With upcoming family activities–graduation, wedding, vacation trips–you may be 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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No-Mess Clean-Up
Clean up that mess! But not with paper towels. They get too gunky and degrade so much when wet that they can’t be recycled. If all Americans used one less per day of the 13 billion pounds we use annually, we’d save 571,230,000 pounds of paper a year. Use a rag instead, then toss it in with your wash and reused it for a later mess. That way, you clean up a mess without creating another one for our planet.
[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.]
Easter-Basket Time!
Instead of using a plastic or processed wicker Easter basket, use a wooden one or reuse an old one (may need new coat of paint). Or sew one out of fabric. Or use something reusable, like a sand pail.
[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.]
Your Smart Green Phone
Carry recycling information with you on your smart phone—what can be recycled, local recycling options, and recycling centers throughout the U.S. Download Earth911.com’s free app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irecycle/id312708176.
[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.]
That’s Garbage!
Use the garbage disposal less often. Between faucets washing scraps down the drain and huge amounts of water used at the sewage treatment plant, 500,000 gallons of water are wasted daily. Choose and cook foods which produce little waste, be creative with leftovers, and turn what remains into compost to nourish your plants without a trip to the nursery for plant food.
[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.]
DVR and Cable Costs
There are two energy-gobblers you stare at daily yet don’t think much about. One is your DVR. If you seldom use it, unplug it until you actually do want to use it. The other is your cable box. While away on vacation, unplug it, too. These items draw a lot of power, even when not in use but while still plugged in.
[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.]
Resolution for 2016
New Year’s Resolution: This year I will buy products that will last and rent items I’ll use only once or twice, and I will take pride in the resulting extra space in my home and at the landfill.
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Work for Free?
Work for free! It will be fun! It’s a chance to learn how the business operates while you pack and ship orders! You’ll get a free lunch!
URBN (they own Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie) was hoping for a good response when they sent an email to their salaried employees asking just that.
Would you give up your time to volunteer to help so your (large) company can meet the demands of a busy month? Many people did, and even salaried employees volunteered, although they were denied the opportunity because that’s against labor rules.
Okay, so volunteering (assuming there was no corporate pressure) to help your company may be a sign of loyalty. If so, why doesn’t such loyalty go both ways? If they need more people to work, even for only a month, and if they can’t find enough part-timers, why not reward the faithful with a monetary bonus? A business that large with the “problem” of having too many orders to fill should have enough in their budget to show respect for their workers.
Build Yourself a Cool Kitchen
Remodeling your kitchen? Plan to place your fridge in a cooler spot, away from the oven or a sunny window. Each 1 degree above 70 around the fridge uses 2.5% more energy.
[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.]
See the Light
Do you light your garden or pathway? Solar powered lights save energy AND can be used for light inside the house during a power outage.
[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, choose a format, and download to your computer or e-book device. Or download a free copy from your favorite e-book seller.]