Plant a tree
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
A single native tree can absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. So plant a tree!! ( or visit Tree-Nation to plant one in your global neighborhood.)
Green Tip Tuesday
Drive Less
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Walk, bike or take public transport, you’ll save one pound of Carbon Dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.
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Join your local FreeCycle chapter
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007How many times have you taken something to the dump, or put it in the garbage bin because you thought no one would want it? That old couch… the timber you just pulled off of the kids treehouse (because the kids got to old for a treehouse)… that linoleum you just pulled up from your redecorating endeavors.
Believe it or not, those things can be reused by someone else. Perhaps a newlywed couple could use a couch to put in their new home. Maybe a college student could use that old bike to get to school. Perhaps you could use that old ladder with one missing rung…
Join your local FreeCycle and reduce the amount of solid waste making it to the landfill.
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Decline the bag…
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007How many times have you done it? You run into the drugstore or convenience store, you grab a soda, or a birthday card, or a bottle of aspirin. While you’re passing your checkcard through the reader, they bag that cola. You get your receipt and ten steps later you’re in your car and the bag in in the trash, or the backseat, or floating in the wind.
Just say no.
Turn the water off when brushing your teeth
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Did you know that turning off the water while you brush your teeth, can save up to a gallon a minute?
Remember that wasting water also wastes power. Water has to be pumped to your tap, which requires a lot of energy.
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Highlighting products, services, and a growing number of "grassroots" ideas, Urban Ecoist is one blogger's attempt to document, examine, and explore the myriad ways an ecologically minded urbanite can reduce her impact on the world around her, while maintaining a comfortable way of life. Topics included will be environmental pollution and contamination, personal product reviews, recycling, upcycling, DIY recycling projects, alternative fuels, plastic bag and solid waste managment, green products, green services, with tips and tricks (every Tuesday on how you can do it too) thrown in. Anything 'Mother Earth' related is fair game...
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