Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Toss your synthetic kitchen sponge and buy a sponge made fro cellulose fibers instead. “Synthetic sponges are made from nonrenewable resources and are often soaked in chemicals like triclosan that have antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. Triclosan is also [...]
Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Buy an LED Flashlight for emergencies. “Flashlights that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce a strong white light using 90 percent less energy than a traditional bulb and last up to 50 percent longer. Unlike traditional bulbs, LEDs contain [...]
If you are like me, you have good intentions when it comes to living a greener lifestyle. But life gets busy and things you had intended to work on get forgotten. One of the easiest ways to incorporate being green into daily life is to use reusable shopping bags. I have about a million of [...]
Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Rethink your holiday wardrobe. The book suggests asking a friend if she has a dress you can borrow to wear to a fancy holiday party. If that is not an option, try consignment stores. The bonus is that [...]
There are so many organic options these days- not just fruits and veggies! I recently received Miss Brittany’s Organic Preschool Fun Dough for review. The kit was created by a preschool teacher and includes 5 colors of dough, an apron, shaped blocks for decorating and a rolling pin. Everything included in the kit is 100% [...]
10 years ago, when I first became a mother, organic foods weren’t generally available. There were no Whole Foods in our area, we had a store called the PCC that I would have had to drive an hour to get to. When organic milk became available I immediately switched to it, knowing I didn’t want [...]
5 Quick, Money-Savings Green Living Tips by Gaiam Save money and time while living green with these 5 quick tips that will save you cash and shrink your carbon footprint. 1. Plug your TV, computer, cable box, stereo and game console into smart power strips. Saves 10% off your power bill. 2. Dry a load [...]
Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference is: Keep the oven door closed when you are making dinner. Resist the temptation to open the oven door to check on your pot roast. Each time you open the oven door, the temperature drops 25 to 50 [...]
Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference is “Put Garbage Where it Belongs- In the Trash Can” This tip is a reminder not to flush dead bugs, q-tips etc. down the toilet. Every time you flush it uses up to 6 gallons of water. Plus, [...]
You don’t have to be intimidated or overwhelmed by going green. Many people think that being green is too time consuming, costly or inconvienient but it doesn’t have to be! Every little bit counts and even small things that seem insignificant can make a huge impact. As promised from last week’s Go Green post, I [...]
