Go Green tips for November 30th

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, November 30th:

• Money tight this year? Join the club! Shop our local second had and resale stores. Nearly new and a fraction of the original price, these gifts are even better because they’re twice loved!!
• Buying battery run toys or gifts this year? Stock up on the rechargeables! They last longer and lessen your impact!

Tomorrow is December first, therefore, we’ll talk holiday decorating, specifically, the tangled strings of lights that we’ll pull out of boxes, try to untangle and then put back into the boxes, utterly defeated. It is from experience that I speak. Yes, I do it, too. What to do with those strings of lights we no longer use, but still work? You can sell them online or trade them in, donate them to a local charity, they might not mind untangling them for you! Keep them to use as a fun night light for a little one or to use to decorate a campground this summer. When you are replacing those tangled strings, double check that the wire on the new set of lights has a holographic “UL Listed” tag (this ensures the product has been tested and evaluated for certification by UL’s laboratories). Keep it safe, when plugging in multiple strings to increase length, do not exceed more then three consecutive strings of lights. It’s better to buy the strings as long a length as you can find. Oh, and don’t forget to turn them off when you leave the house and when you go to bed. As to whether you prefer blinking or sustained lights, I’ll let you decide! (Go blinking!!!!) Happy stringing with the Go Green Ride at Five on 92.1 WVTK.