Green Tip #4: Going green for the holidays.
When it comes to conservation, it’s the little things that matter most. Give a gift to the environment this holiday season by taking the time to conserve! Here are 10 ways to have an eco-friendly holiday:
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Buy a potted or “balled” Christmas tree and replant it after the holidays. You can create a year-round habitat for local wildlife.
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Recycle or mulch a cut tree for use in gardens and playgrounds. Avoid discarding it in a landfill.
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Replace plastic bows with reusable cloth ribbons. Save gift wrap and ribbons to decorate next year’s gifts.
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Wrap gifts with colorful pages torn from magazines, the Sunday comics, last year’s calendar or old maps and posters.
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Instead of wrapping paper use decorative tins, baskets, boxes, or fabric bags.
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Conserve electricity by installing a timer on holiday lights. And invest in LED holiday lights.
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Send Internet holiday greeting cards or traditional cards made from recycled paper.
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Trim your tree with edible ornaments like popcorn, cranberries or gingerbread cookies! Later, move your tree into the yard to give the birds a holiday treat!
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Enjoy a delicious cup of organic hot coco. Cocoa contains twice as many antioxidants as red wine.
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Give holiday gifts of “time” to your family and friends. Nothing is more valuable!
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Making donations to worthy ecology conscious organizations in someone’s behalf is also a gift idea for someone who has “everything”