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Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

April 29th, 2008

One Small Step: Hang That Towel

Can you believe that some people still only use their towel once and then re-wash it! How crazy is that? Sadly, I’ve met quite a few people addicted to re-washing towels.

Assuming you’re clean after a bath or shower (let’s hope) then there’s no good reason not to hang that towel up, let it dry, and […]

By Jennifer -- 9 comments

April 13th, 2008

One Small Step: Slow Down Speed Racer

The faster you drive the more fuel you burn. As soon as you get above 60 mph your mileage starts to decrease pretty darn quickly. CNN notes that, “Every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is like the price of gasoline going up about 54 cents a gallon.” So besides saving non-renewable resources […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

March 16th, 2008

One Small Step: Cut Out Five Poorly Conceived Ideas

Starting today, choose five small products that make no sense from the earth’s perspective, and boycott. Forget they ever happened. Choose any five you like, but I’ll give you some ideas to start with.

Single serving cereal boxes - you know those ones your kids want. Just say no, but of course explain why.
Small hotel shampoo […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

March 4th, 2008

One Small Step: Eat One Meatless Meal

In celebration of Peggy’s look at the meatless life lately - wait, have you missed that? Well, Peggy’s been looking at meatless living and I added one myself. Here’s a look back at some meatless posts we’ve done:

Meatless Meals: How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
A Veggie Resource in the Health and Science Channel
Meatless Meals: Veggie Books […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

October 12th, 2007

One Small Step: Refillable Liquid Hand Soap

Refillable liquid hand soap is a tiny step that everyone can take to reduce plastic waste. If you have the basic family home you may have two bathrooms; each with liquid soap dispenser. Most folks keep one in the kitchen as well. Now consider a family of four and how much hand soap gets used […]

By Jennifer -- 14 comments