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Paula Crook
MB Crook Realty
7828 Vance Drive
Arvada, CO 80003
720-299-8571
paula@paularook.com

Happy St. Patrick’s Day – Go Green in Your Home

Change light bulbs to - CLFS (compact fluorescent bulbs) last around !0K hours use 25% less energy or LED’s (light emitting diodes) LEDs around 100K hours and use around 90% less energy

Crock pots use just 100 watts of electricity.  If you use it once a week for eight hours at a time it’ll only cost you about 20 cents a month in electricity plus you can use less expensive cuts of meat.  For some recipes go to www.southernfood.about.com, also www.crockpotrecipes101.com/blog

Clean - with Baking Soda – It will clean just about anything

Landscape - with Trees and Bushes to provide shade and help block wind

• Don’t use pesticides on your lawn

• Collect rainwater to use for your landscaping

Recycle – newspaper, magazines, catalogs, plastic, glass – Many places offer free recycle drop off – Schools usually get funds for each dumpster filled

Reuse - grocery bags (leave in car so you’ll always have them with you)

Remodeling or updating – buy energy star appliances, install bamboo flooring, install solar panels

Shred – your paper – then reuse as packing material

De-clutter – It’s freeing to the spirit

Donate – anything reusable

• Vet’s and animal shelters love to get your used towels and blankets

• Donate your used books and magazines to Libraries

• Just about anything in good shape can be donated to thrift stores. But if it's stained or has holes...just throw it away.

• Freecycle.org

Sell – unwanted good condition items via garage sale, Craig’s list, e-bay, consignment shops

Buy – resale items (when you can) & buy things that will last

More Tips

• If you see litter – pick it up

• Invest – in environmentally conscious mutual funds (find them at socialinvest.org).

• Fill up your freezer, the fuller it is the less energy it uses

• Buy in bulk (to avoid excess packaging)

• Donate old cell phones (eco-cell.org)

• Take your own mug or thermos to your favorite coffee spot

• Purify indoor air with plants

Go Green with water (video) and more links to videos about going green

Reminders

• Daylight savings Sunday, March 8^th (Reminder to Spring Forward)

• St Patrick’s day the 17^th – Go Green

• Spring begins the 20^th

 Questions? Send me an email or call 720-299-8571.

Licensed in the state of Colorado.