NON-TOXIC INSECT REPELLENT
By: SYHDon’t put toxic chemicals on your body. Choose an insect repellent made from natural ingredients like cedar, citronella, lemongrass, rosemary, and geranium.
COOL OFF
By: SYHIt’s useless to keep heating the tank of your water heater if there’s no one in the house to use it.
The McGLOINS
By: SYHMeet retirees Mary and Tom Mc Gloin from Staten Island, New York. Mary, a former high school educator and coach, and Tom, a former data specialist with a telephone company, have been living green–without even knowing it!–for the last 50 years. Inspiration to live green: Of course the environment is important to us, and of [...]
TUBE TOGETHER
By: SYHSAVE $35 Instead of each person in your household watching his or her own television in a separate room, why not watch TV together? Save up to $35 per year if watching shows together can eliminate an average of 4 total hours of television time per day. Watching TV together reduces energy consumption by 350 kilowatt-hours per [...]
LAWN CARE
By: SYHTip Provided By: The Green Book Cut your grass so it’s two inches high, and leave the clippings on the lawn. You’ll spend less time mowing and raking, and you won’t have to water your lawn as much. Forty percent of water in summer is allocated to outdoor usage when rates are highest. Also, less [...]
SMELL BETTER
By: SYHSAVE $30 Buy fragrance made from organic essential oils instead of name-brand perfume made from synthetic fragrance  and save up to $30 or more per ounce. Essential oils made from organically grown herbs or flowers are free from the harmful chemicals used on conventionally raised flora, as well as from phthalates, which are associated with synthetic [...]
POWDER LAUNDRY DETERGENT VS LIQUID DETERGENT
By: SYHTRUTH OR TRASH Powder laundry detergents are more eco-friendly than liquid ones TRUTH The powder vs. liquid debate tends to be one of personal preference. But in terms of their relative eco-friendliness, powdered detergents tend to be slightly better. Most powdered detergent boxes are made with recycled materials and can be recycled easily into new [...]
MAKEUP SHAKEUP
By: SYHSAVE $100 Instead of hauling around a makeup bag brimming with pencils and tubes, invest in some multi-use products. Why use a separate eyeshadow, lipcolor, and blush, when you can get all three in one skinny stick? You can save up to $100 or more per year compared to buying individual makeup products. Using half [...]
FRUITS
By: SYHTip Provided By: The Green Book Try to limit purchases of canned fruit, and substitute fresh fruit whenever possible. The process involved with canning fruit is at least 10 times more energy intensive than picking fresh fruit. If every U.S. household replaced just one pound of canned or jarred fruit with one pound of fresh [...]
UNSCREW AROUND
By: SYHSAVE $90 Even though things may look a bit bare—I prefer to think of it as “minimalist”—you can cut your energy consumption significantly by disabling half of the bulbs in multi-bulb light fixtures. Save Up to $90 per year or more in electricity costs, as well as the costs of bulb replacement over time. In addition [...]