Five Easy Ways to Go Green
a guest post from Collin Garvey (my son)
#1 Use less water by taking shorter showers and turning off the water when you brush your teeth. Repairing leaks saves water too. Also, try to avoid disposing tissues and insects in the toilet. Use a trash can or wastebasket instead. You can also try only running the dishwasher when it is full.
#2 Use less electricity by turning off lights, radios, computers, TVs, and anything else that uses electricity when you are done using them. Installing compact fluorescent light bulbs can help save electricity too.
#3 Use less paper by using both sides of a sheet of paper when possible and by coloring on blank pages in coloring books.
#4 Recycle by finding out what items your city’s trash company will recycle. You can also recycle plastic shopping bags at many supermarkets (such as Schnucks and Shop n’ Save) and batteries at some electronic stores (such as Radio Shack).
#5 Save gas by taking a bike instead of your car to any place possible. For example, if you are going to somebody’s house who lives just a mile away, and you are bringing nothing, take a bike!
Thank you, Collin!
If you have a tip for going green, I'd love to hear it. (And I'm sure Collin would, too!) Happy Earth Day!
Skip the plastic bags at the grocery store - use the reusable ones! It's easier to carry into the house too! I have one of the insulated ones for frozen goods and 6 regular ones. Covers all my grocery trips.
Posted by: Cheri | April 22, 2009 at 06:42 AM
Good tips, Collin!
My son Jacob added one for you:
Unplug appliances that you are not using, as they draw still electricity.
Posted by: jennifer sizemore | April 22, 2009 at 08:01 AM
Being organized really helps me to be more green. I don't over-purchase things that I aready own, I have more time to make green living choices, and I appreciate and enjoy my envorinment so much more.
Posted by: Vonnie | April 22, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Thanks for the tips Collin! I didn't know about Radio Shack recycling batteries.
Posted by: Kelly | April 22, 2009 at 04:40 PM
I see a future blogger in the making here... great list by the way!
Posted by: Megan @ Disorder2Order | April 22, 2009 at 09:56 PM
I love the tip about the bugs - Fantastic!
Grace's favorite go-green tip is to make a worm box. Our worms (ok, that sounds SO gross) eat ALL of our veggie scraps, coffee/tea/eggshells, they eat also eat our newspapers.
In the end we have THE best compost for our plants - and they're kind of cool to watch. They had about a million babies this year!
Posted by: Christall | April 22, 2009 at 11:50 PM
SMART TIP: Unplug charging devices when they aren't in use. These devices, even when not in use, use minimal amounts of power 24/7.
Posted by: Phentermine 37.5 | April 11, 2010 at 01:08 PM