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Green Holiday Season
- 1. The path to a Green Presented By: Ronit R. Levy Environment Commission Meeting Tuesday, December 1, 2009
- 2. Green Holiday Season – Really? • Learning starts at home • Old habits can change • You can make a big difference • Every little bit counts Don’t wait - Start today!
- 3. Fact: If everyone replaced their conventional holiday light strings with LEDs, at least two billion kilowatt-hours of electricity could be saved in a month1 The savings would be enough to power 200,000 homes for a year2 2 According to Littleton, Colorado-based Holiday Creations 1 U.S. Department of Energy study
- 4. Decorating • Use Solar or Energy Efficient LED lighting • Set lighting on timers to shut off after bedtime • Reuse last years decorations • Use candles, plants, fresh fruits and vegetables • Buy an artificial tree or a living tree that can be replanted
- 5. To Tree or not to Tree
- 6. Shopping • Carry reusable bags • Buy and eat locally grown food • Make your meal organic • Shop less – Buy fewer things
- 7. Fact: The 2.6 billion holiday cards sold each year in the United States could fill a landfill the size of a football field 10 stories high.
- 8. Celebrations • Send electronic invitations and holiday greeting cards • Celebrate at or close to home - Invite neighbors to join you • Before departing on holiday trip reset thermostats and check tire pressure • Use less candles - Light a family menorah
- 9. Cooking • Cook less food • Omit the use of garnish • Cook seasonal food • Wash in buckets/bowl • Use Green cleaning supplies
- 10. Mealtime • Use cloth napkins • Wash dishes in the dishwasher • Reduce the use of disposable plates/utensils • Keep your thermostat down • Use reusable containers for leftovers
- 11. Facts: Between Thanksgiving and New Year's day, Americans throw away a million extra tons of garbage each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging If every family reused just 2 feet of ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet Robert Lilienfeld, co-author, Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are
- 12. Look Familiar?
- 13. Gifts • Wrap gifts with reusable gift bag or holiday cloth instead of paper • Give gift cards • Gift a community service or donation • Reduce clutter - Offer assistance • Give plants, trees, fruit and vegetable baskets
- 14. Trash • Recycle all paper, plastic, glass and aluminum containers • Use fruit and vegetable trimmings to start a compost bin - the compost will enrich the soil in your garden next spring • Turn trimmings into mulch • Recycle Trees
- 15. Every little bit counts • Reduce • Reuse • Recycle • And Conserve
- 19. Holiday Season is a great time to appreciate your family and friends
- 20. In February: Path to a Green Valentines Day Thank you for listening, Ronit R. Levy Environmental Commissioner, City of Calabasas
Notas del editor
- Sales of local food in the U.S. in 2007 is $5 billion, up from $4 billion in 2002 $7 billion: Expected sales of local food in 2011
- Reduce emissions from cars and airplane 17 million invitations per month are sent from electronic invite website Evite Sources: New York Times, Evite, Packaged Facts, Renewable Energy Works, Food and Agriculture Organizations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
- 27% of food available for consumption is wasted by Americans The cost of wasted food in the US is $48 billion