Green Tips

Gift Tag Recycling
Use last year's Christmas cards to make Christmas gift tags and paper chains to decorate your home.
Gomestic, “Household Fun for the Cheapest People on Earth” by Lauren Axelrod, Aug 22, 2008 Post.

Mosquito Repellant
Boil garlic and cloves and spray it on the grass to get rid of mosquitoes
Gomestic, “Household Fun for the Cheapest People on Earth” by Lauren Axelrod, Aug 22, 2008 Post.

You use less water to wash a full load in the dishwasher than to wash them by hand. The average dishwasher uses four gallons per load.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards, 2008, pg. 286.

Washing clothes in cold water is cheaper and 90 percent more efficient. Only 10 percent of the energy used to wash with warm water is used to power the washer, the rest goes to increase the water temperature.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards, 2008, pg. 286.

Unplug things you're not using. Its estimated that 75 percent of household energy usage goes to unused appliances.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards, 2008, pg. 286.

Leaving water on while brushing you're teeth wastes about five gallons of water a day.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards, 2008, pg. 286.