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Lets go GREEN!!
Hey, everyone is in on it now, and has made it so easy to go green. All the stores just about now have their own little bag with logo on it, save paper and plastic. The recycling places and the trash pick up all have it done easy. You can buy recycling trash cans and have every thing separated for the people to pick up. Mellalueca is an old company that was founded on this ALL the products is based on the go green attitude.
Avon even has plant a tree for a dollar in the rainforest program.
Kid are resiliant they will learn this easily from childhood. If you want to get them to do their part, just let them collect cans and plastic bottles rinse them and keep the money when they take them to cash them in. Kids will do anything for some money.
I am going to do some research and bring you some ideas in this lens to live green. I am sure some of you will be able to help us out with feed back on what you do, and we want it!
Live green and start saving some "green" with smart home updates and energy-efficient strategies.
Cool It Down
Install a ceiling fan to cut cooling costs almost in half.
Control energy use with a programmable thermostat.
Turn to the Sun
Building Solar Panels
Are you wasting money? Get an energy audit to find the sources of heating and cooling loss.
Seal Outlets and Exterior Gaps
Door and Window-Sealing
Cut Cold and Humidity With Air Stripping
Upgrade to a Radiant-Heat Flooring System
Install an Energy-Saving Storm Door
make sure all your windows have a heavy seal of caulking around it, and it is ALL 100 percent silicone or else it will crack shrink and be gone in no time. Make sure if you have an attic that you have a good grade and LOTS of insulation up there!!
Benefits of Recycling
Recycling protects and expands U.S. manufacturing jobs and increases U.S. competitiveness.
Recycling reduces the need for landfills and incineration.
Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
Recycling saves energy.
Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.
Recycling includes collecting recyclable materials that would be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, manufacturing raw materials into new products, and purchasing recycled products.
Collecting and processing secondary materials, manufacturing recycled-content products, and then buying recycled products creates a circle or loop that ensures the success and value of recycling.
WOW when its put like that we can all see the value, and importance of it. just the steps we talked about in our brief description of recycling tells us o fall the jobs that would create, not to mention the good it would do for the preservation of our earth.
Go to earth911.org to find out what things you can donate to be recycled.
What about the EPA and just what are they doing?
everything we do leaves behind waste. Households create ordinary garbage while industrial and manufacturing processes create solid and hazardous waste. EPA regulates all this waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA's goals are to:
Protect us from the hazards of waste disposal;
Conserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery;
Reduce or eliminate waste; and
Clean up waste, which may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.
EPA Waste Mission and Goals
Our mission is to protect human health and the environment by ensuring responsible national management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste. Our goals are to:
Conserve resources by reducing waste;
Prevent future waste disposal problems by enforcing regulations; and
Clean up areas where waste may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.
We work closely with individual states, industry, environmental groups, tribes, and the public to promote safe waste management. These shared responsibilities help us to:
Set national environmental goals, policies, and priorities;
Assume leadership roles in environmental education; and
Write flexible, health-based regulations that reflect ecological risks and environmental justice.
What can we do??
eCycling at Home: No matter how old, video games and video game equipment can be sold to many electronics dealers. Another option is to donate old video games to youth charities.
Spring
Moving and Spring Cleaning
R
enting a moving van that runs on alternative fuels.
Some moving companies will allow you to rent reusable storage crates.
Have a yard sale to find new homes for items.
Check with local repair shops to see if they can use your old appliances for spare parts.
use environmentally preferable packing materials such as cushioning peanuts. In turn, recycle or reuse these materials after you've unpacked.
If you must purchase new boxes, buy corrugated boxes with the highest recycled content you can find.
Recycle your moving boxes when you're finished unpacking.
Be sure to properly dispose of any non-recyclable items that you won't be taking with you. This includes household cleaners, paints, automotive supplies, and other hazardous items that require special disposal. Some localities hold hazardous waste collection days and electronics recycling events where you may drop off items for recycling or proper disposal.
Earth Day -April 22- is a good time to start your spring cleaning. Make sure you're properly maintaining home appliances and keeping them clean, which keeps them running at peak efficiency. This saves electricity, which conserves resources and reduces global warming. Remove lint and dust from your refrigerator coil and freezer. Clean up lint around your dryer, furnace, and any vents leading to or from them. Also, change or clean the filter in your air purifier or furnace.
For spring cleaning chores, try to use non-disposable items such as mops and reusable rags or sponges. .
Have a yard sale to find new homes for clothes, toys, appliances, books, and other items.
At Work
Engage and motivate your coworkers to buy green products and help reduce waste. Have a meeting and get ideas form everyone.
Get the kids involved
At School
Schools can reduce and better manage their waste by working with businesses and local governments. Students, faculty, and staff can work together for a better environment.
Before starting a new school year, sort through the school supplies on-hand. Many supplies, like notebooks or pens and pencils, can be reused or recycled. You can share your used books and other school supplies with friends, relatives, or younger schoolchildren.
For school proms, dances, or other events, decorations and other supplies can be borrowed or rented. If you buy these supplies, try adopting a theme that can be used from year-to-year, so that you can reuse them.
Many schools reuse text books to save money and reduce waste. Covering your textbooks with cut-up grocery or shopping bags helps reduce waste and keeps your books in good condition.
If you buy lunch, take and use only what you need: one napkin, one ketchup packet, one salt packet, one pepper packet, one set of flatware. Remember to recycle your cans and bottles, and separate your waste if your school has separation bins!
To reduce packaging waste, use school supplies wrapped with minimal packaging, use compact or concentrated products, or buy products that come in bulk sizes.
Volunteer for, or start, an environmental club or recycling project in your school. Work with your teachers and friends to find ways to encourage everyone in your community to make waste reduction a part of their everyday lives, such as by starting a school composting project or ask for a day in art class where you can use things that would have normally been thrown away.
Tell your teachers you want to have a time dedicated to learning more about what you and your fellow classmates can do for the environment.
Pass it on! Share the "buy smart" message with your family, friends and schoolmates.
Volunteer for, or start, an environmental club or recycling project in your school.
Avon even has plant a tree for a dollar in the rainforest program.
Kid are resiliant they will learn this easily from childhood. If you want to get them to do their part, just let them collect cans and plastic bottles rinse them and keep the money when they take them to cash them in. Kids will do anything for some money.
I am going to do some research and bring you some ideas in this lens to live green. I am sure some of you will be able to help us out with feed back on what you do, and we want it!
Live green and start saving some "green" with smart home updates and energy-efficient strategies.
Cool It Down
Install a ceiling fan to cut cooling costs almost in half.
Control energy use with a programmable thermostat.
Turn to the Sun
Building Solar Panels
Are you wasting money? Get an energy audit to find the sources of heating and cooling loss.
Seal Outlets and Exterior Gaps
Door and Window-Sealing
Cut Cold and Humidity With Air Stripping
Upgrade to a Radiant-Heat Flooring System
Install an Energy-Saving Storm Door
make sure all your windows have a heavy seal of caulking around it, and it is ALL 100 percent silicone or else it will crack shrink and be gone in no time. Make sure if you have an attic that you have a good grade and LOTS of insulation up there!!
Benefits of Recycling
Recycling protects and expands U.S. manufacturing jobs and increases U.S. competitiveness.
Recycling reduces the need for landfills and incineration.
Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
Recycling saves energy.
Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.
Recycling includes collecting recyclable materials that would be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, manufacturing raw materials into new products, and purchasing recycled products.
Collecting and processing secondary materials, manufacturing recycled-content products, and then buying recycled products creates a circle or loop that ensures the success and value of recycling.
WOW when its put like that we can all see the value, and importance of it. just the steps we talked about in our brief description of recycling tells us o fall the jobs that would create, not to mention the good it would do for the preservation of our earth.
Go to earth911.org to find out what things you can donate to be recycled.
What about the EPA and just what are they doing?
everything we do leaves behind waste. Households create ordinary garbage while industrial and manufacturing processes create solid and hazardous waste. EPA regulates all this waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA's goals are to:
Protect us from the hazards of waste disposal;
Conserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery;
Reduce or eliminate waste; and
Clean up waste, which may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.
EPA Waste Mission and Goals
Our mission is to protect human health and the environment by ensuring responsible national management of hazardous and nonhazardous waste. Our goals are to:
Conserve resources by reducing waste;
Prevent future waste disposal problems by enforcing regulations; and
Clean up areas where waste may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.
We work closely with individual states, industry, environmental groups, tribes, and the public to promote safe waste management. These shared responsibilities help us to:
Set national environmental goals, policies, and priorities;
Assume leadership roles in environmental education; and
Write flexible, health-based regulations that reflect ecological risks and environmental justice.
What can we do??
eCycling at Home: No matter how old, video games and video game equipment can be sold to many electronics dealers. Another option is to donate old video games to youth charities.
Spring
Moving and Spring Cleaning
R
enting a moving van that runs on alternative fuels.
Some moving companies will allow you to rent reusable storage crates.
Have a yard sale to find new homes for items.
Check with local repair shops to see if they can use your old appliances for spare parts.
use environmentally preferable packing materials such as cushioning peanuts. In turn, recycle or reuse these materials after you've unpacked.
If you must purchase new boxes, buy corrugated boxes with the highest recycled content you can find.
Recycle your moving boxes when you're finished unpacking.
Be sure to properly dispose of any non-recyclable items that you won't be taking with you. This includes household cleaners, paints, automotive supplies, and other hazardous items that require special disposal. Some localities hold hazardous waste collection days and electronics recycling events where you may drop off items for recycling or proper disposal.
Earth Day -April 22- is a good time to start your spring cleaning. Make sure you're properly maintaining home appliances and keeping them clean, which keeps them running at peak efficiency. This saves electricity, which conserves resources and reduces global warming. Remove lint and dust from your refrigerator coil and freezer. Clean up lint around your dryer, furnace, and any vents leading to or from them. Also, change or clean the filter in your air purifier or furnace.
For spring cleaning chores, try to use non-disposable items such as mops and reusable rags or sponges. .
Have a yard sale to find new homes for clothes, toys, appliances, books, and other items.
At Work
Engage and motivate your coworkers to buy green products and help reduce waste. Have a meeting and get ideas form everyone.
Get the kids involved
At School
Schools can reduce and better manage their waste by working with businesses and local governments. Students, faculty, and staff can work together for a better environment.
Before starting a new school year, sort through the school supplies on-hand. Many supplies, like notebooks or pens and pencils, can be reused or recycled. You can share your used books and other school supplies with friends, relatives, or younger schoolchildren.
For school proms, dances, or other events, decorations and other supplies can be borrowed or rented. If you buy these supplies, try adopting a theme that can be used from year-to-year, so that you can reuse them.
Many schools reuse text books to save money and reduce waste. Covering your textbooks with cut-up grocery or shopping bags helps reduce waste and keeps your books in good condition.
If you buy lunch, take and use only what you need: one napkin, one ketchup packet, one salt packet, one pepper packet, one set of flatware. Remember to recycle your cans and bottles, and separate your waste if your school has separation bins!
To reduce packaging waste, use school supplies wrapped with minimal packaging, use compact or concentrated products, or buy products that come in bulk sizes.
Volunteer for, or start, an environmental club or recycling project in your school. Work with your teachers and friends to find ways to encourage everyone in your community to make waste reduction a part of their everyday lives, such as by starting a school composting project or ask for a day in art class where you can use things that would have normally been thrown away.
Tell your teachers you want to have a time dedicated to learning more about what you and your fellow classmates can do for the environment.
Pass it on! Share the "buy smart" message with your family, friends and schoolmates.
Volunteer for, or start, an environmental club or recycling project in your school.
here are some great things that will help you
10 ways to go green and save
10 Ways to Go Green and Save Green
How can we live lightly on the Earth and save money at the same time? Staff members at the World watch Institute, a global environmental organization, share ideas on how to GO GREEN and SAVE GREEN at home and at work. To learn more about World watch's efforts to create am environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs, sign up here for weekly e-mail updates.
Climate change is in the news. It seems like everyone's "going green." We're glad you want to take action, too. many of the steps we can take to stop climate change can make our lives better. Our grandchildren-and their children-will thank us for living more sustainably. Let's start now.
We've partnered with the Million Car Carbon Campaign to help you find ways to save energy and reduce your carbon footprint. This campaign is uniting conscious consumers around the world to prevent the emissions-equivalent of 1 million cars from entering the atmosphere each year
Transforming Cultures to learn more
about the shift from consumerism
to sustainability
Set your thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs.
Install compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) when your older incandescent bulbs burn out.
Unplug appliances when you're not using them. Or, use a "smart" power strip that senses when appliances are off and cuts "phantom" or "vampire" energy use.
Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heating the water.
Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying.
Save water to save money.
Take shorter showers to reduce water use. This will lower your water and heating bills too.
Install a low-flow shower head. They don't cost much, and the water and energy savings can quickly pay back your investment.
Make sure you have a faucet aerator on each faucet. These inexpensive appliances conserve heat and water, while keeping water pressure high.
Plant drought-tolerant native plants in your garden. Many plants need minimal watering. Find out which occur naturally in your area.
Walk or bike to work. This saves on gas and parking costs while improving your cardiovascular health and reducing your risk of obesity.
Consider telecommuting if you live far from your work. Or move closer. Even if this means paying more rent, it could save you money in the long term.
Lobby your local government to increase spending on sidewalks and bike lanes. With little cost, these improvements can pay huge dividends in bettering your health and reducing traffic.
Skip the bottled water.
Use a water filter to purify tap water instead of buying bottled water. Not only is bottled water expensive, but it generates large amounts of container waste.
Bring a reusable water bottle, preferably aluminum rather than plastic, with you when traveling or at work.
Check out this short article for the latest on bottled water trends.
Think before you buy.
Go online to find new or gently used secondhand products. Whether you've just moved or are looking to redecorate, consider a service like craigslist or FreeSharing to track down furniture, appliances, and other items cheaply or for free.
Check out garage sales, thrift stores, and consignment shops for clothing and other everyday items.
When making purchases, make sure you know what's "Good Stuff" and what isn't.
Watch a video about what happens when you buy things. Your purchases have a real impact, for better or worse.
Buy in bulk. Purchasing food from bulk bins can save money.
Wear clothes that don't need to be dry-cleaned. This saves money and cuts down on toxic chemical use.
Invest in high-quality, long-lasting products. You might pay more now, but you'll be happy when you don't have to replace items as frequently
Keep electronics out of the trash.
Keep your cell phones, computers, and other electronics as long as possible.
Donate or recycle them responsibly when the time comes. E-waste contains mercury and other toxics and is a growing environmental problem.
Recycle your cell phone.
Ask your local government to set up an electronics recycling and hazardous waste collection event.
How can we live lightly on the Earth and save money at the same time? Staff members at the World watch Institute, a global environmental organization, share ideas on how to GO GREEN and SAVE GREEN at home and at work. To learn more about World watch's efforts to create am environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs, sign up here for weekly e-mail updates.
Climate change is in the news. It seems like everyone's "going green." We're glad you want to take action, too. many of the steps we can take to stop climate change can make our lives better. Our grandchildren-and their children-will thank us for living more sustainably. Let's start now.
We've partnered with the Million Car Carbon Campaign to help you find ways to save energy and reduce your carbon footprint. This campaign is uniting conscious consumers around the world to prevent the emissions-equivalent of 1 million cars from entering the atmosphere each year
Transforming Cultures to learn more
about the shift from consumerism
to sustainability
Set your thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs.
Install compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) when your older incandescent bulbs burn out.
Unplug appliances when you're not using them. Or, use a "smart" power strip that senses when appliances are off and cuts "phantom" or "vampire" energy use.
Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heating the water.
Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying.
Save water to save money.
Take shorter showers to reduce water use. This will lower your water and heating bills too.
Install a low-flow shower head. They don't cost much, and the water and energy savings can quickly pay back your investment.
Make sure you have a faucet aerator on each faucet. These inexpensive appliances conserve heat and water, while keeping water pressure high.
Plant drought-tolerant native plants in your garden. Many plants need minimal watering. Find out which occur naturally in your area.
Walk or bike to work. This saves on gas and parking costs while improving your cardiovascular health and reducing your risk of obesity.
Consider telecommuting if you live far from your work. Or move closer. Even if this means paying more rent, it could save you money in the long term.
Lobby your local government to increase spending on sidewalks and bike lanes. With little cost, these improvements can pay huge dividends in bettering your health and reducing traffic.
Skip the bottled water.
Use a water filter to purify tap water instead of buying bottled water. Not only is bottled water expensive, but it generates large amounts of container waste.
Bring a reusable water bottle, preferably aluminum rather than plastic, with you when traveling or at work.
Check out this short article for the latest on bottled water trends.
Think before you buy.
Go online to find new or gently used secondhand products. Whether you've just moved or are looking to redecorate, consider a service like craigslist or FreeSharing to track down furniture, appliances, and other items cheaply or for free.
Check out garage sales, thrift stores, and consignment shops for clothing and other everyday items.
When making purchases, make sure you know what's "Good Stuff" and what isn't.
Watch a video about what happens when you buy things. Your purchases have a real impact, for better or worse.
Buy in bulk. Purchasing food from bulk bins can save money.
Wear clothes that don't need to be dry-cleaned. This saves money and cuts down on toxic chemical use.
Invest in high-quality, long-lasting products. You might pay more now, but you'll be happy when you don't have to replace items as frequently
Keep electronics out of the trash.
Keep your cell phones, computers, and other electronics as long as possible.
Donate or recycle them responsibly when the time comes. E-waste contains mercury and other toxics and is a growing environmental problem.
Recycle your cell phone.
Ask your local government to set up an electronics recycling and hazardous waste collection event.
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About the Green Good Housekeeping Seal
The Green Good Housekeeping Seal was developed to help consumers sift through the confusing clutter of "green" claims on hundreds of products on store shelves today.
Green Good Housekeeping Seal: A Brief Summary of the Application
To evaluate a product for the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, the Good Housekeeping Research Institute reviews and verifies a wide range of data related to the product's environmental impact and the company's environmental and social responsibility performance.
About the Good Housekeeping Seal
Products that have earned the Good Housekeeping Seal or the Green Good Housekeeping Seal are backed by Good Housekeeping's independent limited two-year warranty.
Find out how we're helping you make the right choices
About the Green Good Housekeeping Seal
The Green Good Housekeeping Seal was developed to help consumers sift through the confusing clutter of "green" claims on hundreds of products on store shelves today.
Green Good Housekeeping Seal: A Brief Summary of the Application
To evaluate a product for the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, the Good Housekeeping Research Institute reviews and verifies a wide range of data related to the product's environmental impact and the company's environmental and social responsibility performance.
About the Good Housekeeping Seal
Products that have earned the Good Housekeeping Seal or the Green Good Housekeeping Seal are backed by Good Housekeeping's independent limited two-year warranty.
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