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Quick Green Living Tips for Christmas

Do you want to know what you can do during the holidays to be more environmentally responsible, but you don’t want to slug through a bunch of explanations on why you should or how you should? Take a look at the following simple green living tips that you can practice this Christmas season.

  1. Recycle your gift wrap.
  2. Reuse your gift wrap.
  3. Make your own gift wrap from cloth bags, newspaper or paper bags.
  4. Buy a locally grown Christmas tree.
  5. Recycle your cut tree.
  6. Buy a living tree that can be replanted. You can also rent a living tree. This is so easy to do. Not only will it be delivered and then picked up, the rental will also include food for the tree.
  7. If you already have an artificial tree, make it last and don’t replace it with another any time soon.
  8. Carry reusable shopping bags.
  9. Shop online and have your gifts mailed directly to the recipients.
  10. Use LED lights instead of incandescent lights.
  11. Skip the driving around for hours to look at neighborhood Christmas lights and walk or drive once to a local eco-friendly display nearby, such as at an arboretum.
  12. Don’t toss unwanted gifts. Instead, donate them to a local charity to be put to good use. You can also give them away on Freecycle.org or sell them on Craigslist.org.
  13. Recycle old batteries.
  14. Purchase rechargeable batteries.
  15. Buy toys that run on kid power instead of batteries or electricity.
  16. Put your Christmas lights on a timer, so you won’t forget to shut them off.
  17. Keep your electronics for another year before replacing them.
  18. Recycle your old electronics if you get new ones for gifts.
  19. Send Christmas e-cards instead of paper Christmas cards.
  20. Send cards made of recycled paper.
  21. Buy locally grown food for your Christmas feasting and holiday parties.

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About Mary Ann Romans

Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, online content manager, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania in the middle of the woods but close enough to Target and Home Depot. The author of many magazine, newspaper and online articles, Mary Ann enjoys writing about almost any subject. "Writing gives me the opportunity to both learn interesting information, and to interact with wonderful people." Mary Ann has written more than 5,000 blogs for Families.com since she started back in December 2006. Contact her at maromans AT verizon.net or visit her personal blog http://homeinawoods.wordpress.com