7 Ways To Green Your Vehicle

1. Keep your car as long as you can.  Fight the urge to trade it in.  Not buying a new car is one of the most environmentally friendly choices you can make.  When you do have to buy a new car, buy a hybrid or at the least a small compact car.
2. Drive the speed limit.  Don't be in such a hurry, drive slower.  This saves on gas!
3. Keep your vehicle maintenance up.  Tune-ups, tires rotated, oil changed, etc.  You can actually save up to .10 a gallon at the gas pump when your car is in tip top shape.
4. Keep the junk out of your trunk.  All that extra weight makes your engine work harder and reduces gas mileage per gallon.
5. Use your cruise control.  Using cruise control increases gas mileage!
6. Use your AC as little as possible and roll down the windows when you can.  Using the AC uses more gas.
7. Combine your errand into one trip.  Run several errands at one time, saving on gas, instead of making several trips out.

My Green Face

I absolutely love the way each and every one of these products looks and feels on me.  And the best part of it all is they are all eco-friendly green/natural products and under $20!  So here is what I use to get my favorite Green face. 

Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Shimmer









Nutriganics™ Smoothing Serum

Physicians Formula Organic Tinted Moisturizer

 
 
 
 
 
 
Monet Minerals all natural mineral makeup*

(*Foundation, Blush & Liner, Brow and Eye Shadow)

Go Green for Spring - Three Simple Steps to help you get started.

Want to be eco-friendly, but just the very thought of going green makes you feel overwhelmed?  Take it from someone like me, a simple average everyday green gal.  Try going green for spring by starting with these three simple and easy steps. 

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Start off by reducing and reusing anything and everything you possibly can. Use as little as possible and resuse twice or more if you can.  Sign up with your local recycling program or find a local recycling center near you.  Try locating your's at Earth911.com
2. Replace all your light bulbs and/or night lights with CRS bulbs and LED lights.  You can find them at your local Walmart for only a few dollars.
3. Replace your shower head with an energy-efficient one.  You can find them online at speciality stores such as Shower Head Store or places like Lowes or Home Depot.  Even Walmart and Kmart offer affordable EF shower heads.

These are just three simple steps to get you started, but there are many more green and eco-friendly steps you can take.  Plant your own herb garden, weatherize your home for summer, keep your air conditioner set at the same level (a good temperature to keep your thermostat on would be what you can live comfortably with such as 72 or 74 degrees) or purchase a programmable thermostat.  Of course, these are just a few more ideas, but there are many more things you can do.  Just work slowly towards becoming more eco-friendly by taking it three small steps at a time and before you know it, you'll be green too!

Turn Dark Green for Fall 2009

Fall is a wonderful and lovely time of year, but you also need to be thinking ahead to be prepared for the upcoming cold, icy, windy winter months ahead. So I can't think of a smarter and better time to Go Green or yet, Greener. Let's get you started with a few basic and affordable easy ideas:

• Winterization/Weatherization -Reducing Energy Usage
• Replace all light bulbs with CFL Bulbs
• Keep your thermostat set as low as you comfortable can at a steady tempature...usually around 68 - 72 degree range
• Clean & replace furnace filters as needed
• Keep all appliances unplugged when not in use
• Keep all lights & etc. turned off when not in use
• Replace your showerhead with an Eco-Friendly Low Flow showerhead

These are just a few easy ways to Go Greener in the Fall, you can find many more great easy ideas, tips and information from some of my absolute favorite Eco-Friendly Green Websites:

• eHow
• US Department of Energy (Be sure to read about their FREE Weatherization Program for those that qualify)
• Sara Snow - Green Living Expert & TV Host
• Planet Green