How to have an environmental friendly Thanksgiving day dinner

The Thanksgiving day dinner is one of the most important American holidays where families get together for the celebration. This is a holiday that the Americans remember because it was the first time that they ate turkey from the Native Americans. Now, it has been part of the American tradition that everybody celebrates it. This article talks about how to enjoy Thanksgiving day dinner while being environmental friendly.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• good china
• recycling bin

1. Properly plan your Thanksgiving day dinner. Think about how many people you are serving. There is no need to prepare a huge amount of food and end up wasting most of it.

2. Don't use paper plate. Food seems to taste better on good china anyways.

3. Turkey is the main course for Thanksgiving, don't forget to utilize the carcass for a great soup. Make Thanksgiving day dinner green by utilizing every part of the turkey.

4. Leftovers Thanksgiving day dinner - give your guests leafovers if you can. If your leftover is not eaten, then your garden needs those nutrients.

5. Thanksgiving day dinner will generate a lot of trash. Put your recycling bin in a place that's visible to everyone. Let everyone know that you are recycling!

6. Remember 3 words when it comes to being green on any occasion, Thanksgiving day dinner is not an exception: recycle, reuse and reduce.

[GreenGardenChic]

on 11/13/2008 Great ideas for an eco-fabulous Thanksgiving.

[dasbootjoe]

on 11/13/2008 Awesome article! Thanks..

[listenhere101]

on 11/12/2008 Good article. 5 stars! Have a Happy Green Thanksgiving!

[PABechko]

on 11/12/2008 Great advice -- and I've used the carcass for soup for years!

[Vanillatte]

on 11/11/2008 Straight to the point and very good advice for having a green Thanksgiving!