20 Tips To Help You Go Green!!!!! #10ThingsOnATuesday
It’s 10 Things On A Tuesday DOUBLED . . . 
With Pantone announcing that “Emerald Green” was the 013, and it sadly has nothing to do with GOING GREEN, we thought it was highly appropriate to show what GREEN is really about.
It’s more than just a color of a priceless emerald or the suit lining in next year’s fashion, it’s our EARTH.
“Going Green” means to pursue knowledge and practices that can lead to more environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible decisions and lifestyles, which can help protect the environment and sustain its natural resources for current and future generations.
So yes . . . let’s GREEN in 2013!!!!
So this week’s #10ThingsOnATuesday is double the fun!!! We’re sharing some GO GREEN tips!!
While it’s hundreds of tips and changes you can make towards GREEN LIVING, our list below will compile some of the easier tips you can start to change one by one, day by day. Once you’ve accomplished minor changes, go for the bigger ones like changing out household appliances to energy saving, biking to work, growing a garden or starting a compost!
1. Hang your laundry out to try versus using a dryer.
2. Use recyclable bags when you grocery shop.
3. Take 5 minute showers.
4. Wash in cold water not hot.
5. Receive and pay your bills online (eliminates printed bills).
6. Remove yourself from unsolicited mail, stop pre-screen credit card offers etc
7. Re-use scrap paper!!! (Kids don’t care what they are coloring on!!)
8. Re-purpose glass jars in your kitchen!!! (Putting food away? Use an old jar versus buying plastic containers)
9. Use cloth napkins instead of paper.
10. Collect rain water for plant and garden use.
11. Buy from your farmer’s market and local producers.
12. Turn off the lights and appliances when you leave the room!!
13. Clean with natural products and use old rags!
14. Re-purpose items in your home instead of throwing them out. (Ok so all of us aren’t that creative, but we’re just saying, before you throw old chairs or table into a junk pile, see if something else can be done)
15. Lower the temperature on your hot water heater.
16. Cut off the water when brushing your teeth.
17. Use cloth diapers!
18. Stop buying cases of water, get a re-usable bottle and RE USE IT!
19. Change your lightbulbs to CFL bulbs (compact fluorescent lamp)
20. RECYCLE.
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