february
tag, you’re it.
Here at Green Is Sexy, we like to think that little gestures make a big difference. Then what can be done with those little plastic bread tags that pile up in your drawer? We discovered that they can be recycled and have seen rulers made from them. See? Little things can add up! If your local ……
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getting lucky.
Enjoy a home cooked meal for lunch, but don’t have the time to cook for yourself? Consider starting a weekly work potluck. Start a group with a few like-minded work souls and take turns bringing in a dish or sharing a few among yourselves. You’ll save cash and trash produced from going out to eat. ……
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spalicious.
Hot tubs, spa tubs, jacuzzi’s, whatever way you put it if its got chlorine it ain’t green. Why not take a tip from the ocean and convert your tub o’ chemicals to a therapeutic salt dip? Salt is actually half chlorine anyway but the chlorine the spa guy sells you is full of other junk. ……
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glass half full.
Because you’re sexy, you’re trying to conserve water by reducing shower time, running the dishwasher only when it’s full and skipping a flush or two, right? Well, here’s a tiny way to reduce your impact: Find ways to use those half-empty (or are they half-full?) glasses of water you have sitting around your house. Not ……
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pop your cherry.
Butts – they’re the most common form of litter the world over and we’re not talking booty. According to the American Littoral Society, in 1998 over 176 million pounds of cigarette butts were discarded in the U.S. This number has likely increased with the prevalence of indoor smoking bans and more outdoor puffing. All the ……
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worm your way.
Nearly 30% of waste going to the landfill is organic. Know what that means? You can easily reduce the amount of waste going into landfills. And when you do that, you reduce the amount of green space eaten up by landfills. How? By composing, of course! We all know the smell of compost is very ……
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half-time show.
The New York Times recently spotlighted a greener journey: the company Maersk has been halving its top cruising speed of its container ships over the last two years, cutting fuel consumption on major routes by as much as 30 percent, as well as equally chopping the ships’ emissions of greenhouse gases! Slow and steady ……
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getting steamy.
Winter air is dry, which can lead to coughing, parched skin and lips and even bloody noses. You could consider investing in a humidifier, but why spend the cash or energy when you can humidify your home naturally? The next time you take a hot shower, close the tub’s drain, allowing the water ……
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soak it all in.
When they paved paradise and put up a parking lot, they probably weren’t thinking about how all of that concrete and cement was going to affect our waterways. It’s true: rainwater has nowhere to go when it hits pavement, so it runs down storm drains, bringing all of the dirt, oil, grit and grime from ……
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sharpen up.
Ever go to cook a fabulous meal, but found your knives deadly dull? Your tried and true blades were with you through thick and thin, went through a heavy mining process to get to your knife block, and deserve longer lives. So before tossing them in the trash, try sharpening them.
Don’t know how? Go to ……
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