Go Green tips for March 16th

Gotta tip you want to share with Sarah and the Go Green Ride at Five? Email her: sarah@921wvtk.com!

Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Tuesday, March 16th:

• Another phone book re-use tip: make a secret storage box for valuables out of a larger phone book. Carve out a hole in the center, and thieves will never be the wiser.
• Recycling a ton of 'waste' has twice the economic impact of burying it in the ground. The earth, love it or leave it!
• When it comes to buying new stuff, follow the wait a day plan. If it’s not an immediate need, put it back and wait a day. The next day, if you still think you need it, buy it then. Most likely, after a day of thought, what looked indispensable one day will seem an unnecessary luxury the next.


“Green purchasing” means buying smart. Shop with the environment in mind—that is, buy products that help conserve natural resources, save energy, and prevent waste. Green purchasing can also mean not buying things you don’t need. By educating yourself about the products you buy, you can make a difference in protecting the environment. Green purchasing involves learning about all the ways that a product can affect the environment during the course of its “life cycle”—from the materials used to manufacture it, to how you use it, to what you do with it when you’re finished with it—so that you can make smart choices you can live with. Green is a choice we can all make with 921wvtk!