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Eco-friendly Tips for Moving

This week my husband and I (along with our cat Mr. Jingles and betta fish Salvador) make the big move to Atlanta. For the past month we’ve been preparing for our move and along the way trying to keep in mind the 3 Rs of the environment (reduce, reuse, recycle). Here are some of the […]
Athena Snow

This week my husband and I (along with our cat Mr. Jingles and betta fish Salvador) make the big move to Atlanta. For the past month we’ve been preparing for our move and along the way trying to keep in mind the 3 Rs of the environment (reduce, reuse, recycle). Here are some of the ways in which we tried to lessen our footprint in the move:

  1. Reduce. I started going through our home and thinking about what furniture pieces and home decorations I fell out of love with over the years. It ends up there were quite a few items that I had been holding onto and now was the perfect time to gather them all together for a yard sale. What didn’t sell in the yard sale was happily picked up by our local Goodwill store.
  2. Reuse. If you’re like us, we couldn’t afford to have movers come in to pack up our home, so I hit up the local liquor and grocery stores to gather all of our moving boxes. I was pleasantly surprised to find out when I called the newspaper that I could pick up old editions of the paper for our packaging material. For those items that needed extra padding, I simply used towels and sheets to provide that additional security.
  3. Recycle. Cleaning out the shed left me wondering what to do with unfriendly items like paint. Thankfully our move took place close to Earth Day this year, and we were able to bring our paint cans for recycling. If you’re community doesn’t have a way to recycle old paint, you could always find a piece of wood or cardboard to use up the leftover paint. If that’s not an option you can pour kitty litter into the can and wait until it dries up to dispose.
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Athena Snow
Athena Snow

Senior Manager, Public Relations & Giving for Coldwell Banker. Grew up in Sarasota and attended college at Western Carolina University. Athena wanted to wake up in that city that doesn’t sleep so headed to Madison Avenue to start her marketing career. She has been with this awesome brand for more than 15 years and can be found generating buzz about CB in every way possible. Athena helps to grow the brand’s position as the most storied real estate company within the industry and has led many high-profile endeavors; she was at the forefront of the brand’s pioneering smart home campaign, raised $6 million in two years to build 130 Habitat for Humanity homes, and led the Homes for Dogs program in partnership with Adopt-a-Pet.com that resulted in tens-of-thousands of dogs finding their furever home. She currently leads the CB Supports St. Jude program, which encourages the Coldwell Banker network’s 96,000+ real estate agents to make donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for every real estate transaction they represent. In her spare time, you can find her either digging up a new area in her yard for another flower bed or planning her next travel adventure. She's the proud mom of three cats Jolene, Ziggy and Lucy.

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