Saving the Environment Begins at Home

Every little bit helps when it comes to cleaning up the environment. We can all do our share by buying products that are Earth friendly, products that didn't harm the environment in the making. From using less of disposable products in the home, by wearing a menstrual cup if you are female, using washable plates instead of using Styrofoam or paper plates, thus using less water, electricity and detergent. Buying used products, clothing at auctions such as Ebay is also Earth friendly and will also be less costly as products are normally offered for less than new. Try these money saving tips in your home, you will notice a difference in a year's time!




Safer Cleaning Products for the Home
A lot of cleaning products contain harsh chemicals, while there is an on going effort to go green with cleaning products, factoring in the cost for the changes being made and you will find that there are products right in your own home that you could be using for cleaning that cost mere pennies use. Find out how some of these products, in the long run, can be safer and more economical by clicking »HERE


Heating and cooling
Homeowners can save about $180 a year by properly installing and setting their programmable thermostats and maintaining those settings. Your best bet is to look for an ENERGY STAR qualified programmable thermostat for savings.

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL)
Replacing the five standard incandescent light bulbs that you use most frequently in your home with CFLs and you can save roughly $60 a year on electricity.

If each of us replaced one incandescent light bulb in our home with a CFL, we could eliminate 1 million cars' worth of greenhouse gas emissions!

A Menstrual Cup is bell-shaped cup made of rubber (latex) or silicone. It is reusable and designed to last for up to 10 years. Just think of all the tampons and sanitary napkins that are not being disposed of in a 10 year period!

Go Organic!
Try your hand at growing some of your favorite vegetables and herbs yourself. Save money and eliminate the worries of harmful pesticides in your food. A neat way to grow vegetables, if you are limited on space, is an upside down planter. They can be purchased or if you are a DIY type, you can make your own by using recycled milk or water bottles and hanging it upside down.

Reusable Bags
Try purchasing reusable bags for all your shopping needs. It will help reduce landfill waste. Plastic bags are hard on the environment, littering the landscape, contaminating soil and water, killing hundreds of thousands of marine mammals. Paper bags use precious natural resources to make. Try using eco-friendly reusable bags, they are perfect for the grocery store, shopping mall, or the beach.

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