Green Tips for Pet Care

Pets Can Live An Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Too!

If you live in a pet-friendly apartment community, pets can become another member of the family!  Cats and dogs can also gain many benefits from green lifestyle change.  Consider the following:

1. Switch Your Pet Food: Eating fresh, locally grown food is a component for a green lifestyle for both people and their pets.  Try to buy organic or natural pet foods- though a little more money, you know exactly what your four-legged friend is eating.
2. Clean Up After Your Pet: This may seem self-explanatory, but always remember to clean up after your pet on walks.  Try to buy bio-degradable bags to scoop up and dispose of any mess.

Green Tips for the Summer

Simple, Green, Household Tips To Remember

This summer, save some energy in your apartment by remembering some of these green tips:

1. Remember Your Microwave: Your microwave uses less than half of the energy as your stove when heating food.  Save energy and money by using your microwave to quickly heat up food and leftovers.  Interestingly, your apartment community may offer gas cooking, and that could be included in your rent.
2. Stock The Refrigerator: The refrigerator uses less energy when fully stocked versus partially full.

Recycling Tips To Remember

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

If you want to live a green life, the quickest and easiest way is to recycle.  Read some simple tips to make remembering and executing recycling in your home a part of your daily routine.

1. Aluminum recycling tips: remember to crush your aluminum cans to save space in your recycling bin.  Also remember to rinse our or at least empty to contents of your cans before you recycle.
2. Cardboard recycling tips: break down big cardboard boxes or cardboard products.  Keep cardboard products dry, as wet cardboard often cannot be recycled.  
3. Glass recycling tips: try to keep glass bottles in tact, broken glasses cannot be recycled.

Summertime Thermostat Tips

Live In a Green Home This Summer

Most people have a thermostat in their apartment or home. Did you know that you can use the thermostat as a tool this summer to make your home eco-friendly and save money?

Some green tips for your thermostat this summer include:

1. The best way to save energy in your home is to set your thermostat at a base temperature and try to keep the temperature at or above the established degree.  A good goal to strive for is to set the thermostat between 73 to 75 degrees when inside the home.

The Power of The Sun, Part II

Green, Homemade, Sun-care

Following up on our last blog post, we know our residents will encounter the Sun at many of their apartment communities: swimming in pools or relaxing outside.  After spending such a cold winter inside, skin can be very sensitive to the Sun's powerful rays.  Remembering Sun care before spending the day outside can save your skin from serious burns.

Many sunscreens and other products available for purchase in grocery stores are not "green" products.  This season, try to make your own eco-friendly sunscreen with common, natural, household products, such as:

A mixture of almond oil, coconut oil, red raspberry seed oil, carrot seed oil, and shea butter.  All of these products contain natural SPF.