How Eco-Driving Can Help Your Wallet

The way we drive has a great impact on our fuel efficiency and the environment. The gap between an eco friendly driver and other drivers is about 35%. But we can cut down on this by the way we opporate our vehicles.

Here are some tips that can help you to preserve the environment, increase the efficiency of your automobile and help your wallet as well.

Slow down and save:
Every 5 mph the you go over 65 mph your fuel efficiency drops by 10%. It’s the equivalent of paying an extra 20% for gas.

Go easy on the pedal:
Jackrabbit start-offs save just seconds off of every couple off minutes but the consumption of fuel is over 30%.

Car pool for efficiency:
You might live close to someone that you work with. There are days when you can switch as the driver. Let your car rest and be the passenger a couple days out of the week then switch roles.

These are a few tips to starting you off on your eco-friendly driving lifestyle. For a more in depth look at tips on fuel-efficient driving look at the EcoDriver website.

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Happy 40th Earth Day

I am always looking for ways to improve myself. I have to admit that I completely fail at being an environmentalist. I can’t tell you how many water bottles I’ve thrown away in the last month. Are you cringing too?

In celebration of Earth Day I read these 40 Earth-saving tips from Earth 911. I plan to start slowly implementing some of these tips into my life. I’ll start tonight with sorting though my trash and putting my recycling bin out in the morning for pick-up. I am embarrassed that my neighbors never see my bin next to theirs. Boy, will they be surprised.

How do you plan to celebrate Earth Day? Have any great tips of your own?

Resident Poll: How Do Yo Go Green

Do You turn off lights, use less water, recycle and reuse, nothing, or everything?  I turn off lights.  If you don’t do anything, you should really consider it.

Cooking Oil and Its Disposal

Question: What to do with Used Cooking Oil?

If it’s bad for your body, then it is probably bad for the environment.  If you don’t know, pouring cooking oil down the drain or placing it in the trash can harm wildlife and local sewage systems.

Here are 10 things you should know about recycling cooking oil

Have you been following the proper way to dispose of cooking oil?

Green Kitchen Saves You Green

Having the right kitchen tools on hand can save you big bucks. Using five simple gadgets on a regular basis can save you hundreds of dollars every month. You probably already have most of them tucked away in your kitchen cabinets. If not, ask friends if they’re looking to unload any of the items below or seek out great deals or freebies on Craigslist, Freecycle, and elsewhere. Find out which tools here.

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Winter Wonderland Decorating

Even though money is slim and these are penny pinching days, we can still have a fabulous get-together with the slightest bit of effort and inventive spirit. We can host a splendid evening brimming with eco-chic brilliance. When thinking of winter, my first thoughts escape straight to a “Winter Wonderland” theme, and luckily with a slight obsession for eco-friendly entertaining, I’ve found a source that has been able to make some charming ideas.

Read more about it here.

Take Your Shopping Bags To The Mall

If you know there will be a lot of holiday shopping going on this holiday season, maybe you should consider taking your old shopping bags back to the store.

I have a closet full of Macy’s, Banana Republic, Gap, and Victoria Secret bags.  Instead of throwing away perfectly good bags, I save them and take them when I go on my shopping sprees.  I tend to get funny looks, but I am saving the environment and that’s all that counts.

Do you have any tips that you would like to share?

Compost The Pumpkin

Now that Halloween is over, it is time to get out the Thanksgiving decorations. But what can you do with your Halloween pumpkin?

Just like any other fruit or vegetable, pumpkins are considered organic waste. Therefore they can be disposed of in the same way fruits and vegetables are disposed of.

Read this article to find ways to recycle your pumpkin

Do you know of any pumpkin smashing events in your area?

Wow Green The Benefits of Going Green

The benefits of going green with Wow Green house cleaning products are that you are using environmentally friendly enzymes and blends for your household’s cleaning needs.  You are not using toxic chemicals and unknown chemicals in your home with Wow Green products. You are not scrubbing away stains and leaving behind residues and chemicals for your children and pets to breathe in and sit on.  More than that, you will beyond a reasonable doubt, be exceptionally satisfied with the cleanliness you will get from Wow Green products.

There are a variety of reasons to use Wow Green’s house cleaning products in your home and the environment is just part of that reason.  Green cleaning has become a very important issue and vital part of our culture now that global warming has come to light.  The health of people and children are of concern to Wow Green, as well as the overall impact of the environment from the toxic chemicals and the residues they leave behind.

Wow Green house cleaning products are not only very effective cleaning products but are safe and natural too.  We all need to understand that clean smelling is not actually clean.  We are used to smelling clean as the artificial smell that companies use in their cleaners to make us think that our rooms and laundry are clean.  Bleach, harsh chemicals and other toxic perfumes are really just harming not only our noses but our environment as well.