by Jennifer Lefebvre
I recently read a great quick-reference guide called the green book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen. It is filled with hundreds of little ideas that we all can do to make significant, positive impacts on our planet’s health. For this article, I’d like to highlight one of the sections I thought was interesting and informative: How to green your home, one room at a time.
The Kitchen
Composting. Place fruits and vegetable scraps, as well as coffee grounds in a container or composter and add them to your garden. These items are food for your plants, they help to recycle valuable nutrients, and save space in the landfills. You can also save water by not running your garbage disposal, just by composting the items you would normally send down the drain. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that yard trimmings and food scraps constitute 26 percent of the United States municipal solid waste in the landfills. For additional information on composting please see the recent American Public University System (APUS) Sustainability blog article by Allison Knox on Composting in the Workplace and at Home.… Read the rest
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