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A 22 year old gay liberal blogs about politics, gay rights, and a bit of everything else.
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Green Tip Tuesday
Get the Junk outta your trunk. It’s one thing to keep a first aid kit or a car jack packed away inside your car’s trunk, but using your trunk as outright storage space comes with a cost to...
Green Tip Tuesday
Reuse waste water. No, I’m not suggesting you dip into the toilet, but alot of relatively clean water goes right down the drain. Use a bowl to capture the water you use to rinse vegetables or t...
Green Tip Tuesday
Know the contents of your fridge. Unless you live in an igloo, the temperature of your fridge is much cooler than the temperature of your home. Knowing what is inside reduces the amount of time you s...
Green Tip Tuesday
Use reusable plastic containers instead of wraps and bags. Plastic wrap and zipper bags are convenient ways to store leftovers or pack lunches, but they are pretty much a one-time deal (I’ve hea...
Green Tip Tuesday
Digital snapshots. The popularity of digital cameras is increasing, but there are still 100s of millions of rolls of film developed each year. Not only do film cameras produce the waste of negatives,...
Green Tip Tuesday
Get glass It takes about half as much energy to produce a glass bottle as it does an aluminum can of the same volume, and glass is easier to recycle. Switching your six pack from cans to bottles has ...
How Does Your Garden Grow
TheBoyfriend™ and I pretty much have an agreement when it comes to taking decorating our home. While we certainly take into consideration the other’s views, he pretty much does what he wa...
Green Tip Tuesday
Walk into McDonald’s. Drive-thrus are convenient, but if there’s a line, is it worth it to sit there and waste precious gas (and dump CO2 into the air) just to avoid walking 20ft? LetR...
Green Tip Tuesday
Turn off your electronics. Leaving your electronics on or in standby mode when not in use can really add up in energy usage. If you plug them all into a surge protector, you can kill and restore powe...
Green Tip Tuesday
Recharge. Rechargeable batteries are ridiculously cheap nowadays. I’ve been a battery recharger since before they were so affordable and easy to find. The rechargeables out there now are more ...
Green Tip Tuesday
Get your news online. While once the most effective way to stay up-to-date, newspapers are all but completely obsolete now. Search features make browsing articles online much more time-effective than...
Green Tip Tuesday
Netflix! DVDs are cheap, but honestly, how often do you re-watch those movies? Renting is a lot cheaper than buying movies (and a hell of a lot cheaper than seeing them in the theater). It also allo...
Green Tip Tuesday
Visit the library. Libraries nowadays do a good job at stocking the latest best-sellers. If your an avid reader, you’ll save money and trees by checking out with a librarian, instead of a cashi...
Aptera
If I lived in California, I’d definitely start saving up for one of these. Sleek and unique look, a decent set of features, high safety rating, reasonable price, and 300mpg (if you use gas at a...
Green Tip Tuesday
Shop iTunes! No Apple isn’t paying me for this one, but if you buy your music is digital format (whether iTunes, Rhapody, Napster, or whatever you prefer), you’re keeping thousands of outd...
Green Tip Tuesday
I’ve always said that you don’t have to be Ed Bagley to save the planet. If everybody just took a few small steps that would have no practical impact on their individual lives the cumulat...