LivingGreenSA.com tips

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Web Posted: 07/26/2010 10:03 CDT

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Green your back-to-school routine: Purchase recycled or recyclable school supplies and buy things you'll need all year in bulk. (Tip from City of San Antonio)

Check for water leaks: Check the meter when no water is being used. After two hours, check it again. If the number has changed, there's a leak somewhere.

Oooo ... that's cold: Using the cold cycle when washing your clothes can reduce your electricity use by 90 percent. (Tip from SFgate.com)

Meat smart: Eat less red meat, and buy only grass-fed or organic meat. Feedlot operations produce large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and pollute water. (Tip from SFgate.com)

Products packed smart: Reduce your packaging consumption by choosing products with less packaging and buying items in larger quantities.

Made for shade: Drawing blinds and curtains before you leave will help cool your home more efficiently.

Reuse your brew: Instead of throwing away the coffee grounds from your morning cup, use them to scrub the gunk off your grill and greasy pans. (Tip from City of San Antonio)

Air care: A clean air filter improves your car's mileage by up to 10 percent. (Tip from the U.S. Department of Energy)

Start slow: Aggressive accelerating drops mileage by 33 percent on highways and 5 percent in town. (Tip from the U.S. Department of Energy)

Reuse the news: After enjoying your Express-News, use the newspaper pages to clean your windows. The paper will also leave a film that's resistant to dirt. (Tip from HowStuffWorks.com)

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Fiftycaltx6:15 PM

Save the fat from the animals you butcher to make candles with. Get a horse. Get a plow. Save the hide from the butchered animals to make a TeePee with. Don't exert yourself too much, it makes your CO2 output go up. Gather old tire treads from the road to make sandals with until your feet toughen up.

Gown-Ah6:48 AM

And, don't forget the understory trees, like Mexican Buckeye, Anacacho orchid tree, Eve's necklace, Aromatic and evergreen sumacs, elbow bush, kidneywood, silktassels. These are native and require less care. And, please don't plant another live oak. Get a LaceyOak or a Mexican White oak. Interestingly, if the developers would stop cutting down old trees and the understory beneath them, our tree planting days would be over!