30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 6

Picture from http://www.dannylipton.com/

Save Water. Turning it off while brushing is a given. Take it further by installing low-flow shower heads & the savings will add up.  Also consider a rain collecting barrel for grass & plant watering.

If you want to make a rain barrel like the one in the picture log on to Danny Lipton's website

For the full 30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle log on to SparkPeople.

30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 5

Visit the Library.  Instead of buying books, CDs, movies and magazines, borrow them.  The library is free, local and eco-friendly.  Imagine how many resources are saved when hundreds of people share one book from a central location.

Since we switched to using the library instead of buying our books, we have saved over $50/month .... that is a lot of GREEN .... wink!!!

To download the entire 30 day calendar from SparkPeople, see my post below.

Hungry Girl saves my Quesadilla Burger

I really loved (notice that is in the past tense!!) Applebee's Quesadilla Burger.  Unfortunately when I found out it had a mere 1,140 calories and 103g of fat this delishious dish was tossed off my favorite foods list.

This week I was looking around on Hungry Girls website and found a great swap called  "HG's Big Deal Burger-dilla.  It is only 259 calories and 5.5g of fat!!!

Hmmm??? .... Now what to do with the 881 calories I just saved!!!

For this recipe Click HERE!!

30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 4

Buy Local.  On average, food travels 1,500 miles from farm to table.  Buying local supports small farmers in your community.  It also uses less fossil fuel in transit. 

I love going to the farmer's market and seeing all the fresh produce.  I can talk to the farmers and find out how they grow their products.  I feel I am buying fresher, cleaner and better tasting produce when I buy local.  It also is a big help to our local economy, rather than shipping our money outside the borders.

For the entire SparkPeople "30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle" Calendar, please see my post below.

30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 3

Bring your own bag. Bring reusable bags everywhere from the grocery to the mall.  If you can't afford to buy bags, then reuse the plastic ones you already have.  If you don't need a bag for your items, politely decline.

Grocery stores usually sell bags with their logos for a couple of dollars.  I love my Trader Joe bag and my uber Costco bag.

One more tip about these cloth bags.  Don't forget to wash them!  Especially if you have carried meat products.

For the entire SparkPeople 30-day calendar ... see my post below.

30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 2

Today's Green Tip from the SparkPeople: Use cloth napkins. All disposable items hurt the environment, and that includes paper products like napkins. In the end, you'll save money by investing in cloth, which also looks more sophisticated.


Don't you think your family should be treated as special as company? ... Pull out the cloth napkins for everybody!

30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle - Day 1 - April 1st

Recycle!  Most people can recycle more than they do.  Paper magazines, cardboard, cereal boxes, glass, aluminum foil, cans and even grocery bags should go in your recycle bin, not the trash. 

What can you recycle that you are not already recycling?

See post below for the full "SparkPeople 30 Days to a Greener Lifestyle" Calendar  from SparkPeople.