Personal Green Choices Save more, waste less, throughout your house from Consumer Reports, May 2, 2023 Do you have Personal Green Choices to share with all of us? I will collect them for future segments. Email Marilyn Flick at flick7956@msn.com.

Personal Green Choices Five quick reasons to opt for rechargeable tools: 1. Their motors produce zero emissions. Gas tools, by contrast, emit carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In fact, they are dirtier than car engines. 2. They’re typically more efficient than gas-powered tools. That means they

Two tips from our FCC colleagues: 1. EWEB has lot of energy rebates available on their website for Eugene-based customers.  https://www.eweb.org/residential-customers/rebates-loans-and-conservation Here is one tip from the EWEB site: Use shades and blinds to help heat and cool the house. On warm, sunny days, open the blinds or

As Eugene faces a future ballot to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new residential construction, some of us on the green team watched a Creation Justice Webinar on Leaky Stoves and Deadly Gases, now available on YouTube (click here to view webinar) for any to watch. That

by Marilyn Flick At home . . . • compost plant-based food scraps. Use the soil created to enrich your garden or flower beds  • use and wash cloth napkins instead of paper napkins • use cloth towels and rags instead of paper towels • use aluminum foil instead of plastic

by Brenda Johnson Kame’enui Boreal forests comprise the ring of green around the northern edge of our planet, home to caribou, martens, lynx, moose, and other forest-dwelling creatures that rely on the pristine forests for survival, along with birds. A billion migratory birds that fly across North