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Happy Labor Day Weekend! Your daily Green Tip will return on Tuesday, September 4th.
Next time you peel your oranges, tangerines or citrus fruits, instead of
tossing the peels or composting immediately, place in a small dish and leave in
your bathroom for fresh and fragrant natural potpourri.
-- Submitted by
Nina Zimm
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Grow your own tomatoes! Growing your own tomatoes will not only reduce food miles and save money, but will also help you connect with the earth. And you won't believe the taste!
What do you grow in your garden?
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Even in cold climates, homes can be weaned off fossil fuels with a remodel that integrates passive solar techniques. A sunroom, double-paned south-facing windows, and overhangs can create a bright, efficient abode. The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association provides good resources at nesea.org/buildings/passive.
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Why burn coal every time you flip a light switch? Find local providers of renewable energy at green-e.org.
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Clothes dryers use the equivalent of 58 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year nationally. Why not give a clothesline a try? Get tips from Project Laundry List.
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If it's been quiet around here lately, it's because I've been getting ready to go on vacation, and won't be posting again until the middle of next month. In the meantime, we'll keep sending out the green daily tip, and look for some material from the new issue of Sierra starting in September.
What's on this weekend:
And, since I'm feeling guilty about my not-so-ecofriendly travel plans (a dear friend's wedding in Istanbul), which will cancel out most of the benefits of my apartment-dwelling, public-transportation-taking, maniacally-recycling day-to-day life, I leave you with an entertaining new way to confess, discuss, or revel in your own enviro-guilt: True Green Confessions: Because saving the world ain't easy.
While we have focused on recycling and re-using, many of us have ignored the importance of reducing. Consider what goes into making the products we thoughtlessly buy and the impact they have on the environment. Do you really need another coffee mug?
-- Submitted by Geoffrey Hall
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A hefty portion of the 100 million pounds of household pesticides Americans purchase each year is poured on their lawns and yards and can end up in streams and groundwater. Find out how to tend your turf organically at safelawns.org.
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Americans use 400 million miles of toilet paper each year. Look for recycled rolls with at least 20 percent post-consumer content.
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Can a documentary about environmental catastrophe compete at the box office with more typical 
summer fare of teenage wizards, slapstick humor, and amnesiac assassins? If it's produced and narrated by Leonardo diCaprio, it can at least hope to get as much buzz, and The 11th Hour is off to a good start. After premiering in New York and Los Angeles, where critics called it "a harrowing account of the planet's current condition," that also offers "just enough optimism that I didn't want to run home and stick my head in an energy-efficient oven," the film opens nationwide later this month. A companion website fleshes out some of the ideas introduced in the film and offers ways for individuals, businesses, and schools to make a difference. In this action movie, the heroes have to be us.
View the trailer and get more info:
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