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Easy Eco-Friendly Tips for an Office Space Grady's GreenLiving Tips often focuses on ways people and their family members and friends can practice eco-friendly tips and advice inside the home.  For example, green ways to clean kitchen counters or ways to reduce food waste at birthday parties or large family gatherings.  This week, learn five greenliving tips that can benefit an office space: 1) Recycle when possible : Recycling is an easy way to live a green life.  Remember to practice recycling even in an office setting.  Instead of throwing away old papers and folders, these materials can easily be recycled. 2) Reduce the use of plastic cups :  Visiting the office water cooler several times a day?  Using multiple plastic or paper cups, or other one-use products like plastic cutlery, is wasteful and can eventually damage the environment.  Try to reuse the same cup throughout the day.  An even better option is to bring a water bottle or mug from h...

Not All Plants and Flowers are Safe for Our Four-Legged Friends It's almost springtime: plants, flowers, and foliage will begin to bloom.  Hoping to decorate and/ or purchase seasonal flowers and plants for the home this season?  While flowers can make a great decoration or centerpiece, pet owners should always remain vigilant before bringing foliage into the home.  Not all plants and flowers are safe for pets.  In fact, dogs and cats can become sick if they accidentally ingest or are even exposed to some foliage. Below are just three of several plant and flower types pet owners should avoid. 1. Azaleas : Azaleas are pink flowers that bloom in the springtime.  These flowers are toxic for both dogs and cats and cause symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.  Learn more here . 2. Tulips : Tulips are brightly colored flowers that bloom in the springtime.  They are often yellow, red, and white.  Tulips are toxic to both dogs and cats.  The majorit...

Olive Oil as a Natural Moisturizer Last year, Grady's GreenLiving Tips posted about creative, DIY, ways to use olive oil.  This post was so popular, the Grady's GreenLiving Tips team wanted to share it again!  Olive oil is commonly found in the home and has numerous moisturizing and cleaning qualities.  Several ways to use olive oil include: 1) Applying to hair and skin : Olive oil can be very useful in cold or windy weather because it restores a lot of natural moisture.  Try using olive oil as a pre-shampoo treatment for hair, in the bathtub, or even on cuticles to make the skin softer. 2) Utilizing around the house : Olive oil is a natural and easy way to shine shoes when in a rush.  Dab a little olive oil on a clean cloth and rub on to shoes to restore a shine.  Olive oil can also fix noisy hinges on doors using the same method. 3) Finding other methods : Some uses for olive oil can be unexpected.  Did you know that olive oil is a good paint remove...

Meal Prep Reduces Food Waste An easy way to live and promote a green lifestyle is by reducing food waste.  Food waste can occur due to several circumstances.  First, food waste can result from food not being stored correctly and, as a result, spoiling.  In addition, food waste can result from people over-buying food and/ or over-preparing food for events and having an excess that is thrown in the garbage.  Food waste is very easy avoid, however. One solution to food waste is to meal prep in order to plan and schedule out meals for an entire week.  This will save resources and ensure all food is consumed and stored properly.  Three green tips for meal prep are: 1) Plan out recipes in advance : The first step of meal prep is to plan out recipes for the week (or any set amount of time).  This is a great way to reduce food waste because grocery shopping will become more organized and streamlined: no excess ingredients are needed for set recipes.  Try ...

These Symbols Are Used to Organize Plastic Materials Plastic containers often feature a recycling symbol on the back or bottom of the product with a number in the middle.  But what do these symbols mean?  Read this numeric guide to learn more. If the container has the following number, it means: #1 - This plastic is the most common plastic found in recycling bins.  Typically, this plastic product is found in soda and water bottle and food containers. #2 - Known for not being transparent, this plastic is typically found in products such as household cleaner bottles, shampoo bottles, and detergent bottles. #3 - This plastic makes up pipes, food wrap and containers, and more.  This plastic is not recyclable. #4 - Found in shopping bags, food wrap and packaging, and fabric materials.  Oftentimes, these plastic materials are not accepted into recycling bins but these products can be recycled if taken to an appropriate recycling plant. #5 - This plastic makes up medic...

Picture a typical morning routine in the wintertime: waking up and setting the thermostat to combat the cold, taking an extra-long hot shower, and, finally, stepping outside and cleaning the car to commute to work.  Sound familiar?  Remember, the winter is a great time to practice some GreenLiving tips and add eco-friendly practices into the regular routine. Grady's GreenLiving Tips compiled a list of three, easy, strategies to be eco-friendly this winter season: 1. Beat the cold : In the cold weather, it can be very tempting to blast the heat once indoors.  It can also be tempting to take long shows or baths after walking outside or spending time outdoors.  While these are all options to "beat the cold," remember that these are not, necessarily, very eco-friendly.  Having the heat running constantly can be a waste of electricity or gas.  And taking baths or overtly long showers can waste water.  Save these resources and remember to take a greener appr...

Read Grady Management's New Blog For the past several weeks, Grady Management, Inc. has been promoting our new blog project.  This new blog, Apartment Resident #LifeHacks , debuted this afternoon!   This blog will be posted during the weeks when there is not a new post published on the Grady's GreenLiving Tips blog.  Read the new blog here:  https://apartmentlifehacks.blogspot.com/ One easy way to continue to enjoy Grady's GreenLiving Tips blog is to subscribe to the blog via email on the blog homepage .  Beginning next week, this blog will be posted on an every-other week schedule. Grady's GreenLiving Tips was created in 2014 by Grady Management, Inc.  Grady Management was founded in 1965 and continues to provide a full service residential, commercial, and consulting real estate firm in the greater Washington and Baltimore metropolitan area.  Learn more from our  website  or  Facebook  page.