If there's one thing the Internet is great for, it's pooling the collective wisdom of the masses. And if there's one thing we want to do at TreeHugger, it's bring all that insight together. Since being green means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and since there are myriad facets to living an eco-savvy lifestyle, we're asking readers to tell us how they do what they do. Do you flush your toilets with rainwater runoff? Make your own biodiesel from fried turkey grease? Bring your own containers for takeout? Lay it on us, and we'll share it with the world (okay, the blogosphere).
We're looking for videos that fit into one of the following categories:
Green Habits These are things you do regularly to reduce your impact on the environment, like composting, hypermiling, or getting your jeans tailored instead of buying new.
Green Hacks Have your tweaked your house, vehicle, appliances, or other possessions to increase sustainability? If you've created a rainwater garden, built a solar hot water collector, or tweaked your stereo setup sweetly, we want to hear from you.
How Tos Are you a natural at leading your friends to the path of eco-consciousness? Whether you're a crackerjack bicycle repairman, an eco-laundry expert, or an organic cooking fiend, channel your inner teacher, and bring those how-to tips to the head of the class.
Ready to get started?
Instructions:
Shoot a short and simple video (less than :60 seconds) and upload it to your preferred video hosting site - Youtube, Vimeo, Viddler, etc.
Title your video with Treehugger Green Tips: (explanation of the tip).
Email your submissions to: video-tips AT treehugger DOT com
Then be sure to check out our guides for How to Go Green, Green Buying Guides and our book Ready, Set, Green, too!
Pick one and let’s get started!
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- Drying for Freedom, a Film About Clotheslines
- TreeHugger Tip: Little Bits' Monica Rodgers on Making Recycled Paper
- TreeHugger Tip: Little Bits' Monica Rodgers on Teaching Children to Compost
- TreeHugger Tip: Max Gladwell on Using Ustream
- TreeHugger Tip: Missy Higgins on Green Transportation in LA
- TreeHugger Tip: Ben Harper on Turning Off the Lights, Brushing your Teeth and Watering the Grass
- TreeHugger Tip: Jack Johnson on Collecting Rain with Rain Barrels
- TreeHugger Tip: Tim Ferriss on Commuting in San Francisco
- TreeHugger Tip: Christine Lepisto on her Small Refrigerator and Bio Foods
- TreeHugger Tip: Alter Eco's Angela Lindvall on Composting
- TreeHugger Tip: Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Flipping the Switch
- TreeHugger Tip: Alter Eco's Boise Thomas on Reducing the Population
- TreeHugger Tip: Eco-Friendly Way to Kill Fruit Flies
- TreeHugger Tip: Ludacris in the Bathroom
- TreeHugger Tip: Tomm Stanley With an Energy Saving Tip On Flooring
- TreeHugger Tips: SuChin Pak on Eco-Friendly Cleaners
- TreeHugger Tip: Craig Newmark on Using Less
- TreeHugger Tip: Tomm Stanley on Refrigerator Efficiency
- Tommy Lee On Going Vegetarian
- Author Tomm Stanley With A Green Tip That Will Save You Water
- TreeHugger Tip: How to Bike to Work (without all the sweat!)
- TreeHugger How-To From Tomm Stanley on Gardening
- TreeHugger Tips: How-to Manage Humanure Composting
- TreeHugger Tips: Max Gladwell on using Twitter's GreenStream
- TreeHugger Tips: Hacking a Composting Toilet
- Author Lee Welles on Being Green By Inspiring Children
- TreeHugger Tips: Gary Vaynerchuk on Carpooling
- How Do You Go Green? Share Your Video Tips with TreeHugger!
