The Great Green Challenge
At Home
Show us what you or your family have done in your own home to help the Earth.
Danielle Rutnik
Green living tip by: 216danny Hawthorne, NJ,We composte. We throw anything biodegradable into our garden from food to eggshells to tea bags to even corks from wine bottles. You might think we have lots of land, but we d...
A bright idea
Green living tip by: 2279735 Oklahoma City, OKWe are a Family of 4 we have always recycled paper, bottles & Cans. Now we have replaced every light bulb in and outside the home with new low wattage energy bulbs. The ne...
Our Memory Drawer
Green living tip by: aazrpp Brooklyn Park, MNIn our home we have never needed to buy paper towels. Instead we enjoy saving trees by tearing our favorite old cotton T-shirts into rags. Then we put them all into our
Housewife
Green living tip by: acevesrosalinna Los Angeles,, CAMy husband and I keep the water turned off in the shower until we are ready to rinse. We also use this method when brushing our teeth, washing dishes and washing our car. We...
Saving Water - Do YOUR Part
Green living tip by: acofarrell Suwanee, GAIn GA's drought, we have been forced to get creative to save every drop of water we can. A series of baby steps has saved 300 gallons a month in our home. REUSE water - we ...
Iowa Family
Green living tip by: acook232 Nevada, Iowa, IAWhen we moved into our home a couple years ago our furnace was about 20 years old and our enclosed front porch was not insulated. We used fans and window air conditioners in ...
Contest Tips & Guidelines
- Document your green project thoroughly! Tell us what you did, why you did it, and how it makes your home, community, or work more eco-friendly.
- Write out your entry before you submit it. This way you can edit it and just copy and paste the final version into the fields on the upload page.
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