting more dire, you’ll be spurned into action all that much faster!

Making a green move can be a challenging task! Driving eco friendly vehicles, dealing with green companies and simply living green – GreenerIdeal website will become a No1. source of information for a true environmentalist.