Share & Voice: 11 Ways to Go Green

I get the magazine women's health and sometimes they have really cool ideas about nutrition, health and a lot more. This time I came across 11 ways to go green and I thought it would be cool to share it with everyone! These are also really easy ways to go green, that we could do now! 




1. Turn it down: don't use as many lights and don't use the plastic bags


2. Replace the five most frequently used lights in your home with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs

3. Wash your clothes in cold water


4. Turn down your water heater to 120 degrees 


5. Lower your thermostat by 2 degrees 


6. Go vegetarian one day a week 


7. Use a clothes line or a drying rack 

8. Install a low-flow shower head 


9. Get rid of the dishpan, using a dishwasher cleans better and uses less water! 


10. Replace your appliances with Energy-Star approved products

11. Carpool once a week 




Visit this website for a more on going green @ Women's Health Magazine

Reflection Post: Week 11 & 12

Week 11


We got into groups to define different parts of environmental health that a 10 year old would be able to read and understand. Our group had environmental citizenship and we came up with: We all affect the environment and need to be responsible for our actions. Remembering we are part of the worlds community and helping out. We learned that breaking down parts in a the definition help people who don't have knowledge of the topic understand! We also watched a short video clip called "The Story Of Stuff" it shows how things are made and put on to our shelfs to buy then brought home and then waste. Americans have this cycle of work--watch--spend, we repeat this over and over which is resulting in twice as much trash then 50 years ago! Thats a lot! I also found that they are making products cheaper so they break faster and consumers buy more, not good. Another shocking thing is that breast milk is the most toxic! What?! We also looked at 5 different junk objects and come up with ideas in which ways we could use them. Some groups had some really cool ideas! Getting exciting for a junking project! 

Week 12


We learned about how to Blog Hop! I think it is a great idea where people can share there same ideas with others! We shared are photos essays on a Blog Hop, it was really cool to see what everyone came up with! Everyone had great ideas! We went over how to write a letter to an editor and a politician, I think it is pretty cool we are going to do these about are advocacy issues! 

Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 9: Weekly Update

SMART goal

I did well this past week on my SMART goal. My last post I talked about black friday and if I went that I would use a reusable bag. I didn't even have to use a bag at all! I shopped online! So my goal went well with not using a plastic or paper bag, and not even my reusable!

Successes and Challenges

I was success full with completing my reusable bag goal. My challenge was my goal on buying one organic food product. I went grocery shopping before I came back to school, and I forgot to purchase a organic product.

Feelings Experienced

I experienced a good feeling not having to go out for black friday and fight the crowd. Also, being able to continue to reach my SMART goal.

What I Learned

Even though I didn't use my reusable bag because I shopped online, I forgot about all the packaging my camera that I bought is going to use. Cardboard, plastic, maybe bubble wrap, and where is that going to go? Probably in the garbage, adding to our waste.

 

Next Week

I plan on continue my SMART goal with using a reusable bag, I don't know if I will continue buying one organic product because I am going to try and make my groceries last till Christmas break!

 "Blogged for the Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 9 hosted by Amy@Eco-Chic with Amy." Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 9" 

Eye Opener: Photo Essay

I had a hard time thinking of something to do for my photo essay. As I was thinking of ideas, and was looking around my house back home and noticed junk my mom turned into decorations. 

The pictures to the left is an old picture frame that my mom found, that used to be junk sitting in our garage. The next picture is of decorative fruit, and last is the two put together to make a decoration for the wall! Junk turned into art for our house. 

The two pictures to the left are of an old tile block we used to build a shower in our house that was left over. Instead of throwing it away my used to as decoration for the holidays! She also puts lights around them too! More junk to good use!  

The pictures to the left is an old plate that never got used by my mom, because she was worried about it breaking. So she found so left over ribbon and tide it onto the plate to make another decoration for our kitchen! Very cool! 

All of these ideas are environmentally friendly because it is taking things that would of been thrown away as junk, or not used and are not awesome decorations for our house! Way to go mom! :) (my mom said I could use our house/decorations for photos)