PLANET POSSIBLE

Want cleaner water? Two ways to help. Want to cut waste? Three more ideas. Now it’s in your hands.

- CHRISTINA NUNEZ

1 HOME ENERGY

Don’t Lose Your Cool

Feeling the heat even when your cooling system is on? Take a look at your windows. Seal any cracks around the edges with caulk or weather stripping, to keep cooled air from escaping. And consider insulated cellular—or honeycomb—shades, which can reduce solar heat coming through the windows by up to 80 percent. More tips: energy .gov/energysaver/ heat-and-cool