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I like to think that most low-income families are already doing things that will allow them to tread more lightly upon our beautiful green Earth. I may be wrong. Well, some of us are at any rate 
If you are one who is not doing so as of yet, you may want to start. Not only will you be helping the environment, but you will be saving much money for either your household or someone elses. Either way, all is good. Here are some steps to get you started:
- Reuse items within the family. Save hand-me-down clothing, toys, furniture and other items until you know that you will never use them again.
- Accept everything from people who want to give you their cast-offs. Create a storage system for anything that you will keep for later use. Give away the rest. Or hold a yard sale.
- Have children do crafts reusing every day items such as cardboard tubes, old light bulbs and baskets of all sizes.
- Purchase a shower head that allows you to easily flip a switch to stop water flow while lathering up.
- Start an herb garden in the living room window, or out in the yard.
- Use the Earth Day ideas from the Frugal Recipes site.
- Walk whenever possible, rather than drive.
- Fix things rather than purchase new.
- Make your own homemade cleaning products, using non toxic products.
- Reuse torn clothing as rags, or in quilting. Consider making a rag rug as well.
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Great tips, sis. I saw a family that was walking down the side of the road cleaning up trash today. I thought that was a great way to show the kids how to help the community.
Posted by Sheila | Friday, April 22, 2011, 1:31 pmI used to do that with all of the daycare kids. We also always cleaned up the area of whatever park we were using to eat at when we were out and about.
Posted by Shannon Buck | Friday, April 22, 2011, 2:42 pm