Plastic Rings

You know those plastic rings that keep your beverages together? Snip them before putting them into your recycling bin. Why? They can cause damage and death to wildlife - they can be strangled by them, and if they think it's food, they will choke on it.

Lessen Your Meat Consumption

Quick Tip: Cutting your consumption of beef and pork can save up to 1,500 pounds of CO2 emmissions a year, and also a whole lot of water that is used in its production.

Back To Business!

Sorry I've been away! I've been finishing up my latest e-book called Getting Green. It will be out soon!

Shorter Showers

Tip: Shorten Your Showers.
Why? You can save more than 5 gallons of water for every minute you shorten your shower. Limit your shower to 5 minutes or less. Set a timer.

Better Lightbulbs

Tip: Switch to energy-saving light-bulbs.
Why? Compact fluorescent light-bulbs (CFL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) light-bulbs use 75% less energy and last about 10 times as long as incandescent bulbs. Switching will keep a lot of greenhouse gasses out of the air, and will save you money.

Deodorants

Make sure your deodorant doesn't contain aluminum, potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been linked to Alzheimers Disease.

Heat it up!

Use a portable heater in the room you are in instead of heating the entire house. Why? Heating rooms you aren't using wastes electricity and money, and releases a lot of CO2 into the air.

Charging Cell Phones

When you need to charge your cell phone, charge it for an hour on two, and don't let it sit overnight. This simple change will save energy and money almost every day.

Keep It Cold

Use cold water when you wash your clothes. Ninety percent of the energy used by washing machines goes to heating.

Resolutions

Start your "green" resolutions now!

Wrapping Paper

Don't forget that wrapping paper is paper. Recycle it!

Insulation

Check the insulation in your home - and install more if you need it.

Resolutions

Start making your green New Years Resolutions now. Recycling more, using only natural personal care products and cleaners in your home, driving less (and not idling), bringing your own shopping bags, etc. Make it a Great Green New Year!

Packaging

Buy gifts that don't have a lot of packaging. Also check that the packaging it does have, can be recycled.

Holiday Lights

If you are in the market for some new holiday lights, look for those with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. They use 90% less energy, saving you money, and last 60 times as long as incandescent bulbs. They also last 6 times as long as CFL's, and don't contain any mercury. They are also the best choice to have in your home all year long.

Shop Online

Shop online. Use standard ground to avoid the usage of five times the fuel needed to send it on the ground and all the air pollution for the plane to fly.

Straws

Recycle plastic straws.

Ice Cubes

Fill your ice cube trays with filtered water.

Six Packs

Snip the six-pack rings that hold beverages together - they are very bad, and often deadly to wildlife.

Space Heaters

Turn on a space heater in the room you are in instead of heating your whole house with your furnace.