If you haven’t heard about the amazing new book Girls Gone Green by Lynn Hirshfield and foreword by Hayden Panettiere, you need too! We did a few blog posts about it last week, and we know... 

Win a FREE Copy of Girls Gone Green

If you haven’t heard about the amazing new book Girls Gone Green by Lynn Hirshfield and foreword by Hayden Panettiere, you need too! We did a few blog posts about it last week, and we know it’s a book every girl needs. We love it so much we are giving a copy of it away this month to one of our lucky Girls With Dreams followers.

Here’s How You Can Win!  Send us an email by 11:00 pm on Tuesday September 7th to  info@girlswithdreams.com and tell us how you are going green and/or how you help the environment and why you want to win this book.  Be creative and have fun with this!  We will pick the most creative email and announce our winner the week of September 13th.  Please recognize any submissions may be posted on Girls With Dreams.com.  We will not use your full name if we share your email.

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Getting used to using your intuition is one of the most important things we can do. But, what does that mean, and how do we use it? Our team sat down to talk about how to make tough choices and decisions while using your intuition.

Going Green: Update Your Home

The third section in Girls Gone Green by Lynn Hirshfield is about making modifications around your home. You might already do some of these things without realizing it:

• Change light bulbs to fluorescent light bulbs.
• Switch one appliance to an energy-efficient model.
• Use re-useable bags.
• Turn off lights when you leave the room.
• Open the windows instead of using your air conditioning or turning on lights.
• Be conservative on gas usage. Use a bike or walk instead.
• Use cold water to wash laundry.
• Pay bills online to reduce paper waste.
• Use an aluminum water bottle.
• Reduce shower time by one minute. It saves gallons of water!
• Buy recycled products when you need computer paper, bags, or furniture.
• Recycle your old cell phones and clothes.

Measure your own carbon footprint and try some of these tips at home.

Going Green: Protect Animals

The second chapter in Girls Gone Green by Lynn Hirshfield is about animal advocates. Girls as young as 11 years old raised money to protect animals from water activities such as jet-skiing and boating. Propellers can harm animals such as manatees. Organizations are forming each day to help animals and their homes.

Check out Kids Making a Difference to learn what kids are doing to help. Here are a few simple ways you can help:

• Throw your trash in the proper place and recycle when you can. If you’re more cautious about where your trash goes, it’s less likely to end up in the ocean.
• Cut up plastic “soda rings” so animals don’t get caught in them.
• Reduce your use of water.
• Disinfect bird baths with the proper products.
• Minimize your use of pesticides.
• Learn about endangered species.
• Donate to organizations when possible!

Every little bit helps! “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” - Edmund Burke