Why Decorating Green for Christmas Matters:
Decorating green for Christmas means that you waste fewer valuable resources on decorating. Decorating green matters when you think how our actions impact the environment. Why add to landfills and pollution when you have more earth friendly alternatives available?
The idea is not to do away with decorating or turn the holiday into a drab affair, but to plan more responsibly. Also remember that going green is a process, and all about sustainability. Small changes can lead to bigger, more dramatic ones.
How Green is Your Christmas Tree?:
How do you go green with a Christmas tree? If you buy a synthetic tree, you may be getting unwanted chemicals with it. It is certainly reusable, but do you want to introduce substances like lead into your home?
Live trees may be treated with pesticides, too. So ask before you buy. A small potted evergreen may be a good idea, or you may want to buy an organically grown local tree which can later be recycled for mulch or composting.
You can also choose to use wall decals and decorations instead, and cut down on the entire dilemma.
Green Christmas Ornaments:
When it comes to green Christmas ornaments, you have many choices. There is nothing like reusing the ones you already have. After all lots of folks already do that.
Another option is to buy vintage ornaments. You can buy at garage sales, thrift stores, flea markets or rummage sales. You may end up finding some very unique objects, which you can re-purpose into Christmas ornaments.
Which brings us to another option, which is making your own ornaments using material from around your home or garden.
Green Christmas Lighting:
Chances are when you think of Christmas you think about hundreds of glittering fairy lights. How do you go green with that?
After all, electricity drains natural resources. You may want to reduce your lights, and time the display to go off at some point in the evening. Even better, use LED lights as they can help you save substantially. LED holiday lights use 10 times less energy than mini bulbs and 100 times less than traditional holiday bulbs. For outdoor lighting, consider solar powered LED lights.
