‘Tis the season for decking the halls, giving gifts, and getting together with family and friends. Celebrate an eco-friendly holiday season with these tips:
1. Traveling out of town to visit family? Share the ride with others going your way to reduce CO2 emissions and save money. Connect with people at www.erideshare.com
2. Put those cereal boxes to use! If you package your gifts, reuse empty boxes instead of buying new boxes. This saves trees and money!
3. Forget the boxes and bows and give experiences, such as tickets to a ball game or the Zoo! For example, ADOPT an animal at the Zoo in your child’s name!
4. Use energy-saving LED holiday lights instead of traditional light bulbs, as well as a time that automatically turns them off at night in case you forget to do it before going to bed.
5. Trim a tree for wildlife instead of cutting down a tree. Decorate a live tree in your yard with strings of popcorn and cranberries for wildlife to eat.
6. Consider getting a live tree from an organic tree farm. When it’s time to take out the tree, have it mulched to use in your spring garden instead of adding to the 10 million Christmas trees that end up in landfills every year.
7. Cut down on paper waste by emailing your holiday wishes or making your own cards out of recycled materials.
8. Recycle old maps, newspapers, and paper bags as gift wrap. If every family did this instead of using wrapping paper for just three presents, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
9. Light your candles with beeswax or soy candles which burn cleaner than traditional candles.
10. Go organic for holiday dinners that are healthy for you and the environment
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