Make a House Becomes "Greener"
While turning your home in a totally respectful of the environment is a large company, there are plenty of small steps you can take to buy a home greener. Here are some ways to start ...
Bedroom
• Green bed. When buying bedding, look for organic and environmentally friendly options like bamboo or organic cotton leaves.
• Pull the plug! When not in use, connect a charger for mobile phone, MP3, PDA and other electronic devices. Connected to sewers of energy.
• Eco-candles. Choose beeswax candles, soy was, and essential oils.
• Green your wardrobe. Look for clothing and accessories from organic materials and environmentally friendly: organic cotton, bamboo, hemp. Keep your eyes peeled for the new label "Luxury Eco approval.
• The garment bag. Avoid paper and plastic that usually accompanies a dry cleaner. Instead, offer an old cloth bag vacuum cleaner for reuse. It is clear that the label with your name and address to avoid a switcheroo!
• Color-me-tag. Looking for a healthy tone of the wall? Try non-toxic paint.
• Thermostat statistics. Keep the bedroom at 65-67 degrees in winter to save energy.
Bathroom
• Brushing healthy. Recycline toothbrush made from recycled material, mostly Stonyfield Farm yogurt containers. They give you postage-paid envelopes for recycling after use.
• Eco pampering. Buy organic products for body care. Green by Nature (no parabens, sulfates, or synthetic chemicals) with natural botanicals, organic Origins (without chemical pesticides, insecticides and herbicides) and Weleda are among companies with ecological vocation.
• Cleaning. When you towel off, the use of organic towels. Under the canopy is a company that produces them.
• Spread the word. Once the pores of the latest editions of Vogue, Lucky, Us Weekly and Wired, is passed to friends, a library, a doctor or a Flight Attendant.
Kitchen
• Take the key. Trade your home water cooler or bottled water for a Brita pitcher filter (for use with good ol 'tap water) or a filter in the sink. When traveling, can carry a reusable bottle filling.
• Eat local. Shop farmers' markets or considering participating in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) group.
• Serve as bamboo. Bamboo is an ecological material because it is a very renewable resource.
• Read labels. When you buy cleaning products, look for buzzwords and non-toxic, biodegradable, chlorine-free, unscented fragrance, natural, hypoallergenic and paraben. And "better for you and the environment!
Laundry
• Green clean. Do not leave dirty clothes hamper their efforts to live green. Choose concentrated detergents and fabric softeners (except packaging), such as those made by the method are biodegradable and not tested on animals or animal products. You might also consider Cleanut base soap nuts (actually grows on trees in India and Nepal) is a hypoallergenic, biodegradable, biological detergents.
• Something old. Not that the launch of tattered shirt yet! Instead of using (and reuse!) Instead of a paper towel to the area of the family, including cleaning of Windows.