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Furniture-Buying Tip

Buying some pretty new wood furniture?  Or other wood items?  First, find out where the wood used for the item is coming from.  If it’s from a rain forest, buy something else.  Our dwindling rain forests are essential to life on Earth.

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[For more easy, money-saving, Eco-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-tailer.]

 

Plastic Algae?

Something to think about when tossing out those grocery bags and water bottles: After decades of plastic waste disposal, there is now more plastic than algae in the ocean. 

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[For more easy, money-saving, Eco-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-tailer.]

 

Earth-Friendly Tip: Vinegar isn’t Just for Salads

Lay in Costco-sized vats of white vinegar.  To avoid substances that are toxic to your family and planet, use white vinegar instead.  www.vinegartips.com gives 1001 uses for white vinegar (cleaning home and car; deodorizing; killing germs; eliminating laundry stains and odors; controlling weeds, ants, slugs, fleas on pets; soothing sunburn and insect bites; cooking; etc.).

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[For more easy, money-saving, Eco-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-tailer.]

 

 

Earth-Friendly Tip: Shun Needless Documents

Choose “no” when asked if you want a receipt at the gas pump, ATM, and self-serve checkout.  Sign up at your bank for paper-free, on-line options for billing and paying bills and receiving monthly statements.  Save trees, cut down on litter, avoid worry that lost receipts and statements will end up in the hands of identity thieves. 

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[For more easy, Eco-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-tailer.]

 

 

Earth-Friendly Tip During Party Season

It’s  party season!  Cut down on entertainment-trash.  Buy a set of reusable dishes and flatware for parties—settings in various patterns from thrift stores are fun.  Use name tags on guests’ glasses and cups.  Be sure to avoid any Styrofoam.

[For more easy, Eco-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-tailer.]

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