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Step Up & Green Up for The Earth

“Going green” has been all the rage for many years now. Whether you believe in global warming or not, taking small, painless steps to help protect the natural beauty and bounty of our world is something with which we can all get on board. Here are a few small steps that you can take to green up your daily life:

 

• Change out old traditional light bulbs with energy efficient light bulbs (compact fluorescent light bulb, or CFLs for short).
• When buying new appliances or electronics like TVs or computers, check for the ENERGY STAR, which signifies that they use less energy to run and are therefore more efficient.
• Whenever possible, as the season permits in many cases, eat locally grown foods from your local farmers market. Not only will you be supporting your local economy, you’ll be saving the environment from more emissions as a result from less transportation costs.
• Buy recycled products - and recycle your trash. In addition, steer clear of products that use excessive packaging. Swanson Health Products is proud of the fact that we don’t waste space in our packaging or bottles. Unlike potato chip bags, we fill our bottles right to the top!

 

Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products

When you open up the cabinet under the kitchen sink, or maybe it’s your hallway closet, you are likely to find a large collection of cleaning products.  Take a look at the collections you’ve amassed over the year; window cleaner, floor cleaner, bathroom cleaner, carpet cleaner, toilet cleaner, that infomercial cleaner, and a few others.

Cleaning products are not required to list all of the ingredients they contain.  So your cabinet full of cleaners may very well be the same product marketed to you in a variety of different formats. Many of these very popular cleaning products are often both caustic and toxic.

The whole point of cleaning your home is to improve its appearance and to allow you to have a safe and healthy place to live.  Using a cabinet full of commercial cleaners can actually cause damage to the items in your house and cause a variety of health problems due to the chemicals they contain.

There are two better options to consider.  The first would be to replace your cabinet of commercial cleaners with some natural and green cleaning products.  Natural cleaning products are better for your health and also the environment.  The other option would be to clean without the use of chemicals, which is possible when using the e-cloth.

Helpful Tips for Going Green & Saving Some Green Too

Let’s face it, most of us drive a car every single day – to work, to school, to the grocery store, to restaurants, to the gas station, etc. So, it seems obvious that one of the easiest places to green up your routine is with your daily commutes. Did you know that overall Americans idle away 2.9 billion gallons of gas a year, worth about $80 billion? If that seems like a lot, well, it is. But all we have to do is turn off the engine if we are sitting for more than 10 seconds. At stop lights, in the drive through, in the garage or in the driveway, if you’re going to be sitting and waiting for more than ten seconds, you’ll save more gas by shutting off your car and starting it back up again when it’s time to leave than you would by letting it run.

Another obvious place to look to go green is your home. What’s the biggest expense next to your mortgage or rent payment? Electricity. How many appliances, TVs, computers, etc. do you have plugged in and sitting in “standby” mode? There are probably at least a few. All these appliances, even though they may be turned “off,” are still sipping energy and inflating your bills. Some estimate a savings of $90 a year just by turning off your computer at night…and that’s just one piece of equipment! So turn off and unplug as much as possible, and if that’s too hard, just use a surge protector and hit just one off switch to shut off multiple appliances.

Read more: 10 Easiest Going Green Tips