Your Green Lifestyle: Adopting a Pet

Tips On The Importance of Looking at Pet Adoption

Living "green" isn't just a simple change to remember to recycle more.  Many aspects of your lifestyle can be eco-friendly.

For example, if you live in a pet-friendly apartment community (view the Grady Management website to view our pet friendly communities) you might want to bring a four-legged friend into your household.  Before you go out and purchase a cat or dog from a pet store, consider adopting a pet!  If you care about the environment and the people and animals who live on this planet, consider these reasons for pet adoption:

1. Think of finding the perfect pet for you: When recycling bottles and cans, you are allowing reusable resources a chance to be made "new".  The animals in shelters can make the perfect companion for you and/ or your family, they just need another chance to prove what wonderful pets they can be!

Conserving Our Most Precious Resource

Tips on Saving Water

Water is arguably the most precious resource on Earth.  Learning how to conserve water not only helps the environment and promotes green living, but also reduces monetary spending!

Some tips to conserve water, especially in the summer, include:

1. Think before you let water run down the drain:  When using the sink to wash your hands or scrub some dishes, don't just let the water run down the drain!  Realize you can re-purpose it for other uses, such as watering plants or cleaning.
2. Drink water the smart way: If you love drinking water, purchase a filter or water pitcher.  You will save a lot of water by filling up the pitcher and placing it in the refrigerator instead of turning on the tap whenever you want a glass.

How to Make Your Own Bottle Garden

Instructions On This Green Craft

Last week, our blog detailed several crafts for recycled products.  One craft was turning bottles and other old plastic containers and tubs into a thriving garden.  Read below for step by step instructions on how to create bottle garden:

1. Select an appropriate container: This really depends on the size of the plant you want.  If you want a small plant, like basil or a small flower, a two liter bottle should suffice.  Bigger plants in turn would require a bigger container, like an old laundry detergent bin.
2. Cut holes for drainage: Any flower pot has a hole cut on the bottom for drainage.  Do not forget to do this for your bottle garden or the plant will quickly deteriorate.
3. Decide the type of garden:  Bottle gardens can be a hanging upright, or placed on a vertical or horizontal orientation.  Determining the type of garden you want is necessary so you can cut all containers to match.

Simple and Fun Recycled Crafts

Transform Your Home Into a Green Sanctuary!

Recycling is an easy and great way to live a green lifestyle, but there are other ways of reducing and reusing without getting out the recycle bin!

Instead of tossing recyclables in the green or blue bin, you can also use many recycled materials for crafts or home decorations.  Some ideas include:

- Plastic Bottles: Plastic bottles can easily be cut with a pair of scissors to make: planters, vases, flower pots, watering cans, organizers, and pencil holders.