Family, Holidays
REWRAP
By: SYHSAVE $5 Use wrapping paper made from recycled paper instead of high-end wrapping paper. Save up to $5 per year. Gift-wrap made from recycled paper not only saves trees, water and energy, but keeps previously used paper out of the landfill. Also, most recycled wrapping paper is made with soy-based ink, which is non-toxic, and [...]
Family, Holidays
GREEN TREE
By: SYHSAVE $100 Buy an organic live (or living) Christmas tree, instead of an artificial tree. Save up to $100 or more over the average 6-year lifetime of an artificial tree. Live (or living) trees are renewable resources, requiring only soil, sun, nutrients and water to grow. Artificial trees are typically made in China from PVC plastic, which [...]
Family, Food, Holidays, Shopping & Storage
GREAT GRAPES
By: SYHSAVE $10 Buy value-priced organic wine (or wine made from organic grapes) from a startup vineyard instead of conventional wine from a more established one. Save up to $10 or more per bottle, or over $500 per year if you buy one bottle of wine each week. Both organic wine and wine made from organic [...]
Family, Holidays
GIFT GIVING
By: SYHGift cards, concert tickets, restaurant certificates, and movie vouchers can be great alternatives to heavily packaged and wrapped holiday presents. If you buy these items online, you’ll not only save between five and 10 pounds of packaging waste, but you’ll also reduce the time, stress, and energy associated with traffic, crowds, and long check-out lines. [...]
Appliances and Electronics, Kids & School
RE-GAME
By: SYHBuy used video games instead of new ones. Save up to $350 per year or more compared to buying two new games per month.
Family, Holidays
LIGHT BRIGHT
By: SYHBuy LED miniature holiday lights instead of the incandescent variety. After the initial price difference (LED lights cost about $5-$10 more per 100-light string), save $3.50 per holiday season on energy costs and $50 on replacement light strands over their 20 year lifetime. LED lights use about 10% of the energy consumed by incandescent lights. [...]
Cooking, Family, Food, Holidays
TURKEY WINNER
By: SYHSAVE $10 Unless you’re serving an army, or are planning to repurpose the leftovers, buy a small turkey (10 lbs) instead of an XXL turkey (20 lbs). Save up to $10 or more per year. Raising smaller turkeys consumes less resources in terms of food, land and water, produces less waste, and requires less energy [...]
Family, Kids & School
CRAFT SERVICE
By: SYHSAVE $50 For any gift your child has to give, skip the expense of buying stuff and select a homemade craft that your child can help create. Save up to $50 or more compared to a conventional gift. Conserve the resources used to manufacture a new product by choosing to make a craft out of [...]
Family, Holidays
PASS UP THE PLASTIC
By: SYHSAVE $20 Buy natural decorations like dried corn, gourds, pumpkins, and maple leaves instead of disposable plastic decorations. Save up to $20 or more per year. Save the Planet: Natural decorations are renewable resources, whereas most manufactured decorations are made from plastic—which is produced from petroleum. Disposable decorations inevitably end up as garbage after the [...]
Family, Kids & School, Lifestyle
WATERING HOLE
By: SYHSAVE $20 Whether you’re at an amusement park, ballgame, or county fair, don’t waste money on overpriced bottles of water. Instead, bring your own bottle and refill it at the drinking fountains. Save up to $20 or more for a family of four per event. Reduce bottle waste and conserve the fossil fuel resources used [...]