Author: Green Chick
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Happy Friday everyone!! I don’t know about you, but I was ready for my weekend to start… oh, I don’t know… about two days ago.

I’m hoping to begin a tradition here at Green. Chic. Cheap. of starting out every weekend the eco-friendly way by providing four tips for reducing your environmental impact that will cost you absolutely nothing ((some of them might even save you money)). So, without further ado, here are are your Free Four all Friday tips:

1. Unplug your electronic devices when they aren’t in use. Devices with power adapters or which still feel warm even after they’ve been switched off for awhile are called “energy vampires”. Generally these devices only draw a few watts per day, but that adds up- energy vampires account for nearly 20% of a household’s electric bill. By unplugging these bad boys when they…

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Author: Green Chick
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“Organic food is so expensive.”

“Why the heck would I pay for a grocery bag when they’ll happily give me as many as I need for free?”

“49 dollars for an eco-friendly, all natural, sustainably produced hemp pilates mat?! You realize I can get one at Wal-Mart for ten bucks, right?”

In regards to going green the general consensus seems to be that while it is a great idea, it costs way too much.

Pardon my bluntness but that’s a load of crap.

That said, when you add up the price tags on all of those nice bio-degradable bathroom cleansers, 100% organic cotton yoga pants, free range hormone-free all-natural chicken breasts, and CFL bulbs, well… it’s no surprise that so many people in today’s economy forgo an environmentally minded lifestyle in favor of having enough money to put food on the table.

Enter: me.

I’m no expert on the environment or economics or much of anything, really. What I am is a college student, and if there is one thing I do know how to do it’s how to stretch my dollar as… (Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

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