Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Tip # 37

Reuse/Recycle/Re-purpose your old Christmas cards!

I met my sisters this morning for an outing to our local market.  During the course of the morning the discussion of old Christmas cards came up. 
They were both telling me about re-purposing their old cards by cutting out interesting features, such as a snowman, tree, santa, angel, etc.  Using a hole punch to make a small opening in the "tag", threading some pretty ribbon or twine through the opening and voilà... beautiful gift tags! 

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I had forgotten, but our Mom always did this too, what a brilliant idea, she was way ahead of her time!!


Monica

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Tip # 32

Re-use your Halloween pumpkin!

• Many communities now have curbside compost pick-up, so drop your pumpkin into the compost bin.
• If you have your own backyard compost,chop it up and put it in there.  (Minus the seeds, which can be cleaned, seasoned, baked and snacked on)
• Or, you could do what I did....

Before - 

....and After

We always take an axe to our pumpkin and cut it into little pieces.  By tomorrow morning you won't find a trace of this pumpkin.  You will, however, find  many happy squirrels, birds, field mice, moles, raccoons and deer.

After Halloween, what do you do with your pumpkin ?

Monica  

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Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Tip #29

Strive for a litter free lunch!

OR

When packing a lunch for yourself or your family, strive to make it litter free. 

• Use reusable containers for your sandwich, leftovers, fruit or snack. (An added bonus of a rigid container is it protects the contents...no more squished sandwiches)
• Use a reusable drink container.
• Tuck in a reusable fork and spoon, wrapped in a cloth napkin
• Carry it all in a reusable bag. 

Check out this great website for more tips and the financial gain associated with a garbage free lunch. 

It's really easy and it makes an enormous difference to the environment.
Remember the 3-R's 

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle 

Monica

Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

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Tip # 18

B.Y.O.B.

Bring Your Own Bag, especially when you shop at the grocery store.....where we tend to use many, many bags!!  If you haven't brought your own bag and you're offered the choice between plastic and paper, choose paper.  If you do bring home a plastic bag, recycle or re-use it! 

Monica