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Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Kate — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:54:15 -0000

Leave lights off of an evening when tele is on it provides enough light to see what you are doing

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Cheree Robinson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:46:21 -0000

A family that Showers together stays together! Also Recycle Reduce and Reuse it our Motto!
This xmas is also going to be packaging and gift wrap free!

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Adele Smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:45:14 -0000

I use citronella soy melts to keep the bugs away,refuse to use plastic bags and use enviro bags and 4MYEARTH lunch wrap products.

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Rita Maguire — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:38:35 -0000

We take the idea of a compost heap/worm farm even further. We actually have three and rotate them around according to what stage they're at. We add things like the contents of the vacuum cleaner bag and the lint filters from the washing machine and dryer and they love the hair from hairbrushes.
Hubby is paranoid about security and rips the name and address labels from letters, medication labels and documents that don't need to be filed. It's OK, the worms don't divulge your information to anyone!

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Budget Bitch — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:25:34 -0000

When making your first cuppa for the day - fill the kettle, then fill a thermos with the boiling water. You won't need to reboil the kettle till the thermos is empty, and you'll have boiling water on hand to make another cuppa later on!

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Megan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:21:10 -0000

I live in a block of units that houses many elderly people. I'm in my twenties so I run monthly gardening weekends where I encourage my friends to come and we maintain the garens, plant trees and establish a compost system for the entire unit complex. In return the other residents bake us a roast and send us home with some homemade jams and bikkies.

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Jess — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:19:31 -0000

Well, we have a bucket in the shower to catch the warming-up water, and we use that to water the garden.

We compost food scraps, paper - and tea bags, of course!

Recycle everything possible.

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Deb — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:42:13 -0000

meal planning! I have been able to reduce wasted food to virtually nil by meal planning every week and shopping fortnightly. This has meant less landfil, less waste, less packaging and I've even been able to turn off the extra fridge in the garage as it's no longer needed - less electricity usage too.

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Steph — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:38:33 -0000

I use a microfibre cloth to wash my face with instead of expensive beauty products. Less packaging, landfill, transportation and cost!

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Deb — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:37:11 -0000

Meal Planning! I've been able to reduce wasted food to virtually nil by meal planning every week and shopping fortnightly. It means less expense at the supermarket, less waste and i've even been able to turn off the extra fridge in the garage as it's no longer needed - reducing electricity costs too.

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CHERYL SCHLOEFFEL — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:27:40 -0000

WE NEVER DO THE WASHING,DRYING OR DISHWASHER BETWEEN 2P.M.-8PM.AS THE CHARGE IS THE HIGHEST AT 32.4 CENTS KWT.IT DROPS BETWEEN 8 P.M.-10.P.M. TO 12.8 CENTS.DO ALL THAT THEN BUT IF YOU STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT AFTER 10 P.M.YOU CAN SAVE HEAPS AS IT DROPS TO 7.4 CENTS.THIS IS WHEN WE PUT ON THE DISHWASHER OR THE SOLAR HOT WATER SWITCH IT DROPS BACK TO 12.8 CENTS AT 7 A.M.-2P.M.WE CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR THE CHARGES I SUPPOSE DIFFERENT ELECTRICITY MOBS HAVE DIFFERENT CHARGES BUT WE DO OUR BIT TO SAVE.

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Belinda Bonello — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:07:21 -0000

When cleaning fishtanks out we don't waste the water we water the garden with it as plants love fish water it helps them to grow.

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

margaret floyd — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:01:17 -0000

use reusable sandwhich bags in the kids lunches instead of clingwrap, you'll ba amazed at the money you'll save and Mummy nature will thank you

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angela floyd — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:59:43 -0000

Reuse the boxes and big envelopes you get in the mail, throwing them out is such a waste

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joan nash — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:58:56 -0000

instead of giving a bunch of flowers give a potted plant, it gives love for a lot longer and also give mother nature a bit of love!

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Rachelle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:12:13 -0000

Have a 'Pride and Prejudice' night on a weekly basis where you literally go back to Lizzie's era. Candles instead of lights, books instead of television, and who knows, your Mr Darcy may focus on you instead of the footy...

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Amie Neil — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:01:00 -0000

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle every way we can,
Think about conservation on a global span.
The greenest thing we choose to do,
Is educating our kids to be green too!

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Mom2Natalie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:44:37 -0000

Boil only enough water for your cuppa. Use gas plates instead of electric ... In summer months hubby cook all the meat outside on the 'barbie'. Have some of your lights on timers, if you don't use them after a while, it goes off by itself. Use light dimmers in the tv room. And teach your children to recycle and reuse and to switch of lights they doesn't use.

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monica scurlock — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:16:00 -0000

We filter our drinking water (in jug and a refillable filter bottle) and have the purest tasting water we all love..its madness to buy bottled water in the quantities people do - what a plastic jungle we create!

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Jaxcoo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:53:28 -0000

We wrap our sandwiches in 'sandwich pockets' reusable and washable fabric pouches. The kids love them and they are much easier to open than plastic wrap.

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Nikkers — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:56:25 -0000

We do all the regular stuff (like reusing grey water, choosing to replace whitegoods and appliances with more eco-friendly ones, composting, buying local produce and handcrafted goods rather than mass produced over packaged brands transported from hundreds of kilometres away and replacing all our lightglobes with energy efficient ones) but two new things for us are:
*Stockpiling various packaging, empty food jars and margarine containers as a resource to use for art and craft projects with my two boys aged 4 and 7.
*Op shopping - I have a lifetime habit of giving my unwanted household items and clothing to charity-run op shops but until now had not seriously considered them an option for my own shopping needs. A friend raised my awareness of the environmental gains of pre-loved clothing due to the amount of energy used to create textiles.
it's a consumer choice which helps to save the planet as well as money!

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

Trish — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:44:06 -0000

Dealing greenly with dog poop is very important as it's been found dog poo 'waste' significantly raises the bacteria levels in waterways/beaches through incorrect disposal or slack attitudes.

It isn't just from nuggets on the beaches, but also runoff from stormwater drains after that water has come into contact with the poop on roadways/pavements/parks. Bacteria contained in dog poo includes E. coli, fecal coliform bacteria, salmonella and giardia. Nasty Nasty stuff.

Dog poo is also just plain gross and pollutes our parks,road and foot paths - pram wheels and shoes 'to boot'.

Although 'you' can put dog poop into worm farms, it's not recommended that you then use the worm castings or liquid from the farm in/on your vegetable garden.

Also with general garden waste composting again, the compost shouldn't be applied to your veggie patch. So this can exclude your lawn clippings if they are contaminated by chunks.

Best option is to make or buy a doogy loo (if you have a backyard)
They are special buckets with holes in the bottom you place into the ground on a bed of stones,add a special starter enzyme (like used in septic systems) to which will break down the poop.

As soon as the bucket is full, you simply pour water into it and the broken down materials will flush away into sub soil. Best of all there is no risk to your plants, you can have the bucket(or bin) hidden away in your garden.

You can buy them ready to 'poo' or see instructions I found here and make your own for a few $ http://homepage.mac.com/cit...

Of course who picks it up and how is another story indeed ...though can now buy special biodegradable bags perfect for this job and cardboard skooper boxes.

Just be careful where you position it ;) and have a well fitting lid.

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Mistress B — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:26:15 -0000

we recycle just about all our kitchen waste between the worm farm, the rabbit and the chooks. The worms provide castings for garden fertiliser, the rabbit cage gets moved around the yard regularly providing patch mowing, weed control and fertilizing and the chooks grab all the grubs in the garden as they forage in the yard providing pest and weed control plus.......... yup fertiliser! Oh and free range, grain fed, organic eggs with no transport emissions!

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Marita — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:49:29 -0000

I'm teaching my children to recycle. I have big plastic bins inside that have A4 pictures stuck to the front, one picture is for rubbish, the other for recycling.

Our garden is 1meter square which isn't enough to use all the compost a family of 4 produces. I'd love to know if there is somewhere we could take our compost for someone else to use (live in Melbourne).

I'm teaching my girls to use hankies instead of tissues as well. Good habits can not start early enough.

Use vinegar in the wash instead of fabric softener.

Bake our own bread whenever we can, using the gas oven means I don't have to switch the electric heater on.

Buy toys that are not in a million layers of packaging. My fav. gift to give other children is a book, spread the love of reading and there is no packaging. We recycle paintings from PreSchool to use as gift wrap.

I think it is really important to not only practice green habits yourself but teach your children that it is the normal way to do things.

Re: Win with Lipton’s new Rainforest Alliance tea

luckylibra — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:17:41 -0000

The worms rely on me, for their daily treat of leaves from Liptons tea.
In the dark, anxiously they wait, wondering if I’ll show.
I’d like to reassure them and to let them know
Where Lipton tea is concerned there really is no doubt
I love Liptons very much, so they’ll never have to go without.