To help kill that grass that keeps cropping up in between the cracks on your patio and sidewalks use salt. Salt makes a great natural herbicide. All you have to do is carefully pour salt into the cracks, followed by some water to keep the salt from blowing away. It is that easy.
What does organic mean?
Organic means that food products have not been grown using pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or a host of other methods including bioengineering (this includes growth hormones, antibiotics and genetically modified organisms) as well as radiation (including ionizing radiation). Here is a list of facts that help define if a product is actually organic
What does the label mean on an organic product?
A label is the display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any food product. Here is a list of facts that help define the label of organic products:
Contrary to the popular belief, screensavers are not energy savers. In fact, computers use more energy to run a screensaver than they do just sitting idle with the monitor turned on.
By using sleep mode instead of a screensaver, you could save $10 to $30 per year. If you were prone to leaving your computer on all night with the screensaveer, your annual energy cost savings could total more than $100.
Go green by conserving energy & turn your computer monitor’s to sleep mode.
Shoe boxes have always been an item I tend to reuse. Something about the size and shape is just perfect for storing so many things besides shoes.
Here are my top 5 ways to reuse shoe boxes:
1- Photo File Box: Decorate the outside of your box with paints, fabric or gift wrap for the perfect size box to store your photos.
2- Drawer Divider: Shoe boxes are just the right size to line up your undies, socks, and other unmentionables to give your dresser drawer an organized look.
3- Garage / Workshop Organizers: Store tools, rags, rolls of packing tape, etc. neatly on the shelves in your garage, basement or workshop.
4- Toy Box: Store all those little toys like Matchbox cars, plastic animals, Barbie accessories, etc. in their own little storage box.
5- Mail Organizer: Shoe boxes work great lengthwise for business envelopes. Create some little tabs to separate bills & personal mail for ultimate organization. Plus you can decorate the outside of the box to match any decor.
Next time you buy a new pair of shoes, think twice and get creative before throwing out that perfectly good shoe box.
Check out your water heater’s temperature setting and lower it to 120°F. Water heaters are extremely inefficient, and the higher the temperature setting, the more energy they waste.
Water heaters typically account for about 13% of a household’s utility expenses. If you lower your water heater setting from 150°F to 120°F, you could reduce its energy demand by up to 15%.
Aveda is my new favorite hair & skin care company with the announcement of their new recycling initiative, called the ‘Recycle Caps’ program.
Plastic bottle caps can become dangerous pollutants, littering our beaches and oceans. Birds and other marine creatures mistake them for food. The magnitude of this pollution problem is devastating to our oceans and wildlife. Aveda realizes that we do not have an operable system in place to recycle plastic bottle caps, so they created one.
Aveda is now collecting all hard, plastic bottle caps, which will then be shipped for recycling into new Aveda packaging, thus keeping them from entering our waterways and harming wildlife. You can return the caps through any of their stores, beauty salons and participating schools. Some of what they’ve already collected are being made into tops for the limited edition retro Clove Shampoo that will be out in September, 2008. The shampoo bottle will also include 96% post-consumer recycled content.
Aveda is a great company with a long history of environmental concern, frequently changing packaging to reduce materials, making recycling easier and adding more post-consumer content to their packages. They are also the first beauty company manufacturing with 100% certified wind power. Plus, this year they earned Cradle-to-Cradle certification for four ingredients. Wow! Now that’s an eco-friendly company to support!
When cooking on your stove, use lids as much as possible. This is the easiest tip on how to cook faster, and use less energy!
Adding a lid to your pot will hold in the heat, helping you boil water faster, cook foods quicker, and of course, save energy. Tea kettles also work well for boiling water.
