Going Green in Your Home- 10 Tips

The following are 10 easy and inexpensive thing you can do to create a greener home and get rid of the toxic chemicals that occupy space.

1. Open Windows and Doors to let in fresh air. Do this instead of air fresheners and avoid the toxic chemicals in the aerosol cans. Air fresheners don't really freshen the air, the chemicals they put into the air actually prevents us from smelling the odors that are still there!

2. Turn Down The Thermostat: Save money on your monthly heating bill. Each degree that you lower the temp. reduced the energy cost by 3%.

3. Reduce junk mail: Eliminate that junk mail. They say 100 million trees are destroyed each year to create junk mail. Reduce the unnecessary trash and save some trees.

4. Use energy efficient light bulbs: They last longer and reduce costs!

5. Turn off and Unplug unused appliance and electronics: Even when something in turned off energy is still being used when it is plugged into an outlet.

6. Use less hot water: You can use low flow shower heads and faucets to reduce the amount of water that is used.

7. Use a Non Toxic Shower Curtain: Hemp is naturally resistant to bacteria and mold.

8. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: Recycling is having a huge impact on the amount of trash going to the dumps.

9. Use a water filter instead of bottled water: filtered water is just as good if not better than bottled water.

10. Eat locally: eating items that are grown nearby saves transportation costs.