With Earth Day approaching, we’d like to think of April as Earth/Environmental Awareness month. Plant a tree, recycle, turn off lights when you’re not using them, change the light bulbs in your homes to more energy efficient ones. You can even change the way you shower and save cash, and preserve our water reserves.

How? Get a low-pressure shower head. A typical shower uses 25 gallons of water at a time. The EPA reports that the average American uses 100 gallons a day. When I sit down to think about it, I know that we use a lot of water, but I didn’t know that it was that much.

When using a low-pressure shower head, the percentage of water saved is about 50-70%. Using these shower heads is a double plus, because this way, you’re even saving energy on heating water. If you let your faucet run for five minutes, it uses as much energy as it takes to keep a 60-watt light bulb lit for 14 hours, the EPA says.

Don’t worry about coming out of the pocket too much for these shower heads; they’ll probably run you about $8 a piece. Some even come with a pause button, so you can take a break from the water flow to lather up. Now that’s a handy feature.

Let’s go green MSF!

What are you doing to conserve energy and protect the planet?

Reference: Save Money Each Time You Shower