19 Tips To Go Green

1. Buy organically grown produce and grains.
2. Carpool as much as possible. If each commuter car carried one more passenger we would save 600,000 gallons of gasoline a day and prevent 12 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from going into the air.
3. Buy a compost.
4. Try using public transportation more often.
5. Avoid beef as much as possible.
6. Try eating more vegetarian meals.
7. Support the local farmers markets. Locally grown produce is typically fresher, cheaper, and less laden with pesticides than produce shipped long distances.
8. If you carry a home lunch to school, don’t use disposable bags. Use reusable bags. Also, use reusable plastic containers that was formerly packaging(empty cool whip, sour cream, chip dip, etc. containers)
9. When wrapping presents, reuse the comics from the Sunday newspaper. It’s a colorful, funny, and recyclable way to give a gift.
10. If you have the space and time, grow your own vegetables and fruit. It’s a cheap way to guarantee self on the do not yourself organic food.
11. Save trees by eliminating junk mail. Find a way to get your name on the “Do not mail” list of that useless catalog you never buy anything from.
12.Buy rain barrels. They catch rain before it runs into our lakes and rivers, picking up chemicals on the way.
13. Clean up after your dog! Dog poop contains a harmful chemical called ecoli. As rain runs into oceans, lakes, and rivers it passes through the poop and brings the ecoli with it.
14. When purchasing a new clothes or dish washer, consider a water saving model. You could save 1,000 gallons of water a month.
15. Next time you are buying clothes, try buying second hand. Or, even better, buy from a store that uses organic materials.
16. If you have time, stop the dish washer when it gets to the drying cycle. It is a waste of energy when they really could just air dry.
17. Try making your own personal care products. Look for books about it and on the internet. It’s a good way to make sure there aren’t chemicals in your toothpaste.
18. Buy napkins and paper towels made from recycled materials.
19. If you find the word “Vinyl” in any description of any product you use, try to find a alternative.