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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: Research your options for energy-efficient home-office equipment. “When the time comes to buy new home-office equipment, you could buy a printer, copier, scanner, and a fax machine, or you could opt for an all-in-one unit.  Using one multitasking machine instead of a different piece of equipment for … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip: Test Your Home for Radon

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Test Your Home for Radon “Radon is a radioactive gas that is created when the uranium in soil and water breaks down and is released into the air.  It can seep into your home through cracks in the walls and floors, gaps around pipes, and construction joints.  Radon levels can be especially high during … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip: Leave Your Leaf Blower in the Garage

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Leave Your Leaf Blower in the Garage. “Leaf blowers emit carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and hydrocarbons.  Two-stroke engines (like those in leaf blowers) caue as much smog as 17 cars every hour they're used!  Rake your leaves instead.  You'll get a good workout and keep pollutants, including noise … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip: Buy Refill Baby Wipes

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Buy Refill Packs of Baby Wipes “Most baby wipes come in plastic packaging.  You can cut down on waste by buying refill packs when you run out of baby wipes.  The refill packs use 90% less packaging than plastic containers of wipes, and result in less waste in the landfill.” At Target the other day I … [Read more...]

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Babies Going Green

The process of bearing and raising a child is expensive enough as it is; why hassle with the raised prices and complications of organic this and organic that? Organic: Pesticide-Free For those of us who remain confused after all the media hubbub or have just been living under a rock for the past ten years, in short, organic means that no pesticides were used in production of xyz. Back in … [Read more...]

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Go Green with Today’s Tip: Move Your Refrigerator

Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference:  Move your refrigerator. “Leaving space between your refrigerator and the wall increases circulation around the condenser coils, allowing the fridge to operate more efficiently.  If you have a freezer, be sure to move it away from the wall as well.” Be sure to check out all of the other posts in our … [Read more...]