 | Try using cotton swabs with a paperboard spindle instead of a plastic spindle. |
Green Begins at Home
Cotton Swaby
Cut Down on Coffee Stirrers
| Each year, Americans throw away 138 billion straws and coffee stirrers. To help cut down on your stirrer usage, you can simply pour your cream and sugar first, then pour in the coffee. |
Unwanted Hangers
| Some things, like wire hangers, can't be recycled. Instead, try donating them to a dry cleaners so they can be reused. |
Saving Water & An Oufit
 | One of the best ways to tell if your clothes are "dirty" is to smell them. There's no need to go around wearing the same t-shirt five times in a row, but wash your jeans every other time your wear them, this reduces fading, and saves tons of water. Also, try wearing PJ's more than once. If you can keep your clothes clean, there's no shame in saving if for later! |
Hand-me-downs
| When your old clothes don't fit you any more, give them to younger siblings or friends that are smaller than you. |
Clean up
| when you spill something, clean it up with old rags or use a sponge instead of paper towels! |
Winter Chills?
| Instead of cranking up the heat in the winter, simply put on a sweater! (This is my dad's favorite!) |
Electricity Challenge
| Walk to your friend's house instead of driving (especially if they live nearby)! And try to go the whole night without using any electricity!!! Play board games in beeswax candle light or play an interesting game of truth or dare. |
Trash
| Find new uses for the trash! Some people just throw away clothes and things that you could reuse. |
Green for Girls
| This might seem like TMI, but using cloth feminine products is WAY less wasteful than disposable ones, not to mention more comfortable and healthy! You can find lots of info on them--and lots of sellers--online! |
latest search engine
| Use blackle.com instead of google.com- it's the same thing but doesn't use energy to create colors on the screen!! |
Creativity is also fun!
| You can use old bookcovers for boards and frames for school projects and or arts & crafts. ps. Perfect for any gift on holidays. just decorate and create. |
Plant a tree
| If you plant a tree in front of your house it will keep out sun/heat in the summer with it's leaves and when it looses it's leaves it will let in sun/heat. |
Clothing Exchange
| When your clothes have outgrown you, you can exchange with friend's families.Or you can exchange at a clothing exchange. Also, you can cut up stained and dirty clothes to make rags to clean with. |
Paper Plates Anyone??
| A big paper plate/other product company just release this great new product. Paper plates, cups, and napkins that are made out of the un-used parts of sugarcane, meaning that they are biodegradable. These handy products cost about the same as regular paper plates but have much less impact on nature. The packaging of this product is made out of recycled bottles as well so they aren't only making a great eco-friendly product, they are also not using any plastic!!! |
Scour pad
| Use old potatoe sacks as a scouring pad for washing grimy pots and pans. |
No electric showers
| If you have a window in your bathroom, shower when it's still daytime so you use sunshine instead of electricity! |
clothing reborn
| you know that old t-shirt you loved and hate that you can't where it now because of the big hole or stain on it that stinks becaus now you cant even donate it. but you could reuse it make it in to a pillow or blanket square cutting out the bit thats messed up and keeping you favorit shirt and cozy at the same time. |
Clothing Reuse
| When you wear your jeans or jean shorts don't just throw them in the washer were them AGAIN & if your sweatshirt isn't smelling so fresh hang it up outside to get some fresh air & a fresh scent. |
Lights!
| Did you know with the new energy efficeint bulbs, you will be saving more then $300? The bulbs last up to 6 year i believe. |
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