Mommies with Cents

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Go Green With This Week’s Tip: Turn Off Your Car While You Wait

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Turn off your car while you while you wait. "When you're picking up the kids at summer camp, turn off your car.  For every minute your car idles, it emits almost 7 grams of pollutants like nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. You can also save gas by reducing excessive idling: for every … [Read more...]

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Go Green with This Week’s Tip: Run Your Pool Filter & Sweeper System Overnight

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Run your pool filter and sweeper system overnight. "Cleaning your pool during off-peak hours (like the middle of the night) helps conserve energy.  During peak hours, power companies are often forced to use backup genertators to meet the demand for energy.  Backup generators are not as efficient as the main … [Read more...]

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Go Green with This Week’s Tip: Turn ON The Air Conditioning in Your Car

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Turn on the air conditioning in your car. "Keeping the windows open might seem like an eco-friendly option, but it actually reduces the aerodynamics of the car, making it less fuel efficient, especially on the highway.  You'll actually improve your fuel economy by 20% or more if you drive with the A/C on and … [Read more...]

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Kill A Watt Giveaway

Electricity prices are on the rise and electronics and other household appliances could be contributing to a higher than necessary electricity bill. Find out the operating costs of each appliance or device with a Kill A Watt EZ.  This tool is simple to use.  Just plug it into an outlet then plug your appliance or device into it.  The Large LCD screen will calculate and display the expense by day, … [Read more...]

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Go Green with This Week’s Tip: Pack a Waste-Free Lunch

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Pack a waste-free lunch. "Eliminate plastic bags, disposable containers, paper napkins, and plastic utensils from your lunch.  You might be tempted to buy convenience foods in single-serving packages at the supermarket, but the waste adds up quickly.  Over 10 billion yogurt cups and 3.6 billion drink pouches … [Read more...]

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Go Green With This Week’s Tip: Get the Junk Out of Your Trunk

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Get the junk out of your trunk. "If you're driving around with the cooler, beach chairs, and charcoal grill from your vacation in your trunk, you're not getting good gas mileage.  An extra 100 pounds in the trunk can reduce your car's fuel efficiency by up to 2 percent, so take the time to store the gear in … [Read more...]