Green Holiday tips!

From my EcoBroker Winter Update 2010 came these great tips on how to have a green holiday!  Hope ya’ll enjoy and are having a Merry Christmas!

Ideas to Make your Holiday Green

Here are a few ideas from your friends at EcoBroker to help make your holiday season a lot more green! We found most of these tips from wikihow.com, added a few of our own, and encourage you to pass these on to your friends.  No matter what holiday you celebrate, please send us any other tips to educationservices@ecobroker.com. We would love to compile a list for future years and also feature some of the best ideas in future newsletters. 

Give Green Gifts

• For kids, think science kits, solar power gadgets such as radios and flashlights, books about ecology, or tickets for a trip to a local nature reserve, museum, or zoo to see conservation in action.
• For the green thumb on your list, purchasing gardening materials such as seeds, seedlings, plants, planter pots, soil, etc., are great eco-friendly gift choices.
• Reusable grocery and shopping bags are always handy.
   

Spend Time With Your Loved Ones

• Making your own gifts is an excellent way of ensuring they’re eco-friendly, well within budget, and a great way to enjoy the company and fellowship of others.
   
• Make food. Giving homemade food beautifully presented in eco-friendly packaging is a delightful gift, part love and part delicious! How about homemade jam or bread?
• Keep in mind the interests of each recipient and the need to reduce waste by using eco-considerate products when making the gifts. Make use of empty containers to package homemade treats for gifts. For example, decorate an empty Pringles can to package chocolate covered pretzel sticks!
   

Be Eco-friendly With Your Tree

• If you celebrate Christmas, consider purchasing a living Christmas tree. This option has the benefit of not removing a tree for a temporary use and allows you to plant the tree in the garden or in another suitable place after use.
• Be sure to compost a cut tree after use. If you don’t have a garden or you’re not able to hire or borrow a wood-chipper machine, check with your local council to see if it has a scheme for chipping or composting trees. 
• Turn off the tree lights after you go to bed and while you’re out. Try putting your indoor and outdoor lights on timers if you can’t remember to do this manually. Doing this will also prevent fires.

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This information is presented by:

Connie Taylor
Keller Williams
ConnieTaylor@KW.com
www.AmarilloDreamHomes.com

Information is deemed to be reliable, but is not guaranteed.