Living Green Tips 1 - Recycle! It sounds so simple, and yet so many people don't do it. There are so many things that can be reused. For example - paper, motor oil, aluminum cans, and glass. If your community does not have a recycling program find out how to start one.

Living Green Tips 2 - Cloth diapers for babies. Disposable plastic diapers will sit in land fills for years and years and years. Cloth ones can be washed and re-used over and over.

Living Green Tips 3 - Bring your own bag to the grocery store - or any store for that matter. This way you have one less plastic bag that you have to deal with throwing away. More and more stores are offering incentives for people who use these kinds of bags. Many stores are also selling re-usable bags for you to use.

Living Green Tips 4 - Buy locally grown produce at farmers markets. Many smaller farmers that sell at markets grow their food organically. You also don't have to travel as far to get the produce, nor does the produce have to travel as far to get to you.

Living Green Tips 5 - Make your home green by using energy efficient light bulbs and appliances. You can also turn down your heat and air conditioner, and you can also turn down the temperature of your hot water heater.

Living Green Tips 6 - Use less water all together. Try shortening your showers by a few minutes. The amount of water not used over the course of a year is astounding. Also while drinking water is a good thing, use a reusable water bottle instead of constantly buying bottled water.

Living Green Tips 7 - When building a new building or remodeling your home, use eco-friendly building materials. Re-using wood from older buildings being taken down is a good place to start.

Living Green Tips 8 - Electronics recycling is a good way to get rid of electronics you no longer want or need. For example donating slightly used computers and monitors to after school programs is a great way to help. As is giving them to thrift stores. Giving old cell phones to teachers of preschoolers and kindergarteners (after deleting all the numbers in it of course) is a great way for young kids to learn phone manners.

Living Green Tips 9 - Look for natural cleaning solutions for cleaning your home. A quick search on the internet will result in hundreds of ideas. For example a great way to clean and purify the air is to have house plants in your home.

Living Green Tips 10 - Start a compost pile/bin. It's a great way to deal with your food scraps without sending them to the landfill. After a short while, you will have natural fertilizer to use in your flower beds, house plant pots, or garden.

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