DAWN DawnMagazineUK Issue 1 | Page 10

DAILY DOS TO your day words by: georgina walker Dawn’s quick tips to make your home eco-friendly, and they’re cost saving too! It’s a win, win. • TURN OFF THE TAP. Switch it off whilst your brushing teeth! • Shower not Bath! A shower uses 14% of bath water; saving you up to £40 per month! • USE WASH CLOTHS , not kitchen roll. Kitchen roll retails at £1.50, you can wash cloths for less. • Cold is better when washing clothes, since 85-90% energy goes into heating the water. • Grow house plants and improve the air quality. Here at Dawn we love spider plants! • USING REUSABLE BPA free water bottles saves you from spending £1 on water on the go. Dawn’s Green tips could save you up to £50 a month. £50 a month for these small changes? That’s enough to turn you green. ECO TIPS FROM THE READERS Freya Baskcombe: “Something that seems tiny, but is huge, is saying no to plastic straws. They’re a silent killer to animals in the ocean. So, I drink everything straw-less, unless it’s a bio/metal one.” Chloe Freeburn: “Use reusable containers – i.e. glass water bottles, coffee cups, and tupperware instead of plastic wrapping on food.” Liberty Smith: “Print on both sides! Saves so many sheets of paper, especially when your job is heavily order form based.” 9 • Dawn Magazine • Issue 01 Georgia Greenwood: “Use microfiber face clothes instead of makeup wipes, natural roll-on deodorant vs aerosol, and most importantly: reusable shopping bags.”