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Tammy‘s tip of the day: Try unplugging those laptops and let them breathe! It’ll keep your computer battery kickin’ and save some power!

Ever heard of Environmentaland?? Well…you may be a little late to check it out if you’re from the Los Angeles area but the word is that they’ll be hitting the streets of Portland, Oregon soon- anyone up for a road trip?!

I had the opportunity to check out Environmentaland’s Closing Night party and it was amazing! (Yea, I realize I’m a little late on the news but from now on I can promise you will be getting more Tammy-time, all the time!) Anyways, the place was full of green theme-park attractions, including desert miniature golf! Some of my personal favorites were the decorate your own baby blue trashcan station, and generate your own energy seesaw! The seesaw was embarrassingly loud (due to the siren that went off every time you jumped on the thing) but it brought me back to some great childhood memories…aw!

Long story short, and in an effort to avoid ruining it for those who have yet to experience Environmentaland, check out their site and find out more about the other Global Inheritance projects! (Oh…and E-mail me if you are down for a road trip to Portland!)

So, last week TNT took on energy efficiency. What exactly did we tackle? Try 24 Cfls and a 30+ foot-tall ceiling. Hopefully, your office or home won’t be so challenging. I mean, honestly, it didn’t take long, but for a girl with a (slight) fear of heights it was…well, let’s just say I’m glad that it’s over! I’m also glad to say that our bathrooms at Causecast were pretty energy efficient on their own. Light timers were installed into each of the bathrooms which can really save on energy when you are in a hectic office space.

So energy tips for today? Unplug those laptops. From what I hear, continuously charging your laptop only decreases the life of battery and wastes electricity at the same time! Anything that is plugged into an outlet is sucking up energy, even after you unplug your computer or even your cellphone charger.
While we’re on cell phone chargers, check out this sweet new universal phone charger! That would save us a few extra tons of unwanted electronic waste too! Back to charging your laptop, if you are as forgetful as I am, maybe you should look into a Smart Strip. These power strips help out the absent-minded, like myself, by automatically switching off outlets that don’t need the energy. These are next on our shopping list!

Oh, and for my fear of heights…I fared pretty well! We did take out one, rather unfortunate, little plant on our road to energy-efficiency. Don’t worry, we nursed the little guy back to health!