Go paperless. Consider reading your newspaper and magazine subscriptions online. Switch to electronic banking and credit card payment, too.
Archive for February, 2009
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged paperless on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged library, recycle books, used books on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Used Books Go to your local library instead of buying new books or purchase used books.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged Compost, Reduce garbage on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Compost Compost your garbage instead of throwing it all away; over 60% of solid household waste is fit for the compost pile, heap or bin. Check out our picks for composters here. Adapted from Treehugger.com.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged cell phone chargers, conserve energy, unplug chargers on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unplug Chargers Unplug your chargers when you’re not charging. Every house is full of little plastic power supplies to charge cell phones, PDA’s, digital cameras, cordless tools and other personal gadgets. Keep them unplugged until you need them.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged conserve water on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conserve Water Turn the water off while you brush your teeth.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Computers Configure your computer to shut down after one hour of use (or less).
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bulk Purchases Avoid products that are packaged for single use (i.e., drinks, school lunches, candy, cat and dog food, salad mixings, etc.). Instead, buy in bulk and transfer the products to your own reusable containers. Many health food stores have bulk bins where they sell everything from grains to cereal to cleaning products.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Adapted from climatecrisis.net.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Avoid driving at high speeds. Above 60 mph, gas mileage drops rapidly. The http://fueleconomy.gov/ web site shows how driving speed affects gas mileage.
Green Tip of the Day
Posted in Green Tip of the Day on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Natural Organic and biodegradable diapers Millions of diapers, both disposable and cloth, continue to fill landfills each year. But many of these diapers are made of plastic, chlorinated materials and other undesirable compounds. The plastic is not biodegradable and chlorinated materials represent a serious threat to our waters. Other undesirable compounds can also cause health [...]
