6/22/09

If you have pets or wear your shoes in the house, you may need to deodorize your carpets. Sprinkle baking soda on the carpet and leave it overnight. The baking soda will absorb odors as you slumber away. The next day, plug in the vacuum and suck it all up. How easy was that?

6/21/09

If you're heading out for a cool, summertime ice cream treat tonight, buy a cone, not a dish. An ice cream cone is a greener, tastier alternative to a plastic dish and spoon because you can consume the whole treat with very little waste. So eat some carbs to save the planet. Yum!

6/20/09

We waste around 10 percent of toothpaste because we can't squeeze it out of the tube. But instead of reaching for a new tube of paste, use a handy device to squeeze out every last minty drop. Toothpaste squeezers attach to the end of the tube and force out the remaining 10 percent with a simple fold and twist. The small investment in a squeezer will more than pay for itself in the toothpaste you'll recover over time.