Green Tips
* Collect rainwater or divert grey water for garden
* Get a low flow shower head to reduce water
* Consume Less ~ do you really need it?
* Power Down ~ switch off those lights
* Reduce Waste ~ avoid products with too much packaging
* Recycle your waste
* Bring your own shopping bags for groceries
* Eat locally grown food
* Start a veggie garden
* Sprout seeds
* Join the Talent Exchange
CELEBRATE THE NATURAL CYCLES OF LIFE
The seasons of the year, the waxing and waning of
the moon, the 7 year cycles of life from childhood
to maturity, and the times of drought and plenty in
our unique country. Use the energy of the
equinoxes and solstices. Seek out spiritual
practices and connections that are life-affirming,
that bring forth greater awareness and compassion
and that emphasize our connectedness as humans
and living beings, that remind us city folk that
whatever our beliefs, we are all depend on Nature
for food, water, air, and life itself.
- Turn off your TV
- Leave your house for awhile
- Know your neighbors
- Look up when you are walking
- Greet people
- Plant flowers
-Use your library
- Play together
- Buy from local merchants
- Share what you have
- Help a lost dog
- Take children to the park
- Garden together
- Support neighborhood schools
- Fix it even if you didn't break it
- Have pot lucks
- Honor elders
- Pick up litter
- Read stories aloud
- Dance in the street
- Talk to the mail carrier
- Listen to the birds
- Put up a swing
- Help carry something heavy
- Barter for your goods
- Start a tradition
- Ask a question
- Hire young people for odd jobs
- Organize a block party
- Bake extra and share
- Ask for help when you need it
- Open your shades
- Sing together
- Share your skills
- Take back the night
- Turn up the music
- Turn down the music
- Listen before you react to anger
- Mediate a conflict
- Seek to understand
Times are tight for lots of folks these days, but,
just because you might have a bit less cash is no
reason to stop being green. here’s a few tips that
don't require much or any cash up front
Stop buying commercial cleaners
The average family spends thousands per year on
a dizzying array of home cleaning supplies. Yet,
for about R150, you can replace every cleaning
product in your house with a safer, non-toxic,
biodegradable homemade version using common
ingredients like baking soda, club soda, vinegar
Hang your laundry out to dry
Your clothes dryer checks in at number two on the
list of household energy hogs (right after your
fridge). Stop using it so much (or stop using it
altogether), replace the electric or gas-powered
appliance with the warm glow of the sun, and
take the savings to the bank.
Eat more veggies (and less meat)
Not only are they cheaper than meat, but they’re
healthier
Bike or walk instead of driving short trips
Leave you car once a week for short trips, and the
savings will add up.
BY LESS, SAVE MORE AND GO GREEN
Green Websites to follow or subscribe to
green news and opinion, and a
comprehansive organic eco
directory that focuses on organic
and eco-friendly products
For natural things, organic
foods, original crafts,
restaurants that are not chains,
small shops and cafes, slow
food, not fast food, beautiful
places
Covers a variety of green
topics by various writers
Hout Bay’s vision for creating
a sustainable community
through the Go Local
Campaign and the adaptation
of green ideas.
