Go Green tips for October 11th

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Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Monday, October 11th:

• Better start thinking about the Halloween costumes before all the good ones are gone! Go thrift shop first when looking for a new get-up for your little ghoul!
• Cool reuse idea with the pending holiday in mind: Make a fun trick-or-treat candy carrier out of an empty cereal box! Cover it with brown paper bag and decorate it to reflect a spooky Halloween mood! Mine is going to say: “Put Chocolate Here!!!!”.

Fall’s the perfect time to start preparing your home for cooler temperatures! According to the Department of Energy, reducing drafts can cut energy usage up to 30%. So inspect doors and windows to ensure that there are no small spaces through which warm air can escape. Rather than crank up the heat, use nontoxic caulking on windows and homemade draft-blockers along the bottoms of doors. Super-easy to make, by the way. Create a long tube out of an old sweather or pair of jeans you no longer wear. Fill it with something weighted, like sand. Of course, you’ll need to put that sand in a bag first, before putting in your cloth tube. Next step, sew it up and it’s ready to go. My friend painted hers to look like big logs, pretty cool looking and functional! Another acquaintance of mine, has several that are holiday specific. That’s a bit much for me, but each to their own! In the end, it’s all about resource preservation, and keeping the warm in and the cold out! It's the Go Green Ride at Five on 92.1 WVTK.