Going Green 2!   After my first blog on Going Green and doing much research on other simple ways to GO GREEN. I have came up with a few more from research and some from my AR friends. Here are a few simple tips on how "You" can make a difference. Our environment should be "One of our top priorities".  Please feel free to add any of your own 'Going Green Ideas.

  Have any old milk bottles or a salad dressing bottle? Try using them as your everyday VASE. A unique touch and an excellent way to reuse an item.

 Don't throw away those soup cans. Remove the label and use them as shinny tin pencil/pen holders. Perfect organizers too.

   Recieving tons of junk mail and magazines? Simply write "Return to Sender" on letter or magazine and return. Or even better... go to http://www.catalogchoice.org/ to take your name off hundreds of junk mailers lists and help save 53 million trees a year!

 A full fridge is more efficient because less cold air escapes when the door opens. Move frequently used items to the front and pack the empty spaces in back with jugs of filtered water. Another energy tip is to set your freezer and fridge temp at least one number below the recommendation. I set mine back by two.

Resealable plastic bags aren't easily recycled, but reusing them will keep hundreds out of landfills. Sanitizing in the dishwasher is best. "I've been doing this for years". If you wash them really good you can do it by hand in the sink as well.