Greening Your Christmas Tree
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Kim Carlson, eco-savvy entrepreneur, green business author and eco-chic lifestyle expert, believes you can enjoy your holiday season and keep the planet in mind at the same time. When it comes to your Christmas tree, Kim recommends the following tips to go green.
- Look for ways to recycle your tree post-Holidays instead of sending it to a landfill. Check with your community solid waste department and find out if they collect and mulch trees. The chippings from mulched trees can be used for hiking trails and beachfront erosion barriers. Also, consider buying a potted tree and planting it when the festivities have come to an end.
Try beeswax candles instead of synthetic ones. - Replace conventional holiday light strings with LEDs - at least two billion kilowatt-hours of electricity could be saved in a month which would be enough to power 200,000 homes for a year. ( Rockefeller Center switched to LED in 2007).
- Turn off or unplug holiday lights during the day. Leaving them on 24 hours a day will quadruple your energy costs – and create four times the pollution.
Labels: energy, green, waste-free
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