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Lifestyle Green Tips

Greening up Fido

There are lots of resources on the web to help you green up your pet. One, Planet Green, says to keep your cat inside, and your dog on a leash.

BYOB!

Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over 1 million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year.

And paper bags aren’t free of controversy: According to www.reusablebags.com, “In 1999, 14 million trees were cut to produce the 10 billion paper grocery bags used by Americans that year. Paper bag production delivers a global warming double-whammy: Forests (major absorbers of greenhouse gases) have to be cut down, and then the subsequent manufacturing of bags produces greenhouse gases.”

Find it, gift it!

By Hilary Nelson

Want to really enjoy the holidays this year while saving money and fighting climate change simultaneously? Make your own gifts. I know, I know; you're thinking: Is she crazy? It's hectic enough around the holidays! Who has time to make presents? Well - you do. Start by saying no to the hours spent stringing electricity-guzzling lights from your gutters and chimney and downsize to a front-door wreath lit by solar-powered LEDs. Next, try shutting off the television and closing down the computer for a while.

Get rid of fleas and ticks safely

For a safer flea and tick repellent, try scattering pine needles, fennel, rue or rosemary on your pet’s bed. Or feed your pet brewer’s yeast, vitamin B or garlic tablets.

One mission at a time!

It’s really easy to beat yourself up when you’re trying to do the right thing. Instead of feeling good about yourself for helping in small ways, you look around you and feel overwhelmed with how much there is to do – or not do. And panic.

Don’t go down that road: Nothing good comes of it, and you might even end up giving up, which would be way too bad.

Lifestyle Green Community

Recycling Pickup Service

Do you want to recycle but live in a condo or own a business that doesn’t have recycling pickup? Contact us at iRecycle@hotmail.com and we will come pickup your recycling for you. We are currently servicing the Nashua area, with additional surrounding communities soon to come.

Pickup will be on Saturday mornings. Weekly, semi-monthly or monthly programs are available. There is a $2 pickup fee + $1 for each container of recyclables. Trash bags or cardboard boxes are acceptable containers. Please have your containers available for pickup by 9 am on Saturday morning.

life of a homeschooling pinch penny at xmas

its that time again, and looking at the tiny mound of silver in the savings jar, the trip to the mall is forgone.
all the saved washed pasta sauce jars from this year are lined up on the table and all the extra left over Easter baskets just raring to be useful!

COCOA
in a large bowl mix,
3 cups powdered baking cocoa
3 cups dry milk
1 1/2 cup sugar (Splenda ok)
2 teaspoons each cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice
sift all together and add a hand full of mini marchpillows (marshmellows)
spoon into as many jars as you wish, cap and set aside

BREAKFAST TREAT

Pollution Prevention – Raising the Bar Beyond Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

GREENWorks- Ideas for a Cleaner Environment
A publication of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, NH

September 2009 - Pollution Prevention – Raising the Bar Beyond Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Can you help phase out NH Coal?

On Thursday September 3, you have a chance to tell the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) and Public Service Company of New Hampshire that you want to phase out the dirty coal plant at Merrimack Station in Bow and replace it with cleaner sources of electricity as soon as possible.

Can you attend a public hearing to help phase out NH Coal?

The dirty coal plant is the subject of a public hearing for an operating permit that is required under the US Clean Air Act (Title V permit). Public participation is one of the most important features of the Title V process.

Certified Green Consultant

I grew up in France in the 70’s where we’ve been hard hit by the skyrocketing fuel prices. I can still remember the ads airing daily on radio and TV during the first oil crisis. Almost 40 years later, the sticky slogan still stays in my mind: “we do not have oil but we have ideas”.

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