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What Can Green Do for You.

These are usually daily musings of my struggle to go green (or get greener).

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50 Things I want to do to get greener. 

This is a list of my environmental goals.

1.Use less paper towels and Switch to post consumed paper towels
2.Making something useful out of trash.
3.Switch to post consumed toilet paper
4.switch to post consumed tissues
5.Grow three herbs
6.Go to a farmers market
7.Get 10 pieces of clothing at good will (that I wear regularly)
8.Get 5 pieces of organic clothing
9.Find three meatless meals my family will eat
10.Shorten shower time (with timer)
11.Take cloth bags to grocery store
12.Check tire pressure on car
13.Bring foil and bag for leftovers when I eat out
14.move dog door
15.Donate stuff to goodwill
16.Take a cup to Starbucks to refill
17.Find Environmentally friendly pest control
18.Find a green investment
19.Donate to a green cause
20.walk to the store
21.donate books
22.set some books "free"
23.hang clothes to dry
24.write a letter to my congressman
25.have an energy audit on my home
26.research more about vegetarian diet impact on the planet
27.use public transportation
28.find an environmental group in my area (meeting)
29.walk into the store with my bike and shop
30.reduce my junk mail
31.take earth day quiz
32.Find environmentally friendly cleaners
33.Use my printer less
34.learn about buying CO2 offsets
35.Plant a tree
36.learn about 5 major companies commitment to the environment
37.Bring cloth bags to the store for my groceries
38.Learn about composting
39.Take more nature pictures
40.Learn about the 100 mile diet
41.Learn more about local food sources
42.Switch to organic toiletries
43.Learn what the plastic recycling numbers mean
44.Take an environmentally friendly vacation (whatever that means)
45.Learn ways to waste less water
46.Learn about 5 species that are endangered right now
47.Adopt a dog from the pound
48.Clean our air filters (or get my honey to do it)
49.Find energy alternatives that might work for my home (and won't piss off my HOA)
50.Volunteer somewhere to help people and/or the environment

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