Green Tip of the Week
Ways to save our water supply.
We need water for a healthy body and healthy environment.
- Save water by taking showers instead of bath, and have a cheap easy to use time to ring when your time is up. I have to have an egg timer for when the kids take showers otherwise they would stay in there forever.
- Try to limit the amount of bubble bath and shampoo you use. Their chemicals pollute the water and make it harder to clean. I use Dr. Bronner's Kids Bubble Bath and we use it very sparingly.
- Never flush your medicines down the drain!!!! The water filtration sites are not capable of getting Meds out of the water. Birth control, hormone replacements, antibiotics, steroids, and such have no place in my, your, water.
- Never pour paint or oil down the drain. Instead, take them to a local dump to be disposed of correctly.
- Look into natural approaches to lawn care and skip the chemicals all together. There are many ways to do this, and I will be giving a few recipes and ideas throughout April, in celebration of Earth Month.
- Keep our Rivers, Oceans, and Beaches clean. Take the steps needed to always recycle and throw away waste correctly, and take an extra bag just for cleaning up behind those that need a little help still.
Wondering how clean your water is? You may not have noticed but
your water company sends you a report every year around July. If you want
to make sure you are getting this beneficial information contact your water
supplier and make sure. This usually comes by regular mail, but some
companies can have it emailed to you! Great news! You get it faster
and save some natural resources.
Environmental News
Environmental News
TEN WAYS TO OBSERVE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK
March 3-8, 2013
Get Kids Involved!
Here is a Drawing Contest for kids in K-8th grade.
SHADE POSTER CONTEST
The theme is Sun and Skin Awareness.
You can get your school involved by grade or submit on you own. The poster needs to include a creative way to show:
Instructions for the contest can be found by state in PDF HERE. Contest entries need to be mailed by April1st.
Green Business
Celebrating Woman!
You know how much I love my Libre Tea Glasses, and I am very excited to say they have a discount for ALL to use!
In honor of International Women’s Day, you can use coupon code
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To receive 15% off your order PLUS they will donate $1 to Pads4Girls!
Valid until March 14th at midnight PST
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I wanted to share this because I love doing every bit of my part to limit the amount of waste we create. Living Green is so much more than recycling, and we can all do small steps in this direction. LibreTea is a Eco Glass that helps to reduce waste whether you drink coffee, tea, flavored waters, or plain refreshing water. I think it is great they are supporting Pad4Girls!
This is a great time to let you know about Lunapads.
"There is no tool for development more
effective than the education of girls. No other
policy is as likely to raise economic productivity, lower infant and maternal mortality,
improve nutrition and promote health, including the prevention of HIV/Aids. "~~Lunapads
Conservation News
Discovery Cove has a new baby Dolphin!
Picture from Inside Conservation Blog
"On Monday, February 25, 2013, Discovery Cove welcomed their newest addition to their family - a baby Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The little guy is now a week old, weighs approximately 44 pounds and is 44 inches long. He is nursing and bonding with his mom, Kendall, both a good indication that he is doing well. This is Kendall’s fourth birth and the 26th dolphin born at Discovery Cove since the park opened in 2000."~~Inside Conservation Blog
For more information visit DiscoveryCove.com
This exciting news! It is a wonderful experience to see these beautiful treasures up close. We are heading to Sea World in just a few weeks, and I can't wait to share this with the kids. Teaching kids to love and appreciate nature and all its wonders builds them into conscious adults. Share Green Living, Conservation, and Awareness with your little ones, they are the future.
policy is as likely to raise economic productivity, lower infant and maternal mortality,
improve nutrition and promote health, including the prevention of HIV/Aids. "~~Lunapads
Conservation News
Discovery Cove has a new baby Dolphin!
"On Monday, February 25, 2013, Discovery Cove welcomed their newest addition to their family - a baby Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The little guy is now a week old, weighs approximately 44 pounds and is 44 inches long. He is nursing and bonding with his mom, Kendall, both a good indication that he is doing well. This is Kendall’s fourth birth and the 26th dolphin born at Discovery Cove since the park opened in 2000."~~Inside Conservation Blog
For more information visit DiscoveryCove.com
This exciting news! It is a wonderful experience to see these beautiful treasures up close. We are heading to Sea World in just a few weeks, and I can't wait to share this with the kids. Teaching kids to love and appreciate nature and all its wonders builds them into conscious adults. Share Green Living, Conservation, and Awareness with your little ones, they are the future.
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My sons would love seeing the baby dolphins, me too :)
ReplyDeleteWe will not get to see this cute new arrival, but will see some pretty cool Dolphins at Sea World Next week. :-)
DeleteI love the don't flush the medicine tip. It amazes me how many people actually do this, or they throw them out, it rains they leach into the ground. Simply bringing them back to the pharmacy and they will properly dispose of them. (we hope).
ReplyDeleteI know, I don't usually have any to dispose of, but that is where we take ours. So many people don't know that and think its the safest place. People believe the processing plants clean it all, but they are not capable of getting meds out of our water. It has become a greater issue over the last 10 years.
DeleteI didn't realize a lot of people did the flush the medicine things. We have an annual or biannual (can't remember) drop off at our local clinic where you can bring in your old meds and they will dispose of them.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome Jesica! Be sure to share that with friends and family so they can know where to drop theirs off! Thanks for sharing this!
DeleteGreat Info! I love the coloring contest! Sun Awareness is SO important!
ReplyDeleteYes it is! Please pass on the information to those with kids in K-8! Thank you for commenting!
DeleteSuch a fun way to get kids involved with the coloring contest!
ReplyDeleteMy kids are so excited about it! We are having a reveal party before we send it off! They have been working on their brainstorming ideas, and we will make them next week!
DeleteI love Dr. Bronner's soap! Great information, love reading your post! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, I love his soaps and started using them with my babies. They were so gentle and smelled better than those heavy chemical baby soaps out today.
DeleteThis is very helpful and informative. I would never flush things. And oil? No,I have that in an old can and then throw in the trash. Is that ok, acutally? I just love dolphins! I collect them! I would love to go to Sea World!
ReplyDeleteWe are visiting Sea World next week! I am so excited! You would think no one would flush oil, but it happens more than you think :-(
DeleteI have so much medication that we are not going to use. We have a place to take it to but it is quite a trip. I will hold onto it until I run out of room and then take it. I love all the tips, I need to set a timer for my boys, I am the only girl and always the quickest in the shower.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is, my son, I have to make him get in the shower but once in there is wants to stay in forever. I just don't get it, LOL.
DeleteGreat information, love your tips and your beautiful picture at the start of this post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Julia! Its one of my favorites. The picture is the shoreline of "Lock Ness". We visited Scotland this summer and I feel in love with it!
DeleteAnother tip is to clean up after your dog. This also causes water pollution!
ReplyDeleteRight you are! I get so frustrated when I am on a run, and see people not picking up after there dog! Also, get green- biodegradable poopy bags! So many people use regular plastic bags when you have a cheaper greener option! Thanks for the tip!
DeleteTaking a shower instead of a bath not only saves water, but it also saves time! :)
ReplyDeleteDawn
Yes it does, usually taking green steps does have multiple bonuses, thanks for stopping by!
DeleteGreat info! I love the "green" tips! Reading posts like this always make people more aware and motivates them to take action! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristin! I am trying to do my part :-)
DeleteFabulous tips! I think this is something that everyone needs to know, especially the medicine tip.
ReplyDeleteIt crazy, but I know so many friends and family that do flush they unused meds. While they think its the right thing to do, so you wont have the meds sitting around, it does affect our water.
DeleteThe water here is awful. We've started drinking filtered water, but we can't get a full home filter because we're renting.
ReplyDeleteWe are renting too, I know frustrating it can be. We need goo clean water to drink for a healthy body, but so many people have poor quality water. Everything we can do helps. :-)
DeleteThank for all your great tips! I need to get and egg timer so that my kids take shorter shower!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marieesbella! I had to go to the egg timer or my kids would be in there until all the hot water ran out. :-)
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