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Climate Quick Tip to save water when doing dishes.

Climate Quick Tip: Ditch The Dishpan Hands

Climate Quick Tip: Forget loud, gas-guzzling mowers. Get goats instead! Goats on the Go is a nationwide organization that will get goats to work cutting your lawn and eating unwanted weeds, brush, and invasive plants. Contact Goats on the Go for a “goat quote,” or join the herd yourself with their affiliate program.

Climate Quick Tip: Chews Your Mower!

Climate Quick Tip: Those houseplants we love typically travel a long way to our living room, often rooted in plastic pots. Propagating plants from cuttings is far better — and more fun! Then organize a plant swap with friends to add some variety to your home jungle.

Climate Quick Tip: Bloom Where You’re Planted

Climate Quick Tip: Save your old bras from centuries in a landfill! Bra Recyclers accepts old bras and donates them to women in need, and will recycle unusable ones.

Climate Quick Tip: A-Bra-Ca-Da-Bra

Climate Quick Tip: Urban trees provide shade, offer habitat, reduce heat, and absorb pollutants. When you’re out walking your canine friend: •Help reduce the salt content of tree soil by keeping it pee-free! •Steer your dogs away from tree trunks while they do their business.

Climate Quick Tip: Doggone It — Leave the Trees!

Climate Quick Tip: Become a tree parent to your neighborhood street trees: •Water them often — young trees in particular. •In some cities, you can add mulch and cultivate the soil in the tree bed.

Climate Quick Tip: Adopt a Street Tree

Climate Quick Tip: Opt for oat milk instead of dairy or almond milk, use a reusable filter in place of paper ones, and try a cold-brew coffee, Dot’s personal favorite and the most energy-efficient brewing method, using no electricity.

Climate Quick Tip: Green Your Coffee Beans

Climate Quick Tip: You can cut your coffee’s eco-impact by only boiling as much water as you’re going to use and turning off coffee machines as soon as you’re done.

Climate Quick Tip: Brew Ha Ha

Climate Quick Tip: When buying coffee, look for these three certifications: Fair Trade, Organic, and Rainforest Alliance. These ensure fair labor practices, protect the health of the crops and the soil, and uphold standards for labor practices and forest conservation.

Climate Quick Tip: A Cuppa Clear Conscience

Climate Quick Tip: Star Struck Give yourself the gift of a spectacular night sky (and protect migrating birds and even aquatic ecosystems) by reducing your outdoor light pollution: •Use only warm-colored LEDs outdoors •Dimmers, motion sensors, and timers can reduce outdoor light and save you money. •Sit back and marvel at the stars.

Climate Quick Tip: Star Struck

Climate Quick Tip: Twice as nice. Toilets account for 30% of a home’s water use. Newer toilets are typically dual flush and you can opt to use less water. For an older toilet, install a dual flush conversion kit (about $30) or fill a bottle or glass container with sand, tighten its lid, then place it in your tank to reduce water use.

Climate Quick Tip: Twice as Nice

Climate Quick Tips to reuse water at home include using cool cooking water for hydrating indoor or outdoor plants and collecting water from the shower while waiting for it to heat up.

Climate Quick Tip: Water, Water Everywhere

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