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365 Green Tips for 2013

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Criado Realty 0548772

Live Green!Since I'm committed to using Facebook for PR, I decided on January 9th to post a daily GREEN Tip. To play catch up from Jan 1 to Jan 9, I posted 9 things you can do to green up your life. My good friend Scott Godzyk suggested I blog it because he really enjoyed how simple it is to make a few choices that will improve energy, air, and earth.  So, just for you Scott, here it is!

I'm going to start posting things to do to improve energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and eco friendly living. Since we are in day 9 of the year I'll start with 9 things... Just to show you how many things I can think of in 9 minutes.

1. Use Vinegar & Water instead of OTC Glass Cleaner
2. Use borax to remove pests instead of OTC pest removals
3. Clean your air ducts
4. Make a grocery list to shop to avoid making extra mid-week trips
5. Run your errands by map, to avoid back tracking, thereby saving fuel
6. Use reusable bags, even for produce ($1 laundry bags at the Dollar stores)
7. Shop local - it saves fuel, reduces carbon foot print
8. Shop at resale shops - Retro chic is fun & creative
9. Eat more vegetables - they consume fewer resources to grow than meat or processed foods

(Did this in about 4 minutes!)

Posted by
Cathy Criado President & Founder
MBA, REALTOR, BROKER, NAR GREEN, EcoBroker
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Great job Cathy. I LOVE seeing your tips and have adopted many over the last year. I have missed them so when you poste don FB, it was a natural you share here as well. I am happy to say i practice 8 out of the 9 tips. i have not used borax for pests but intend to check into it.

Jan 14, 2013 12:43 AM
David Popoff
DMK Real Estate - Darien, CT
Realtor®,SRS, Green ~ Fairfield County, Ct

Cathy, always willing to save money, here is a tip, get your ducts professionally sealed, ducts can leak an average of 20 - 30%, check out my morning AR post on it.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/3587711/seal-your-leaky-ducts-now-with-aeroseal-ul-listed-

 

 

 

Jan 15, 2013 09:17 PM