Go Green Tips for November 1st

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 Monday, November 1st:

• All those leaves in your yard…when you rake, try to compost instead of simply throwing them away.
• With all the plastic in our landfills, why not take advantage of that tap in your kitchen instead of buying another bottle of water. Pick up an inexpensive aluminum reusable water bottle today for just such an occasion!

I’m always preaching buying green, but that can be somewhat confusing. Especially when it comes to the use of the term "natural". Just because something is natural, it doesn't make it environmentally friendly. Mercury is natural, so is arsenic, uranium, lead and asbestos - but all these things can be harmful if released into the environment. And when something like shampoo has a laundry list of natural ingredients, many of which don’t necessarily benefit the user, but are only there to persuade the consumer into making a purchase, well that certainly doesn’t help the environment. Especially when we’re needlessly pulling resources. In other words, a product packed with natural resources isn’t always a good thing for the environment. It’s still consumption, no matter how you package it. The key, is looking into where these ingredients come from. Some resources are actually in short supply because of over-harvesting. Take the time, do a little detective work, Do these natural ingredients really do you any good? Will you benefit through application? Hmmm. Don’t just accept the marketing spin, and I bet you’ll save money as you save resources! Green is the word on the The Go Green Ride at Five!