Be Tree-Free As much as possible, create a tree-free home: replace paper napkins with cloth napkins replace paper towels with a special set of cloth towels/napkins (or cut up old t-shirts for great towels) – store the used ones in a small container in your kitchen and just wash and reuse purchase bleach-free, toilet paper [...]
Archive for January, 2010
November 30, 2009 Meeting
Posted in Meeting Recaps on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
GREAT Minutes Monday November 30, 2009 Present: Thomas Rist, Aimee Rist, Savanna Lyons, Gabe Pena, Doug Arbogast, Carl Thompson, Ginger Danz, Rebecca Smith, Holly Clark,Scott Fanello, Lorien MacAuley, Mayor Jim Akers (Quorum) Topics of Discussion: Earth Day: Scheduled for Saturday April 24th. Earth Day sub-committee meeting will meet soon. Members are asked to e-mail Tom [...]
Green Tip
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged bottled water alternatives, carbon filter, contaminants, environmental working group, EWG, home tap water, reusable water bottles, reverse osmosis, toxic water, water filters on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Filter Your Tap Water I started researching our water supply and found some scary results. Filtered water looks like our best bet! Click here for the Environmental Working Group’s research on our West Virginia water supply. Confused about whether you need to filter your tap water? And how to do it? We all know that [...]
September & October Meeting Recap
Posted in Meeting Recaps on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
GREAT Minutes Monday October 26, 2009 Present: Thomas Rist, Savanna Lyons, Gabe Pena, Doug Arbogast, Carl Thompson, Ginger Danz, Rebecca Smith, Holly Clark, Kara Ware, Scott Fanello, Luke Elser, Tomoko Tamagawa (Quorum) Topics of Discussion: Earth Day: Kara Ware discussed a list of items which need to be addressed to prepare for Earth Day, 2010. [...]
Green Tip
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged environmentally friendly toilet paper, exhaust fan, green bathroom, green toilet, light showers, national geographic, True Green Home Book on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bathroom Basics The Taming of the Loo: Five easy tips for practicing conservation in your bathroom, from National Geographic’s True Green Home Book. Sink or Swim: Don’t let the faucet run, wasting our most precious resource, as part of your family’s daily bathroom routine. Embrace the drain stop and use your sink as it was [...]
Green Tip for the New Year!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2010 Happiness Challenge, go green for the new year, green challenge, New years resolution, no impact experiment, one green thing, the compact on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Join a New Years Challenge! Keep your green resolution by signing up for a group challenge — and getting eco-encouragement from fellow environmentalists. Made a resolution for the new year yet? If you’re looking for last-minute green goals to challenge yourself with in 2010, check out these green group challenges you can join. Fellow resolved [...]
