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Climate Quick Tips: A DIY Multipurpose Cleaner

Keep your shower routine clean by switching to loofahs made from natural materials, rather than plastic. Get plastic out of your shower! For more plastic-free personal care products, check out our Bluedot Marketplace.

Climate Quick Tips: Clean Up Your Shower Routine

Climate Quick Tip: Should you turn on the AC or crack a window? If you are driving under 40 mph, crack a window. At slower speeds, there is less air resistance, and opening your windows is more fuel-efficient than using gas-guzzling air conditioning. When driving under 40 mph, there is less air resistance. Open your windows instead of cranking the AC to maintain fuel efficiency. Dear Dot offers more tips on greening your ride.

Climate Quick Tips: Driving Cool

Climate Quick Tips:Herbs to Go Harvest a bit too much parsley? Overbought basil? Chop up extra herbs and add them to olive oil, then freeze the mixture in a small ice cube tray. Pop out a cube whenever you need herbed olive oil for a salad or recipe. Check out Bluedot’s Guide for more tips on avoiding food waste.

Climate Quick Tips: Herbs to Go

Climate Quick Tips: Arrest Those Pests Alliums, such as onions, chives, and shallots act as natural pest repellents in your garden. They give off an odor that masks the scent of more appealing plants that insects like to feast on, so plant them nearby. But note, too, that signs of insect life in your garden are typically healthy. Bluedot’s gardening columnist offers lots more tips on eco-friendly plantings.

Climate Quick Tips: Arrest Those Pests

Climate Quick Tips: Tips For Collision-Injured Birds If a bird hits your window, gently place it inside an unwaxed paper bag or cardboard box firmly secured, recommends FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program). Ensure the bird remains upright, place it in a quiet location away from people/pets, and contact a nearby wildlife rehabilitation center for further instructions. Report bird collisions to the Global Building Collision Mapper, a citizen science database. FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program offers information on how to keep birds safe from window collisions.

Climate Quick Tips: Tips For Collision-Injured Birds

Climate Quick Tip: Keep Sylvester Indoors To Protect Tweety Bird? Cats kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds annually. If you’re interested in feeding birds from your backyard, or installing a birdbath for them, keep cats indoors so that they don’t spoil the fun for you or for the birds. Keep your cats indoors to protect birds.

Climate Quick Tip: Keep Sylvester Indoors To Protect Tweety Bird?

Find local recycling centers that will accept carpet scraps by searching Carpet America Recovery Effort’s partner locator for locations in the United States or 1-800-Got-Junk for carpet recyclers in Canada and Australia. After tearing out your old carpet, search local recycling centers that will accept carpet scraps Carpet America Recovery Effort’s partner locator for locations in the United States or 1-800-Got-Junk for carpet recyclers in Canada and Australia.

Carpet Clear-Out

Climate Quick Tip: Vinegar for the (Cleaning) Win For an all-natural, all-purpose cleaner, mix 1/2 cup of vinegar with 4 cups of warm water — and use this mixture to clean everything from your windows to kitchen appliances. For disinfectant purposes, use a 1:1 ratio. Works on cutting boards, door handles, and more.

Climate Quick Tip: Vinegar for the (Cleaning) Win

Climate Quick Tip: Don’t Sweat It! Add Vinegar Vinegar is excellent at neutralizing odors. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle to help remove stubborn odors from clothes. Easy on your machine, easy on your wallet. (Don’t use every time, however, as vinegar can break down elasticity in athletic wear.) Dear Dot has loads more laundry tips.

Climate Quick Tips: Don’t Sweat It! Add Vinegar

Fight for Your Whites! To brighten white clothing and remove yellowing, add 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle along with your favorite eco-friendly detergent (not too much!). Vinegar helps to remove soap residue and keeps whites bright. Dear Dot has more whitening tips.

Climate Quick Tips: Whiten Your Load!

Climate Quick Tip: Soften Clothes … Naturally Add 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser or during the rinse cycle instead of commercial fabric softeners. Vinegar helps soften clothes without harsh chemicals, and is easier on your washing machine. (And we promise, your clothes won’t smell like vinegar.) Dear Dot has more rules for the (laundry) load.

Climate Quick Tip: Soften Clothes … Naturally

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