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As a natural extension of our corporate mission, Taking Care of the Way People Live ®, Gables is dedicated to Taking Care of Our Environment. We are mindful of our impact on the local environment and we hope to spread some of that sustainable living onto our residents.

Below are some great tips gathered we’ve gathered from EarthShare and Green Halloween® on how to green your Halloween!

Green Halloween Costumes

• Reuse or recycle costumes.
• Rent or create a costume out of recycled material.
• Create a Green Halloween box to gather recyclable materials throughout the year. Next year, you’ll have lots of eco-friendly materials to make new costumes.
• Join the National Costume Swap Day revolution!

Green Halloween Treats

• Instead of giving out candy, consider giving coins, pencils, erasers, cookie cutters, crayons, fake jewels, temporary tattoos or stickers. Besides reducing the waste of all the single-serving packaging, you’ll be providing a healthy alternative to candy.
• Other alternatives that are healthy and from eco-friendly companies include:
• Organic juice boxes or pouches from Honest Kids
• Organic apple sauce snack packs
• Real-fruit strips and rolls from Stretch Island Fruit
• Whole food bars such a LARABAR minis
• Bare Fruit trial size packs

Green Halloween Decorations

• Go natural, with gourds, pumpkins, apples and Jack-o-Lanterns! They are great for porches and table tops, and you are not using plastic or paper décor.
• Make window decorations out of recycled paper. Then recycle the paper again.
• Use colorful reusable dinnerware and candles for decoration - preferably soy or beeswax candles!
• Use paper grocery bags to be cut into spooky Halloween trees, masks, and painted white for ghostly effects.

Green Halloween Trick-or-Treating

• Send your children trick-or-treating with reusable buckets, canvas bags or pillow cases. Most folks these days have the reusable grocery bags, try using those!
• Trick-or-treat in your neighborhood and get to know your neighbors.  Less driving, more walking.

Green Halloween Party

• Send Evites!  Rather than paper invitations through the mail.
• Have reusable dinnerware at your party rather than plastic plates, cups and utensils.
• Use cloth napkins, you can then wash them for the next party.
• Recycle bottles and cans, and compost leftovers.
• Buy local or organic food, little packaging.
• Shop with your reusable totes.
• Get all of your errands done at once.
• Try to cook with less meat.
• Choose foods that are in shades of black, orange and green (that is just for fun).

Green Halloween Cleanup

• Recycle and/or compost if you can!

Let us know what your suggestions are!