Last week’s Newsweek featured an interesting article, called ”How to Live a Greener Life”. You can read the article, but here are a few highlights…1) Sweat the small stuff: A faucet that leaks 60 drops per minute can add up to 192 gallons per month.
2) Do some green cleaning: Natural cleaners like borax and lemon juice are ecofriendly alternatives to regular chemical-based products. Check out eartheasy.com for basic household-cleaner recipes
3) Get rid of the excess: Companies can stop receiving mail meant for former employees by visiting ecologicalmail.org. For every former employee entered into the site's database, a company will avoid 100 pounds of waste in undeliverable mail. That's equivalent to one tree.
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Ooooh...I'm first to comment! It's true about the small things that really add up! (Kinda like a lot of pennies can add up to dollars -another lesson for the kids). I'm gonna have to make Seth read that article 'cause I know there are a lot of things that we could do around here, and we need to be united on it! Oh, and the cleaners are a good idea. I always use white vinager mixed with water and a drop of lemon juice (to cut the vinegar smell) in a spray bottle as my multi-purpose cleaner. It works really well and I can let the kids help me clean with it! It even cleans glass!
The BEST drain cleaner I have EVER found is baking soda and vinegar. Stick some tissue in the over-flow holes and use a plunger after you have let the soda and vinegar work for about 30 minutes. Ahem, a CLEAN plunger that is set aside just for drains. We used to have terrible problems with clogged drains and I hated using the commercial drain cleaners-pure poison! The soda and vinegar are a great preventitive but will also clear a completely clogged drain with several applications and a little elbow grease. That grease doesn't clog the drain at all!
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