{"id":2754,"date":"2011-12-16T16:50:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T04:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2011-12-16T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T04:50:43","slug":"green-living-new-zealands-environmentally-conscious-tools-impact-alumna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/green-living-new-zealands-environmentally-conscious-tools-impact-alumna\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Living: New Zealand\u2019s environmentally conscious tools impact alumna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Alyse Horn, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionsabroad.org\/\">Lions Abroad<\/a> marketing intern, discusses ways New Zealand\u2019s energy and water mindfulness can be implemented in the U.S.:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My life has been transformed by green living techniques, and New Zealand helped me improve those aspects of my life. I have always recycled and made sure lights were turned off when not in use, but that was about as far as it went.<\/p>\n<p>After traveling to New Zealand and learning what the country does to promote sustainability, I hope that one day the U.S. can follow in its footsteps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/electricity-outlet.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1783\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/electricity-outlet.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>One of New Zealand\u2019s energy-saving tools is in the design of electrical outlets. Adjacent to each outlet, a switch exists to turn off the flow of electricity to the outlet when it\u2019s not being used. Outlets in the U.S. don&#8217;t have that option and are constantly on wasting energy. This means that if a lamp, computer or anything is plugged in but turned off, it is still using electricity and thus energy. A tip to save energy and money is to unplug appliances that aren&#8217;t in use.<\/p>\n<p>Another way New Zealand saves energy and also water is their toilet flushing system. At first, I was extremely confused by the toilets because two flush buttons exist. After finally discussing the subject with some friends, I learned that one button serves as a half flush and the other is a full. Some U.S. universities, hotel <a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/two-button-toilet.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1784\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/two-button-toilet.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>chains and conference centers are introducing dual flushing toilets with the half or full flush selections. Hopefully more U.S. companies will continue transitioning to the eco-conscious model.<\/p>\n<p>These initiatives are helping save water, energy and our planet. Please share comments on other nature friendly tools you\u2019ve seen elsewhere in the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alyse Horn, Lions Abroad marketing intern, discusses ways New Zealand\u2019s energy and water mindfulness can be implemented in the U.S.: My life has been transformed by green living techniques, and New Zealand helped me improve those aspects of my life. I have always recycled and made sure lights were turned off when not in use, but that was about as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,24,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-12-interns","category-green-living","category-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}