Comments on: Pretty Green Tip: Lint Trap http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/ pretty local, pretty sustainable, pretty green Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 8 Things « pretty green girl http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-380 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:26:17 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-380 [...] Pretty Green Tips 1. Clean your lint traps 2. Get it “for here” 3. Keep your carrots fresh 4. Take a shorter shower 5. Print green [...]

]]> By: janeterin http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-317 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:15:08 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-317 I hope it works!

Good tips, Chris! I should do a post on those, too. My Dad always says he knows I’ve been over because his toaster is unplugged. :)

]]> By: Chris http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-316 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:18:28 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-316 You already know but yes, 2 smiley faces is passive aggressive. Fortunately, no one’s really opposed to cleaning out the lint trap – sometime people just need a reminder.

That all said, I agree that improving appliance efficiency is one of the easiest (but least sexy) ways of reducing energy usage, and thereby carbon emissions. Unplugging TVs, stereos, and computers when they’re not in use is probably the easiest (and one of the best) actions to take!

]]> By: jaime http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-315 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:52:23 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-315 My mom loves to send passive aggressive emails with a row of smiley faces after each “I’m not trying to offend you but I’m about to offend you” comment.

I agree with about the lint trap and think you were totally in the right to leave a note. Good to know about dryer efficiency as well!

]]> By: laura http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-314 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:18:27 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-314 hey you can use dryer lint for birds nests you just gently set out little bits in trees and in the grasses when the birds are coming back in spring and they will pick it up and build with it
We have found old nests with dryer lint and our dogs hair in it, too cool

]]> By: Heather (be well & take care) http://prettygreengirl.com/2009/04/17/pretty-green-tip-lint-trap/#comment-313 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:12:19 +0000 http://prettygreengirl.com/?p=543#comment-313 Thanks for the love!

I am sort of the queen of passive aggressive notes/e-mails around the office. I’ve tried to confront people on it (not replacing the toilet paper, leaving dirty dishes in the sink for a week, allowing their soup to explode in the microwave and then not cleaning it up, etc.) so I pasted big notes all over the bathrooms at work. People will know it was me and they will whisper about me behind my back, but seriously, if you cannot use the bathroom like an adult and clean up after yourself, then go pee behind the dumpster! Ugh.

Dryer lint is my pet peeve. My parents instilled that one in me ages ago since my brother would never clean it out. Now I do it all the time and I’m often the one to remind people. Hopefully the neighbors will shape up!

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