REDUCE      REUSE      RECYCLE

You might not know this but we, at Spicar’s Martial Arts karate center, do our best to be eco-friendly.

  1. •Most of our printed material is printed on recycled paper

  2. •We keep paper use to bare minimum by using internet, blogging and email for our communication with students and others

  3. •We work with the Parks and Recreation office and clean parks, creeks and other areas and we plant trees

  4. •We use eco-friendly cleaning products in our karate center

  5. •We recycle

  6. •We conserve energy by adjusting our thermostat

  7. •100% of the electricity we use is generated from renewable Texas resources thanks to TXU Energy and their Texas EarthWise 100SM plan

“Individually, we are one drop...

together, we are an ocean”

- Ryunosuke Satoro

B(eco)me Greener Tips:


It’s good to b(eco)me a light-weight

If every household in the U.S. replaced incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs in just one room in their home, the nation would save more than 800 billion kilowatts of energy and keep 1 trillion pounds of greenhouse gases out of the air.  it would be like taking 8 million traffic-polluting cars off the road.

COST BENEFIT: Florescent bulbs are more expensive, but they last 10 times longer.  Lighting your home accounts for about 17% of the average household’s energy bill.  You could save $30 to $60 on your energy bill over time per light bulb.

BARE FACTS & STATS: Generating electricity is the single largest source of industrial carbon dioxide emissions in the United States at 34.9%. Fluorescent bulbs use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs.



It’s good to b(eco)me powerless

Devices that are “on” even when off waste energy and account for 10% of your electric bill. Put chargers together on a power strip and turn it off while you’re away.  Unplug unused refrigerators, toasters, coffee pots, blenders and cell phone chargers.

COST BENEFIT: Most people use their chargers only 5% of the time they have them plugged in, wasting both energy and money.

Unplugging unused appliances can reduce the phantom energy use in your home and save you up to $170 a year. Kitchen countertop appliances alone, when unplugged, can save the average family more than $80 a year.

BARE FACTS & STATS: it takes a tree-packed forest with an area equivalent to 500 soccer fields to absorb all the carbon dioxide produced by mobile phone chargers that are left plugged into outlets.



For more tips click here (PDF document)





Tip source: Half Price Books & www.becomegreen.info

Copyright © Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated. All rights reserved.