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Cindy's Tips for Green Living

Ex-supermodel offers hints for an ecological family

By Clay Dillow,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 22, 2008 3:07 PM CDT
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(Newser) – “We all want to live a little greener,” ex-supermodel and mom Cindy Crawford writes in The Daily Green. The key for moms is making small changes that mesh with hectic household living:

  1. Filter your tap water and use a reusable bottle. Thirty-eight billion bottles end up in landfills each year—why add to the pile?

  1. Unplug. Even turned off, appliances drain 40% of a home's power.
  2. Wash with cold water. It saves energy, and concentrated detergent cuts down on container waste.
  3. Look up phone numbers online. Phone books take up nearly 10% of space at landfills.
For Cindy's full list, click on the link below.

Tens of billions of plastic bottles clog landfills and deposit petroleum-based waste into the soil every year. Families can reduce their impact by drinking filtered tap water from reusable containers.
Tens of billions of plastic bottles clog landfills and deposit petroleum-based waste into the soil every year. Families can reduce their impact by drinking filtered tap water from reusable containers.   (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
As a mother, Cindy Crawford knows it can be difficult to keep a green household, but the changes that fit in with a hectic routine are the ones most likely to stick, she says.
As a mother, Cindy Crawford knows it can be difficult to keep a green household, but the changes that fit in with a hectic routine are the ones most likely to stick, she says.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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