This is mainly due to a new project we’ll be launching in the next weeks.

It has taken quite a bit of my time, but due to the nature of the project I believe many of the ecotipsforlife.com readers and twitter followers will be interested in hearing about this new project.

I let you know the details a soon as I we are ready to launch and of course provide the ecotipsforlife.com readers and twitter followers with a special ‘pre-access’-access to the new project.

Stay tuned!

Tip: Next time you are going through your closet and thinking of discarding clothes that for whatever reason you don’t want anymore, consider donating them instead of simply trashing them.

Your discarded clothes could be the find of the century for another person. Many places in the US (and around the world) have donation containers and places like the Goodwill centers.

Some donations centers can even provide you with donation receipts which can get you tax deductions, that in the end even give you financial benefit.

Especially in these harder economic times, donating useful items like clothes (or furniture, electronics, appliances) could be a great help to someone in need.

Tip: In this season of consumer celebration most people tend to go overboard waste more then regularly.

Here is one aspect of this celebration where we can save a little waste:

• From the people of Earth911.com: TreeCycling

And a few various tree recycling sources:

• http://www.recycleyourchristmastree.com/
• http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/1354745,HOF-News-arbor02.article
• http://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/xmastrees/index2008.cfm

Here are some pictures from the event:

The feed from this camera is displayed on the Live WormCam page

Tip: Today I ordered a worm composter from wormwranglers.com (this one). I am very curious to see how this will go and will post foto’s on twitter of the composter and the result.

The main reason I went for buying a complete unit instead of diy is time. Since this unit was made from recycled materials from a company that looked very much like they know what they are talking about I decided to go that route.

There are however some great websites about diy word composting projects. Checkout these resources:

• How to Make Your Own Worm Compost System – wikiHow
• How to Make a Shaker Box – wikiHow
• Cheap and Easy Worm Bin!
• Composting with Redworms

Checkout any of the sites above fro great diy options and info regarding worm composting.

I’ll post regular foto’s on twitter and updates.

Tip: For some time we have had a very small temporary compost bin made from an old 10 gallon trash can. As you can image this filled up within a very short period of time. Outside being small it also did not really provide a good environment to compost, so I found myself scouring sites looking at compost tumblers mainly because a compost pile would not work in our yard.

After seeing many types ranging from $150 to upwards opf $300 I decided to look for “diy compost tumbler” and “diy compost bin” and came across allot of posts of people making composters from cheap materials and two specific site caught my attention: http://www.instructables.com/id/Compost-Tumbler/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn_5HRgiftg. One is a composter made from an old barrel the other how to make a rain barrel from an old cheap trash can.

So I decided to combine them and create a compost tumbler from a cheap $13 trash can, some pvc piping and a wood frame to hold the compost tumbler. I’ll post the pictures of the result on Twitter.

It works great for our needs and it only costs about $30 to make. Also I found this site later on of someone doing the same thing only without a frame. He just mixes the compost by rolling the trash can over the yard.

So if you would like to start composting, I suggest you google things like “diy compost tumbler” and “diy compost bin” or checkout any of the links above and start your own compost project. Happy composting.

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Tip: Just a mention of the upcoming Earth day on April 22nd. For more info visit http://ww2.earthday.net or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

Tip: Go to your local gardening center get some vegetable plants or seeds and plant something. Either in a pot or in your yard.

Watching stuff grow that you planted is a great thing. Not only will you have the benefit of tasting your own “fruits (or vegetables) of labor”, but you’ll also reduce some of your food miles (see http://www.dailyecotips.com/tip-60-reduce-your-food-miles/)