Home DIY doesn’t always have to be big projects that consume your whole weekend. In fact, even if you did all ten of these green, eco-friendly tips, you’d still have enough of your Sunday left to barbecue!
1. Add a bottle of water to your toilet tank. The water it displaces will save between 3,000 and 5,000 gallons a year.
2. Use a backyard clothesline instead of a dryer. You’ll not only save on energy, but your clothes will have the fresh smell of the outdoors.
3. Don’t buy environmentally harsh drain cleaners. Sprinkle baking soda into a drain, and then add vinegar. After about 15 minutes, pour in hot water to clear everything out.
4. Supercharge the water you pour on your plants! After boiling or steaming vegetables, save the water and pour it on after it cools–the nutrients left in the liquid are extremely beneficial.
5. Choose an area of your home for a “charging station” for phones, games, and the like. Plug all of the chargers into a power strip, and unplug the power strip when it’s not in use.
6. Instead of tossing stained t-shirts, rip them up for cleaning cloths. You’ll save on paper towels and dust cloths.
7. Install a dimmer switch to conserve electricity
8. Save seeds from those pretty heirloom tomatoes you found at the farmer’s market–in a few months, you could be enjoying a few from your own garden.
9. Olive and coconut oil both make wonderful moisturizers without harmful chemicals or irritating dyes.
10. Tea tree oil is one of the best mold killers out there, and all natural to boot. Apply to a cloth and sweep over moldy areas.
Tea Tree oil is amazing. I use it from cleaning to body washing. I can’t say enough great thing about this product. Nice list.
Posted by kathy | August 4, 2011, 5:01 pm