26 September, 2009

Eco-Tip 26


Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 26
Have Sharpie markers available for plastic cups the next time you have a party. If you're throwing a party, you don't want people drinking out of your family's fine Macy's glass set because you know while they're playing Guitar Hero at 11:30 PM, someone is bound to forget their Sprite is precariously on the arm of the couch and smash it all over the floor. At the same time, however, you don't want them using your not-so-fancy red cups because people would rather throw out their cup and get a new one every time they want a drink than remember which is theirs. The solution is to have a Sharpie by the cups and some obvious sign telling everyone to write their name on the cup once they take it. You will save money and the environment at the same time (have you noticed they tend to go hand-in-hand?)!

And a big happy birthday to Dina Kapengut!!

19 September, 2009

Eco-Tip 25


Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 25
Shrink your margins. Have you ever been writing up homework or taking notes when you realize you go two or three lines into another page, meaning you'll need to waste another piece of paper? And you just can't trim the work so it fits on one fewer sheet? Well unless the work is an MLA-style essay, try shrinking the margins. In Word, click "Page Layout," choose "Margins" and switch the margins to "narrow" or .5 inches on each side. It is almost guaranteed to work every time. Every little bit counts!

13 September, 2009

Mike's Birthday!

No Eco-tip this weekend. Mike's enjoying his birthday.

05 September, 2009

Eco-Tip 24


Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 24
If you can't print on both sides of a piece of paper, or if you have a sheet that is only printed on one side, don't recycle it so quickly. Fold the paper over horizontally and vertically and cut it into quarters. Use these to jot down phone numbers or do short scratch work for a math problem or just to serve as an aid for your sudoku puzzle. You don't need to feel guilty because it's all going in the recycling in the end (because you will recycle it, of course!) Once the school year starts and you make a habit of this, you will never ever run out of scratch paper... unless you have a serious sudoku addiction.