Christmas is not usually what one thinks when one thinks of Green. This year, we want our green holiday. There are many ways in which we are to reduce our energy consumption and reduce waste in this time of year.
1. Change from traditional Christmas lights to LED. It will significantly reduce energy consumption, the average number used by 50 lights, 300 watts of power, which uses 50 LED lighting only 4 watts of power and up to 100,000 hours.
Speaking of savings!Not only did we save a lot of energy, we must also take precious U.S. dollars in our bank accounts.
2. Put all the lights on timers. When all the lights) for Timer (in and out, saves energy by controlling the number of hours the lights are on.
I do not know how to do it for you, but I slept with the light fell on many times!
3. Decorate with the help of nature. Try to decorate your home with natural products. Pine cones and fresh greenery make a good point of reference fora table or a prey for the mantle. Add pine cones and holly berries to your Christmas tree, there's a touch of elegance and natural. White Pine roping from the pruning of trees, and is a great way to decorate the outside. It can also be mulched or composted after the season is over.
4. Tip: Buy a gift that will make you actually get used for more than one or two weeks. Books, movies, games today as soccer balls or roller skates, toys, a child with force. Purchase, that all the crap plasticThe children see on television is like throwing money away, and polluting our environment. Buy art supplies, promoted their creativity, or a musical instrument. Earthopoly [http://www.greennationgardens.com/Earthopoly-Eco-Friendly-Board-Game-p/eg-earthopoly.htm] is a fun game that teaches about the environment and sustainability, and is 100% green! We are thus possible for our children what the marketing companies tell us make them happy is required. The toyof the month, will not make them happy. You can meet for a week or two but not more.
Help them find their passion for what they love and grow with.
5. Do not waste food. The holidays are the main food of the campaign. We cook more, we are able to cook like crazy, can we really spend too much. This means that the food is wasted. Make sure that all leftovers go into compost, and not in the trash! Freeze or parts, you can not eat you. IfThey have a lot of leftovers, contact your local homeless shelter, joined in a neighbor, or maybe invite someone less fortunate, to share your meal. It is given biscuits, cakes and pies, an animal shelter or in a nursing home, will be much appreciated.
6. If the holiday table, go ahead and China, well! If you have them, cloth napkins are the way to go. Makes the table look beautiful, demanding, and saves the waste from our landfills. Paper towels, plasticware and dishes made of plastic or paper is a heavy burden on our landfills and take a lot of energy and trees do. If you look on paper napkins and plates, please use does not throw in the trash! Napkins and paper plates can be readily composted with your kitchen waste. In order to remedy is a breeze.
6. Using environmentally friendly packaging. Use recycled gift bags, comics, decorate brown paper bags for wrapping paper. Do not Throw Your Wrapping paper, at least inTrash! Paper packaging can be recycled like any other card.
7. Make your shopping lists and consolidate, where possible, or better yet, make your shopping online. This will save many $ $ for fuel and keep your life easier and less aggravating.
These tips are easy to implement, in any Green your Christmas.
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