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Climate Quick Tip: Another Year, Another Set of Markers? Before you buy a lot of new school supplies, see what’s still usable from last year. And then, if necessary, visit Bluedot’s Marketplace for greener back-to-school items.
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Climate Quick Tip: Another Year, Another Set of Markers?

Climate Quick Tip: Swap School Supplies: For school supplies, try Freecycle, Facebook Marketplace, or an online Buy Nothing group. These are neighborhood treasure troves for back-to-school supplies. Bargain for you and better for the planet. And if your kids have outgrown their stuff, offer it up to others.
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Climate Quick Tip: Swap School Supplies

Climate Quick Tip: Boost Your Car’s Efficiency Tune-up: Regular tune-ups can boost your fuel efficiency by 4%. Tires: If everyone drove with properly inflated tires, the U.S. would save 4 million gallons of gas daily. Air filter: A dirty engine air filter can reduce fuel efficiency by 5%. Fix it! A car that needs major mechanical repairs can reduce fuel efficiency by up to 40% until it’s fixed.
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Climate Quick Tip: Boost Your Car’s Efficiency

Climate Quick Tip: Lacking Drive Can Be a Good Thing: Drive less for less carbon emissions — or buy electric. The Safe Climate Transport Campaign at the Centre for Biological Diversity notes, “Every gallon burned emits 25 pounds of carbon dioxide, whether in a Hummer or a hybrid.”
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Climate Quick Tip: Lacking Drive Can Be a Good Thing

Climate Quick Tip: Omit Some Emissions Swapping premium gas for regular will decrease your car’s carbon emissions (if your engine allows it), as premium fuel contains higher levels of ethanol and more gas is consumed. And forgo fuel additives — they have minimal impact on gas savings.
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Climate Quick Tip: Omit Some Emissions

Climate Quick Tip: You’ll Get a Charge Out Of Saving Money! Consider buying an electric car for your next set of wheels. A recent government study revealed that driving an electric vehicle can be a whopping 40 percent less expensive than your conventional gas guzzler, which also has more parts requiring repair and replacement.
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Climate Quick Tip: You’ll Get a Charge Out Of Saving Money!

Climate Quick Tip: Eat Green: Hungry for an eco-eatery? The Green Restaurant Association evaluates use of energy, water, food waste, and disposable products on their restaurant list across the U.S. Their list isn’t exhaustive so next time you’re at your favorite taco joint, ask them about their environmental initiatives.
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Climate Quick Tip: Eat Green

Climate Quick Tip: What’s Transpiring In Your Home? Indoor plants cool your home via transpiration, the process by which plants emit water through their leaves to cool themselves. Especially in dry climates, the more plants, the cooler indoor air will feel.
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Climate Quick Tip: What’s Transpiring In Your Home?

Climate Quick Tip: Summer Breeze If your energy bill feels like throwing money out the window, then turn off your AC in the evening through the night and early morning, and leave those windows open (except when it’s very humid). The breeze will help provide a fresher smelling home. Ceiling fans work too but remember to run them counter-clockwise in summer.
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Climate Quick Tip: Summer Breeze

Climate Quick TIp:Bright Time is The Right Time Save money by limiting your use of AC to sunny daytime hours, since clean solar energy is abundant (and cheaper) at those times. At other times, there is a greater draw on the grid, and as a result, energy is more expensive. That’s when open windows can have a greater appeal (as long as it’s not too humid outside)!
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Climate Quick Tip: Bright Time is The Right Time

Climate Quick Tip: Raise the Bar Bar shampoos and conditioners are crowding the shelves, making it easy to avoid plastic, as well elimimate increased emissions from shipping all that liquid. (But — pro tip! — store them in a perforated container or dish so they dry between uses and won't turn to mush.)
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Climate Quick Tip: Raise the Bar

Climate Quick Tip: Periods without the plastic? Yes, please! Seek out tampons with paper applicators (or no applicator at all). Or try out the Diva Cup or Thinx, a washable absorbent underwear.
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Climate Quick Tip: Periods Without the Plastic?

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