Tip #23: Reusable Bag Hygiene

April 15th, 2011 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)closeAuthor: Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) Name: Thomas Korthuis
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With Brandon from greenbagpromos.com writing a guest blog about reusable bags in LA county and being an avid reusable bag user myself, it might be good to mention the following article on discovery.com:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reusable-bag-clean.html

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Cause Case #1: Avaaz.org

January 11th, 2010 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)closeAuthor: Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) Name: Thomas Korthuis
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Site: http://www.move2create.com
About: I was born in The Netherlands in 1982 and now reside in Orlando, FL, USA. I do web, graphics and audio/video design. I believe that you can bring change through little and big steps. Big steps for those that like change, little steps for those that don't. Ecotipsforlife.com is not only meant to become a useful reference but also catalogs my own personal journey toward becoming more environ-mind(ed)See Authors Posts (62)

Support type(s): Donations, Campaigns through social media, email, regular media
Core cause slogan: The World in Action
Cause in own words: “Avaaz.org is a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.” (from: http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php)
Personal experiences: Email forwarding and subscribing to list.

Useful links

• Homepage | http://www.avaaz.org
• Campaign history | http://www.avaaz.org/en/report_back_1/
• Blog | http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/
• Donations | https://secure.avaaz.org/act/?r=donate&lang=en

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Tip #21: ‘Tis the season to recycle

December 23rd, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)closeAuthor: Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) Name: Thomas Korthuis
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Budget: any
Time required: Completely up to you
Impact potential: Waste reduction.

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

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Pictures from the Florida Renewable Energy Expo 24 Oct.

October 25th, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)closeAuthor: Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) Name: Thomas Korthuis
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The expo included solar exhibitions, sustainable living booths, local farms, CSA’s and much more.

Here are some pictures from the event:

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Tip #15: 5 steps to getting people on board

February 4th, 2009 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)closeAuthor: Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin) Name: Thomas Korthuis
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Going green can be simple, but might not always seem that way to others. Here are 5 steps to getting the people around you on board.

• Step 1: Don’t push it!

• Step 2: No really….., don’t push it | Although going green is becoming the ever more popular lifestyle, to a lot of people it’s hard to shake certain ideas they might have about being green (you know, going green = living like a hippie in the woods with no water or electricity….). So take it easy and start introducing a greener lifestyle to them through simple changes like:

• Step 3: Start slow by providing a simple easy to do routine | Example: next time you visit you friend(s) or family leave a container to deposit their plastic in. By doing this they’re doing a great thing for the ecosystem and are greatly reducing their garbage output. Let them know where they can go to recycle the plastic in the area or, if need be, offer to pickup the plastic when the bin gets filled.

• Step 4: Suggest some small changes | Example: change an incandescent lightbulb to LED or CFL, suggest replacing some kitchen paper by a reusable kitchen towel or recycled kitchen paper

• Step 5: Send them to ecotipsforlife.com….

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