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Stop U.S. Postal Service

November 5, 2016 Comments Off on Stop U.S. Postal Service

Do you receive one or more copies of the thick-papered, glossy, full-color U.S. Postal Service’s USA Philatelic but don’t collect stamps and are disgusted by the waste of money and trees?  Call them at (800)782-6724 and ask them to stop.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Try These Halloween Earth-Friendly Fun Ideas

October 29, 2016 Comments Off on Try These Halloween Earth-Friendly Fun Ideas

Here it is, two days before Halloween, and you’re getting ready.  There’s a lot of waste (trash and your money) on this holiday.  Read 10 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Halloween and get some fun ideas.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Get it Out of Your Chest

October 22, 2016 Comments Off on Get it Out of Your Chest

I open my medicine chest and…what a mess!  Dried-out ointments, left-over pills from a surgery I want to forget, aspirin that expired three years ago….  Does your bathroom cabinet look like mine?  Time to clean it out and dispose of the junk, but dispose of it properly.

Medicines or hazardous waste are very harmful if put down a sink, toilet,  storm drain, or even tossed into the garbage.  They get  into our water system and poison us and our wildlife.

To find out what to do with all this stuff, contact your county. They should have a hazardous waste office.

 

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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A Lunch to Chew On

October 15, 2016 Comments Off on A Lunch to Chew On

A simple sandwich takes about 172 gals. of water to make a loaf of bread and lots more for the meat and veggies to go into it.  Save water by using organic lettuce and tomatoes from a sustainable, water-wise garden and make the sandwich open-faced.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Walking through 40 Countries

October 1, 2016 Comments Off on Walking through 40 Countries

October is International Walk to School Month.  40 countries are encouraging kids and their parents to walk to school. Get out of your car, put a little neighborhood group together, and get the kids to school under their own foot-power.  It’s healthy–for you AND for the earth.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Dusty, Useless Phone Books

September 3, 2016 Comments Off on Dusty, Useless Phone Books

Okay, so you forgot to call the phone-book people to stop delivery of those dust-gathering tomes you haven’t used since you first signed onto the Internet, and there they sit.  Tear out the pages and clean windows and mirrors with them, then recycle.  First, though, opt out NOW, before delivery-season is here.  To stop white and yellow pages from arriving on your doorstep, go to https://www.yellowpagesoptout.com.  It’s quick and easy.  Think of how many trees you’ll save, and how much less clutter you’ll have in your home.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Smart Phone/Smart Utilities

August 13, 2016 Comments Off on Smart Phone/Smart Utilities

Use your Smartphone to do your own analysis of your home’s use of water, electricity,  heating/cooling, and appliance energy: how much you consume, pay, and add to the atmosphere’s  CO2.  Learn ways to change that.  Download the free app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/heat-home-energy-audit-pro/id537939000?mt=8

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Plastic Down Your Drain

July 23, 2016 Comments Off on Plastic Down Your Drain

Stop washing plastic down the drain.  That face or body wash that promises to clean, exfoliate, and scrub away oil often contains little beads—made of plastic!  Read the label. Microbeads are being phased out, but you probably still have products in your home that contain them.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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Picture That–On the Sunny Side

July 2, 2016 Comments Off on Picture That–On the Sunny Side

With upcoming family gatherings, are you looking for new camera equipment? Consider a bag that has a built-in solar charger. Both it and rechargeable batteries are convenient for  you and healthy for the Earth.

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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THAT’S Reyclable?!

June 4, 2016 Comments Off on THAT’S Reyclable?!

Some things around the house you think are not recyclable (R) or compostable (C) really are, e.g., human and animal hair (R, C), dryer lint (C), cotton balls and Q-tips with cardboard handles (C).  Before tossing something that just might be recyclable into the garbage, check it out on  www.earth911.com.

 

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[For more easy, money-saving, earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

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