What are your favorite quick and easy green ideas for:
> home
> transportation
> kid stuff
> other ideas
i'll consolidate the list and put it all in one place . . .
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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Holiday Ideas
- > buy or make gifts from recycled materials
- > give experiences instead of stuff
- > kids can decorate brown paper bags and use for wrapping paper, tags and cards
- > organize a toy swap with friends
- > resist the urge to over-gift
- > send electronic or homemade/recycled holiday cards
- > the little ones can make handmade "green" cards with coupons
Easy Changes
- > buy or make eco-friendly cleaning supplies
- > food waste (no meat, dairy or grease) into the yard waste bin instead of the trash can
- > host An Inconvenient Truth party at your home
- > pack lunches with reusable containers and cloth napkins
- > show kids how to recycle
- > swap old light bulbs out for compact fluorescent ones
Hard Changes
- > breaking up with the drive-thru at Starbucks
- > figuring out to make public transportation work in our lives (and waiting out in the cold)
- > recycling that nasty jar of old salsa instead of throwing it away
- > remembering to actually bring cloth bags to the grocery store
- > understanding how serious global warming actually is
Some of Us
- > compost our food
- > eat locally grown food
- > plant a vegetable garden
- > use cotton bags at the grocery store
- > wash our dishes by hand
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