Easy ways to make the holidays green and jolly

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by Amy Judd | November 29, 2008 at 04:07 pm
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Now that Thanksgiving and Black Friday is over, it's time to start looking forward to Christmas.

But what about the Environment?

Well here are just a few tips to make your holiday even more green.

Remember the way your grandparents' house looked during the holidays? You can rekindle that warm, old-fashioned feeling, but with a lighter footprint.

It all starts with the Christmas tree. More than 15 area farms in the Puget Sound Fresh program offer traditional Christmas trees (pre-cut or "U-cut") and wreaths. Many of these farms use minimum pesticides and other green growing practices, and plant one or more trees for every tree harvested.

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com


Don't forget to recycle your tree as well at the end of Christmas!

LED (light-emitting diode) or solar-powered lights add a modern look to your holiday decorations, and may save you $30 or more on your winter electric bill. Many area retailers now carry LED holiday lights, and some offer discounts on Energy Star-rated LEDs and other energy-efficient lighting through a Puget Sound Energy program. Nearly all Christmas lights, including LEDs, contain PVC plastic and sometimes lead in the wiring, so keep those out of reach of children and wash your hands after handling them.

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Check out our Green Holidays channel for even more ideas!

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Paschen
Paschen

at 19:44 on November 29th, 2008

There are some very good points here, thank you for posting this Amy.

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rpshen
rpshen

at 14:53 on December 1st, 2008

You could even try an reusable tree.

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Milieunet
Milieunet

at 22:48 on December 1st, 2008

In december all over the world people are lighting all kind of things, houses, gardens, et cetera.

Using energieefficient lights saves a lot of energy. That is why december is Month of LED-lighting in the Netherlands.

http://www.stichtingmilieunet.nl/andersbekekenblog/?p=5211

LED's make things better

Every day we are posting stories about energysaving by using LED's.

Want to see all our posts about LED?

Yes, look here

 

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JC photographer
JC photographer

at 00:12 on December 2nd, 2008

Just my Christmas tree, decorated a little earlier :).

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brenda.salzano
brenda.salzano

at 06:56 on December 2nd, 2008

This tree topper was hand made by friends of mine, as of most the decorations. The sale of the tree will help charities in our local community of Coos Bay Oregon. The artists who made the ornaments and decorated it, are Nadine and Kathleen. It was my favorite of all the trees in this contest this year.

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at 10:16 on December 4th, 2008

I plan on having a green xmas, its good not to be too wasteful with wrapping paper and all that stuff.

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