4 Easy Ways To Go Green In Style--Without Spending A Penny!
By Tracey Lomrantz,Glamour magazine
Happy Earth Day, dolls! We're celebrating by bringing you some easy tips to help green up your style routine...and none of them require you to invest in anything new (which will eventually, inevitably, end up in a landfill, even if it is made of eco-friendly cotton). Here are our favorite ways to give the Earth a big old hug without spending a cent...
1.Donate your old clothes. Haven't done your spring cleaning yet? What the heck are you waiting for? Follow our easy steps to making the closet cleanse a breeze, then send the stuff you no longer want to your local Goodwill or Salvation Army. Your good deed will do double duty: Someone in need will get great new clothes to wear, and you'll avoid sending more stuff to the trash.
2.Bring your own bags when you hit the mall. You're probably already bringing your own reusable bags to the grocery store (right?!), but have you ever thought about doing the same for your non-food shopping sprees? Think about how many non-biodegradable totes you rack up in one afternoon at the mall...then decrease your carbon footprint by saying "No thanks, I brought my own!" to the cashier.
3.Make upcycled accessories. All of those plastic odds and ends hanging around your house and your garage could actually become a fabulous statement necklace (or clutch, or cell phone case, or countless other awesome items). Check out Upcycled Accessories or P.S. I Made This for cool projects using everyday objects.
4.Lower the temperature on your washer and dryer. A Cambridge study showed that the energy required to wash and dry one cotton T-shirt in its lifetime on the highest heat was equivalent to buying 1700g of fossil fuel, depositing 450g of waste to landfill and emitting 4kg of CO2 into the atmosphere. Reduce the heat on your washing machine (and even better, line dry your cotton items) and a garment's climate change impact is automatically reduced by 50%.
Tell me, dolls...how are you celebrating Earth Day? Do you already utilize any of these green tips? Do you have any others you want to share? Discuss!
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