An Environmentally Friendly Holiday Season

A variety of ways to help protect the environment have sprung up for this holiday season.  Studies now show that 54% of holiday shoppers will choose to be eco-friendly if given a chance.  So a few ideas.

• Christmas tree lights that are solar powered.  These lights are available at Home Depot and probably elsewhere and come with a small solar panel.  These lights will stay lit until midnight.
• Using organic beeswax candles in a menorah
• Using eco friendly and reusable bags to wrap gifts, these bags can then be used at the supermarket instead of the plastic or paper bags.

All of the lights on the Times Square New Years Ball have been replaced this year in honor of the 100th year.  Now the LED lights use 1 watt of power vs last year and prior years which used 40 watts.

There is also a new site called Catalog Choice.  This site is free and you can opt out of receiving catalogs you are not interested in.   Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, and the Kendeda Fund. You can eliminate duplicate and unsolicited catalog mailings - now that is an environmentally friendly thing to do.