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Go Green With This Week’s Tip: Put Your Holiday Lights On Timers

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Put your holiday lights on timers. "Leaving your holiday lights turned on 24 hours a day will quadruple your energy costs — and create four times the pollution — as leaving them on for 6 hours.  Set your time to turn the lights on at dusk and leave them on until you go to bed.  You'll be able to enjoy the … [Read more...]

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Go Green With This Week’s Tip

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Check your windows. "Now that cooler temperatures have arrived, make sure your windows are closed tightly.  Heat will disapear out the windows if they're left open even if it's just a crack.  Take a few minutes to go from room to room to double-check that theat isn't escaping outside through an open window. … [Read more...]

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Go Green With This Week’s Tip: Check Your Washing Machine Hose

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Check the hose behind your washing machine. A kinked hose is more likely to crack and leak. Even a few tiny cracks can lead to a lot of wasted water — and possible water damage.  Your washing machine will also use more energy pushing water through a kinked hose.  Look behind the washing machine if the hose is … [Read more...]

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Go Green With This Weeks Tip: Don’t Toss That Jack-O-Lantern in the Trash!

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Thin twice before tossing your jack-o-lantern in the trash. Your Halloween pumpking can provide a feast for wildlife.  Smash the pumpkin into chunks and scatter the pieces in the backyard.  The birds and squirrels will feast on the seeds and pumpkin flesh.  Put any leftover pieces in your compost pile. See … [Read more...]

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Go Green With Today’s Tip

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Clean Your Gutters The Leaves and debris that collect in our gutters mix with the rainwater and get washed down the sewer drain.  Once the yard debris gets into the lakes and rivers, it creates algae, which decreases the oxygen in the water and kills marine life.  After you've cleaned your gutters, add the … [Read more...]

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Go Green with This Week’s Tip: Reuse Plastic Shopping Bags

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Reuse Plastic Shopping Bags. "You probably have dozens of plastic sh0pping bags lying around the house.  Use them to lin your garbage cans instead of buying a box of trash bags at the supermarket.  For every ton of plastic bags that are used, the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil is saved." For most … [Read more...]