After Christmas we need to think about what we can make the world a better place. So heres a few tips.
Christmas Presents
| » | Pass on or give away unwanted gifts to charity or list on freecycle. |
| » | Dont forget to pass on to charity or freecycle those things that have been replaced, overlooked items by shiny new things such as mobile phones. |
| » | Pass books on when you've read them |
Left overs
| » | Compost left overs |
| » | Feed the birds with dried out mincepies and other leftovers |
Recycle, Reuse
| » | Flatten pieces of wrapping paper and store with christmas decorations to use next year |
| » | Small glass baubles can be packed in egg cartons. Larger decorations wrap in tissue and foam back between. |
| » | Half fill a jar with pine needles, add 2 teaspoon of vodka and top up with corn oil. Shake daily for 1 week, strain and use as bath oil. |
| » | Greeting cards can be made into gift tags by cutting shapes our of cards, using pinking shears or scissors and add ribbon to use next year. |
| » | If this sounds too intensive, support the Woodland Trust campaing and recycle your christmas cards by dropping them off at a WHSmith store, TESCO supermarket (including selected Express stores), TK Maxx stores and M&S. For every ton of paper recycled 17 trees saved. |
Greenery
| » | Keep a small piece of holly until next Christmas for good luck. Shred all other dead greenery and use as garden mulch. |
| » | Sprays of ivy maky have grown small roots by now. They can be planted outside to climb up a wall. |
| » | Remove dead greenery from the wreath. If the frame is metal, rub with wire wool and a little oil to prevent rusting and pack away. |
| » | Recycle Christmas Tree in your green Council garden waste collection |
| » | If your Christmas tree has roots, dig a hole in the garden, fork in some peat and firm the soil round the tree's roots and water well. |
| » | With a knife cut small flaps of bark under the branch of a tree and plant mistle berries by pressing under each flap |
Resolutions
| » | To work to diminish the suffering of others rather than add to it! |
| » | Join freecycle and pass stuff on. |
| » | Save the world, help Birmingham Friends of the Earth with their many campaigns. Come to a Monday night meeting. |
