Every step you take toward going green for the new year always helps a family household. Gathering ideas of going green for the new year may save your family money and on your way to becoming organized.
Top 10 Tips are as followed:
1. Try to avoid toys or gadgets that require batteries and don’t add much value to your lives.
2. Use Re-usable grocery bags every time you shop.
3. Paying Bills online or upfront- this will avoid “paper and mailing “paper back again.
4. Buying in Bulk is always eco-friendly too. This method if used can also save money.
5. Composting is another great method of going green. It is typically used in gardens and landscaping and rich in nutrients and it’s a key ingredient in organic farming.
6. Using less paper for school or homework. Tips to share with your teachers or your kids teachers to be considered would be turning over poster boards, reusable paper for writing spelling words as an example.
7. Planning greener birthdays or holiday parties - Saving jelly jars and serving drinks in jars with initials on top. Making birthdays with signs with fabric and sewing words in yarn.
8. Do less laundry - Reuse a bath towel a few times before placing in laundry basket. Along with pj’s and this will definitely save on detergent or doing more laundry in the future.
9. Buy and use less “cleaners” and use more natural cleaners - Discovering that good old baking soda and vinegar will do many household cleaning jobs very well and are better for the earth too.
10. Be more organized and plan ahead – One may have greener options that escape us because we ran out of time. For example, handmade Mother’s Day gifts or cards. Planning ahead and being more organized can save money and help do our part to save the earth.
For more information www.getgreenliving.com
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