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Try for at least a week (or a couple days to be realistic for newbies) to not buy anything that has packaging (or if it does, it has to be from recycled product or reusable product)
That means everything you buy has to be without plastic, paper, cardboard, boxes.
After trying this, you’ll see just how excessive some of the packaging is.
You can easily buy fruits, veggies, produce by foregoing the plastic bags and use a string tote or reusable bag.
Let’s see how many items you have to do away with because of the packaging.
Packaging on items is out of control with cardboard inserts, with item twist tied or tie strapped to cardboard then covered with plastic. Then, the over packaged items goes into a plastic bag tot ake home. What is the point in all the packaging? Trying to destroy the environment with each purchase?
Post your comments below to let me know how well or bad you did, or what you think of all the packaging used on items.
I’m pretty sure most of us have broken or old cell phones laying around the house.
Now you can get money for your recycling your cell phone.
Visit RecycleYourCellPhoneForMoney.com to see how much you can get for yours and keep it out of the landfill and not contribute to ewaste.
They will send you a postage paid box. Simply send the phone and charger back, then the company will verify it and send you a check. They refurbish the phone, then they sell them in developing countries. (Note: Older models don’t qualify for cash payment. If this is the case with your cell phone, you can donate to a women’s shelter or even cell phone providers offer cell phone recycling if you take it to them).
Cell phones are full of toxic chemicals, and considered hazardous waste in some states so don’t simply trash them.
ebooks—electronic version of a book–are eco friendly.
Now you can pretty much get alot of new books as an ebook.
Some have the printed versions available as well for those who prefer having a book in hand rather than reading on the computer.
I love both.
Now, some may argue that while ebooks save trees, ink, and have a lower carbon footprint than a printed book they ‘make’ people use power to read them since they’re on their computer. There isn’t any data yet (at least I haven’t found any) where they’ve calculated the environmental friendliness of ebooks vs printed books.
Additionally, you’d have to consider some people will and do read books at the library or are involved with book swaps which would cut down part of the printed books “faults” and there’s research that shows that only about 10% of the ebooks that are downloaded are actually read…so, you have to take all that into consideration. However, for the purpose of this blog I’m going to just say that ebooks alleviate the waste involved with printing on virgin paper, toxic dyes/inks, and all the factors of packaging and shipping a printed book that aren’t incurred with ebooks and leave it at that!
In fact I just got a free version of High Raw by Kevin Gianni but I did also order the print version too. I loved the book and the fact I could immediately read it (it was AWESOME by the way), but I also wanted the print version to use for reference with others, etc. (see I’m not “perfectly green”)
You can read a variety of ebooks from EcoBrain.com as well.
Naturally I’m focusing on eco friendly, raw, vegan and natural health ebooks here
But there are many others available for just about any and all subjects you may be interested in.
Although it may not be the first thing that comes to mind when going green, your approach to how you care for your home landscape has a significant impact on your overall environmental impact. Natural landscapes operate in elegantly complete, closed loop systems. The closer your home landscape replicates these systems, the lower your impact. Unfortunately, many of today’s landscapes are energy intensive, wasteful, and polluted monocultures that fight against nature rather than work with it.
Consider the following statistics for the U.S.:
* There are currently over 40 million acres of turf grass.
* 800 million gallons of gas per year are used to power lawn mowers.
* The pesticide use per acre on home landscapes is 20 times more than used on farms.
* A gas lawn mower running one hour emits the equivalent pollution of eight new cars driving 55 mph for the same amount of time.
* Approximately one-half of residential water use goes to landscaping.
* The average percentage of landfill waste that is yard waste is 20%, and can be much higher during peak seasons.
These numbers add up to a significant negative impact, contributing to the problems of water and air pollution, water shortages, climate change, overflowing landfills, and material shortages. Fortunately a new attitude is emerging. Read on for ideas about how to address these concerns, and make your landscape more sustainable, a place that promotes environmental quality and conserves natural resources.
How to Grow a Sustainable Deep Green Lawn
One of the simple pleasures of summer is walking barefoot through a thick green lawn. But the typical residential lawn uses significant amounts of fuel, water, fertilizer, and pesticides, leaving a sizable environmental footprint to allow for that summer walk. Yet, there are many options to make your home lawn much more sustainable.
1. The first option to consider is to simply have less lawn. Adding or expanding planting beds, garden space, or patio areas all allow you to reduce the size of your lawn area and its many inputs.
2. Use a lower maintenance turf grass. They need lower inputs of water, nutrients, and mowing to keep them looking good.
3. Whenever possible, use organic fertilizers and pest controls. Growing demand for organics is being noticed, and the supply options are dramatically expanding.
4. Mow high. This shades the crown of the grass plant and the soil, retaining moisture, keeping the soil cooler, and reducing germination of weed seeds.
5. When mowing and cleaning up, consider scrapping your polluting, noisy gas-powered mower and blower and instead use a quiet, person-powered reel mower, rake, and broom. They all work just as well and give you exercise as well.
6. Leave the grass clippings on the lawn. As long as the grass doesn’t reach the jungle stage, leaving the clippings on will have no negative effect. In fact, as the clippings break down they contribute necessary nutrients that help keep your grass green and healthy.
7. If you water, water properly. Deep, infrequent watering is the most efficient, promoting deeper-rooted, more resilient grass. Water early in the morning when wind and evaporation losses are at their lowest. Also, if you have a sprinkler system make sure it is working properly, with no leaks, and spray patterns only on the lawn, not the street or sidewalk. And use a rain sensor, which will tell your system not to water if you’ve just had a nice rain.
By taking these steps, the simple pleasures of a home lawn can be enjoyed guilt-free.
Landscaping Guide
Free Green Irene Guide to Sustainable Landscaping
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Everyone has to give gifts at some point in time…wrap yours environmentally friendly.
You can “wrap” gifts in a reusable bag, newspaper adorned with flowers or herbs in lieu of ribbon.
Most regular gift wrap is expensive and lasts but a few mere minutes before the recipient of your gift rips it into shreds and off to landfill it goes.
and NO, I’m not talking about green M&M’s or candy!
Green as in greens, vegetables, green smoothie, green power drink, wheat grass.
Natural green not artificial colored green!
It’s healthier for you as well as the environment!
Great source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants.
No chemicals, no artificial coloring so it’s healthier not only for you but the land as well.
And right now, you can get High Raw ebook for FREE from this link
Learn from your kids and teens.
They’re being brought up in a time where they know the importance of recycling, being environmentally friendly.
We as adults should want to give them a cleaner, healthier planet to live on.
Our kids are asking for it…are you listening? are you recycling? are you making even one change?
Your children come home from school and ask to please please can they recycle.
You think it’s too much work or too much of a hassle.
STOP with that line of thought.
Recycling isn’t time consuming nor a hassle and it gives you the chance to show your children that you care about what they want, you care about the environment and you can spend time doing something productive and life changing with your children.
So, if you don’t feel the desire to recycle or be greener on your own…listen to what your kids want and do it for the children.
If you don’t know what or how to recycle, visit Earth911.com for information
You can also hire an eco consultant to come to your home or office and show you how to set up a recycling system for your needs.
