Be Green At Christmas

By Author: James Hunaban
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The song tells of a white Christmas, but that refers to the weather and the Christmasy atmosphere that snowfall might bring. Preparation for a green Christmas is all about being environmentally concerned and alert while preserving cash as well. In times of economic uncertainty that must certainly be a healthy thing. And of course, if the weather conditions add a gentle bit of white covering too, then that makes a green Christmas ideal!

Exchanging presents is a popular practice at Christmas, and this is an brilliant place to commence our green Christmas habits. The present wrapper paper sold in stores is usually not recyclable. Most of it is immediately thrown out to end up in landfill sites. This makes present wrapping up with store-bought paper expensive and very unfriendly to the planet - not what we want for a green Christmas.

A better alternative, and one that close relations will appreciate, is to use your children's art to wrap gifts. You could also utilize your children's comic books, or the comic parts of newsprints as a bright and colourful alternative, thereby recycling used paper. You could explain to ...
... the receiver of the gift in a positive way why you are doing this and maybe make them feel ashamed for not delivering a green Christmas as well.

It has been worked out by the Sierra Club, America's most venerable and grandest environmental organisation, that if each family in the country gift wrapped merely 3 presents by reusing existent paper they already have, the paper saved would be sufficient to cover 45,000 football fields. Straightaway, that's a green Christmas and a whole lot of trees protected as well!

If you intend to string up a wreath on your front door. think about knocking one up yourself. It's uncomplicated and very environmentally friendly - and you'll spare money as well. Go into the woodland, or even a nearby parkland, and find evergreen plant branches and dried twigs. These may be wrapped in a circular style with cranberries strung together to lend a splattering of brilliant color. You'll surprise yourself at how good you are, it will not cost you anything but a little clock time, and the materials are biodegradable. Your green Christmas cannot get very much better than that.

There are definitely umpteen extra things you can do to make this a green Christmas. Look At making your own christmas cards, for example. Utilize your kids artwork again - it's perfect for this and grandparents will love it. You could use LED lights on your tree (which should be a genuine one that can be planted out afterwards) and you will save about 90% on your green Christmas electricity bill. If you begin thinking about it I am sure you will come up with different ideas for a green Christmas.
Please have a look at Going Green, a website tracking all things green.