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Go green easier by planning out your shopping and making some very simple changes to your habits. Simple steps will make a huge impact, it just takes a little patient rethinking.  From reusable grocery bags to buying and selling at consignment stores, a little preplanning will stretch your money and your planet’s resources a long way.  Take plastic bags.  Do you have a pet to pick poop up after?  Unless you’re in an area that recently banned plastic grocery bags, why pay extra for tossing out critter waste?  These are great for the cat box clean ups or for poop scooping after the dog.  Unless you go through a lot of bags every week, opt for using totes instead of the plastic or paper bags. Some stores use mostly-to-fully post consumer recycled materials in their bags, so ask.  If the paper bags aren’t using post consumer materials, don’t use them.  Trees still have to be cut down and milled to make those bags.  Totes rinse out, tear less, fold up easily and a stack of them isn’t unsightly on the backseat of anyone’s car.

Go green easily by planning your shopping trips and you keep fuel costs down.  By making a list of what you have to do and where you want to go prevents back tracking.  If you live with others, see if you can’t run errands together or even divide and conquer your lists.  One trip to the consignment shop can get your items up for sale, some new clothes in your roommate’s or partner’s closet and a new bedside novel before  grabbing some zinnias for the patio.  A phone call before leaving work puts a new batch of salad on the dinner table, replacing what got eaten as someone else’s snack; one trip, no unhappy surprises and fuel saved.  Just grab a tote from the car and grab those goodies on the way home.

Going green is easier than most people think and you don’t have to change your political party, your zip code or even your dress code.  All it takes to keep a greener planet and wallet is a little “Stop before you shop” thinking.  Need poop bags, get plastic today.  Start paying bills on line; electricity for the computer is cheaper than gasoline and uses no trees; there’s no paper check.  Bulk shop with friends to save fuel and food costs.  Get as many errands run in one area of town as you can.  There are internet sites, magazines and local groups devoted to helping everyday people, just like you, get a little greener, a little easier.

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Go green, see the light and save big.  Taking small steps to improve your planet will mean big steps toward improving your finances, your health and your community.  Most people are intimidated by the amount of information bombarding them to “go green.”   Being told “You have to become a whole new person or else” doesn’t usually sit well. They are concerned about adding new expenses or getting tangled up in high maintenance, frustrating activities. Products are coming down in price dramatically and many changes can be done at no, or very little, cost.

Go green and save big on energy bills.  The traditional 60 watt light bulb lasts 5,000 hours and costs about 50-85 cents.  That sounds pretty cheap when comparing it to a $4.00 florescent bulb.  Now look again.  That florescent bulb uses 75% less electricity to work, emits no heat and will last close to twice as long.  Count your light bulbs, multiply by that $100 and that’s how much your electric bill will drop in a year without standard bulbs.  Three-way florescent bulbs last 6,000 hours vs the standard’s 2,500 which will put another $65, per bulb, in your pocket in a year.  Since no heat is emitted, you can put a florescent bulb in a lamp that shines like a 75-100 watt standard and only be using 13 watts.  Changing over to florescent light bulbs can be done as the old ones blow out with the same positive impact.  Go to a grocery warehouse store and buy a 10-pack of bulbs for around $24.00 and you save yourself $16.00 from the retail cost.

Go green easily and save big making a few simple adjustments at your own pace.  What do YOU want to rearrange in your life?  How to save on your use of fuel running errands?  Cutting back on the amount of trash you generate?  Adding recycling into your life? Saving on clothes costs?  There are community programs and resources to help you find the way that best fits your lifestyle and most information is on line.  Get your family involved by letting the kids do some research.  Go green easily; see your own light shine.