Green Living Guide: Renew-Reuse-Recycle 365 days a year!
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Green Living - Renew Reuse and Recycle
"Renew, re-use, recycle" has become a call to action for millions who care about our planet. What can each of us do to ensure a bright future for our children, grandchildren, and forthcoming generations? The Green Living Guide-a new annual from Llewellyn-offers fresh ideas and Earth-friendly advice for sustaining our world. From green careers to green houses to green weddings, this collection explores how to live in harmony with the environment. Ranging from personal lifestyle options to broad solutions, you'll find a bounty of ways small and large to make a difference.
What will you discover in the "Green Living Guide"?
This issue features over twenty in-depth articles on ecotravel, transportation alternatives, bike commuting, rain gardens, vermicomposting, beekeeping, wind turbine power, permaculture, and more. Also included are practical tips and resources for those who want to become an Earth advocate in their home, community, and world.
LivGREEN Magazine
"Green Living for the Real World"
I was at the Women's Expo in Minneapolis today, and I came upon a new publication called "LivGreen" Magazine. I met the publisher and founder, Mark L. Kjerke, and two other lovely ladies (sorry gals, I didn't get your names) that were with him promoting his awesome new publication! I showed him Squidoo, and needed to make sure that the world was notified by me that this is here!!! Check out the web page "LivGreen" Magazine to find out more!
Inexpensive! One year, 12 issues only $19.99. You can contact "LivGreen" Magazine, PO Box 20258, Woodbury MN, 55125. Phone 612.210.5525. Fax 651.493.0945.
Environmental Impact of Dapers
The Case for Potty Training
Welcome to the current state of potty-training in the United States today. Thanks to the convenience of disposable diapers and misguided advice from pediatricians to wait until children ask to be trained, the average age at which training is completed has risen to an all-time historical high (over age 3) and is continuing to climb!
This delay in potty training is taking its toll on the environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 7.26 billion pounds of disposable diapers end up in US landfills every year, with each diaper estimated to take up to 500 years to decompose. What's more, according to National Geographic, the number of disposable diapers used in one year in the United States alone (18 billion) laid end to end would circle the world 90 times! And, unfortunately, many experts believe cloth diapers have different, but equally undesirable consequences.
In reaction to the rising age of potty training and the environmental impact of diapers use, parents are seeking "greener" alternatives.
Armed with the knowledge that babies in many countries around the world today are potty trained during infancy, a small group of highly motivated parents and professionals became advocates of what is now termed "Elimination Communication" (also known as the "Diaper Free Movement" or "Infant Potty Training"). With this approach, parents can train infants within months of birth by holding a diaperless infant over a pot or sink and making a "shhh" sound to trigger elimination.
This is only a portion of the article: Author Information
Child development experts Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn are the authors of the books Baby Signs, Baby Minds and Baby Hearts and creators of the Baby SignsŪ Potty Training Program. The authors are regularly cited in national parenting magazines and have appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Doctors, Dateline NBC and many others. For program information and links to their research, please visit www.BabySigns.com and www.PottyTrainWithBabySigns.com.
I added this article and video because I thought it was very interesting. The visual is what really got me.
This delay in potty training is taking its toll on the environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 7.26 billion pounds of disposable diapers end up in US landfills every year, with each diaper estimated to take up to 500 years to decompose. What's more, according to National Geographic, the number of disposable diapers used in one year in the United States alone (18 billion) laid end to end would circle the world 90 times! And, unfortunately, many experts believe cloth diapers have different, but equally undesirable consequences.
In reaction to the rising age of potty training and the environmental impact of diapers use, parents are seeking "greener" alternatives.
Armed with the knowledge that babies in many countries around the world today are potty trained during infancy, a small group of highly motivated parents and professionals became advocates of what is now termed "Elimination Communication" (also known as the "Diaper Free Movement" or "Infant Potty Training"). With this approach, parents can train infants within months of birth by holding a diaperless infant over a pot or sink and making a "shhh" sound to trigger elimination.
This is only a portion of the article: Author Information
Child development experts Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn are the authors of the books Baby Signs, Baby Minds and Baby Hearts and creators of the Baby SignsŪ Potty Training Program. The authors are regularly cited in national parenting magazines and have appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Doctors, Dateline NBC and many others. For program information and links to their research, please visit www.BabySigns.com and www.PottyTrainWithBabySigns.com.
I added this article and video because I thought it was very interesting. The visual is what really got me.
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Quick Tips to Stay Warm in the Winter and Save Money!
Something you can do if you have a minute, a day or a month.
Got a minute - Leave shades and blinds open on sunny days, but close them at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows.
Have a day - Insulate your water heater with a fitted water heater blanket. Insulate at least the first 6-10 feet of hot water supply pipe with pipe insulation. Set your hot water heater at 120 degrees.
Got a month - Insulate! Add weather stripping around the edge of doors. Seal any cracks or gaps around windows, light fixtures and plumbing with caulk or putty. add insulation where you can.
Have a day - Insulate your water heater with a fitted water heater blanket. Insulate at least the first 6-10 feet of hot water supply pipe with pipe insulation. Set your hot water heater at 120 degrees.
Got a month - Insulate! Add weather stripping around the edge of doors. Seal any cracks or gaps around windows, light fixtures and plumbing with caulk or putty. add insulation where you can.
Green Living Books
These could enhance your collection!
Buy used if you are comfortable with that! They are usually in great shape!
10 Reducing - Reusing - Recycing Tips
A few reminders about recycling...maybe a few new ideas!
1. Use a water filter and a water bottle - this may decrease or totally eliminate your need for plastic water bottles.
2. Try to find and use high recycled content in everything from printer paper to office chairs.
3. Make art from your recyclable materials.
4. Recycle your electronics: TVs, Computer CPUs and Monitors, Old Cell Phones, Batteries (for your small electronics and vehicles), Offer it to the local Technical Center if you don't want it and it needs to be spiffed up then they can train students and possibly sell items they sell to increase funds for the programs.
5. Choose reusable alternatives to disposable items. A few examples include: cloth rags vs. paper towels, washable plates vs. paper plates, mesh washable coffee filters vs. paper filters.
6. Put left over food or beverages in a re-usable container vs. disposable (tin foil, plastic wrap, sealable bags).
7. When shopping if you are making a small purchase don't take a plastic bag (if you need to, use that plastic bag for a small waste basket in your home instead of buying small bags) or bring your own bag along.
8. Purchase items in bulk whenever possible. You save money and on packaging waste.
9. Reduce water use whenever possible: turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth, scrape food off of plates before putting in dishwasher instead of rinsing, keep drinking water in the refigerator to keep it cold instead of running the tap to get the cold water.
10. The Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) Mail Preference Service lets you opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial mail from many national companies for five years. When you register with this service (for a $1 fee), your name will be put on a "delete" file and made available to direct-mail marketers. However, your registration will not stop mailings from organizations that do not use the DMA's Mail Preference Service. To register with DMA's Mail Preference Service, go to www.dmachoice.org.
2. Try to find and use high recycled content in everything from printer paper to office chairs.
3. Make art from your recyclable materials.
4. Recycle your electronics: TVs, Computer CPUs and Monitors, Old Cell Phones, Batteries (for your small electronics and vehicles), Offer it to the local Technical Center if you don't want it and it needs to be spiffed up then they can train students and possibly sell items they sell to increase funds for the programs.
5. Choose reusable alternatives to disposable items. A few examples include: cloth rags vs. paper towels, washable plates vs. paper plates, mesh washable coffee filters vs. paper filters.
6. Put left over food or beverages in a re-usable container vs. disposable (tin foil, plastic wrap, sealable bags).
7. When shopping if you are making a small purchase don't take a plastic bag (if you need to, use that plastic bag for a small waste basket in your home instead of buying small bags) or bring your own bag along.
8. Purchase items in bulk whenever possible. You save money and on packaging waste.
9. Reduce water use whenever possible: turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth, scrape food off of plates before putting in dishwasher instead of rinsing, keep drinking water in the refigerator to keep it cold instead of running the tap to get the cold water.
10. The Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) Mail Preference Service lets you opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial mail from many national companies for five years. When you register with this service (for a $1 fee), your name will be put on a "delete" file and made available to direct-mail marketers. However, your registration will not stop mailings from organizations that do not use the DMA's Mail Preference Service. To register with DMA's Mail Preference Service, go to www.dmachoice.org.
13 Kitchen Must-Haves for Waste-Free Partying
from Trendhunter.com
- 13 Kitchen Must-Haves for Waste-Free Partying
- If you're hosting a party at your home to watch tonight's Fiesta Bowl game, you're no doubt dreading the post-game cleanup. Whether your Fiesta Bowl menu will be served upon paper plates or your finest china, there's inevitably some degree of waste involved in each endeavor.
This is directly from the Trendhunter.com website description: These biodegradable, compostable and edible party options below ensure your Fiesta Bowl, Super Bowl or any other game day fete is as waste-free as possible. Serve up nachos on the biodegradable plates, then toss them into a compost heap or plant them in your backyard. Edible tableware makes the decision of what to do with plates at the end of the meal easy--just eat 'em!
If you don't have a compost pile, we've included some indoor composters that will fit on your tabletop or inside a cabinet. Going green has never been easier!
Get something at the auction!
Green Living
What else is a better way to find something - find a great deal on Ebay! (I'm almost at 100 feedback as a seller! Woo Hoo! None of these are mine - I don't have any auctions up @ this time.)
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