Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Use the electric hand dryer in the public restroom. Public restrooms often have paper towel dispensers and electric dryers; opt for the electric dryer if you have the choice. Electric dryers are twice as efficient as paper towels. The electricity that powers that powers the hand dryers generates … [Read more...]
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Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Have a yard sale. You may not need the used baby clothes and romance novels that have been gathering dust in your garage, but someone else might. A yard sale will help keep gently used items from the landfill and allow you to make a few dollars in the process. You can up your ecological impact by donating … [Read more...]
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Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Try the 100-mile diet. On average, the ingredients you use to make your favorite meal travel 1,500 miles before they reach your plate. The abundance of fresh fruits and veggies available in the summer makes it the perfect time to try the 100-mile diet — eating foods that were grown within 100 miles of your … [Read more...]
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Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Toss your used coffee grounds in the garden. Coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer of nitrogen-loving plants like roses, azaleas, and blueberries. Sprinkle the grounds around your plants before your water to create an instant slow-release fertilizer. You can also add coffee grounds to your compost … [Read more...]
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Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Remove the screensaver from your computer. A screensaver uses 100 watts of power, compared with just 10 watts in sleep mode. Consider this: a company with 5,000 computers that have screensavers running 20 hours per week uses emissions totaling 750,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, more than 5,800 pounds of … [Read more...]
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Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Pour leftover cooking grease in the aluminum ca instead of down the drain. After it cools, the liquid grease that is poured down the drain will turn into solid and can stick to the inside of your pipes. Over time, the buildup will restrict the flow of water and may cause raw sewage to back up into your home … [Read more...]