RE: Your best 5 green tips?
just wanted to update my list....hubby and i found some lovely things at our organic market this weekend!
1.we bought eco soaps for washing and for the dishwasher(biocleane is the name - great smelling stuff and cheaper than seventh generation products - which i was going to buy!)
2.we bought product soap - so now i dont have to waste so much water cleaning either or use non-eco friendly soap for cleaning!
3.we bought a lot of things - and used our winnie wagon to tote everything home without getting bags!
just felt like sharing!
Thanks
Ada
RE: Your best 5 green tips?
[sm=confused-smiley-012.gif]Bit curious ramadani, winnie wagon? Or am I being slow on the uptake!
RE: Your best 5 green tips?
sorry - [link= http://www.activeforever.com/ps-1246-10-drive-winnie-wagon.aspx ]http://www.activeforever.com/ps-1246-10-drive-winnie-wagon.aspx[/link]
this is what i have.....it makes it ideal - as i walk roughly 3 miles to the grocery store - and can walk back with whatever my purchases are without it hurting my back!
this saves me the cost of gas to go to the store, as well as the pollutants, and gives me a bit of excersise!
HTH
Ada
RE: Your best 5 green tips?
ok - i told myself i would come post here as soon as i found my products online - so here you go = [link= http://www.babyworks.com/catalog/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=301&gclid=CIfMxKvEposCFQsEVAodonRwjA ]http://www.babyworks.com/catalog/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=301&gclid=CIfMxKvEposCFQsEVAodonRwjA[/link]
and i use most - or will use most - by the end of the month...everything will be changed over...
i just have to watch porportions - as i am not used to using so little to clean....but wow, they do an amaizing job! the clothes from the laundry soap come out so nice and soft - dont need fabric softner....my dishes are nice and clean...i dont have to worry about my food going bad either - as the product wash i wash with washes away a lot of things (i even washed my potatoes and wow - you should have seen the water!)
going to try the toilet cleaner and the bleach and the dish liquid soap (as i do sometimes wash my dishes by hand) to see how they are... oh - and they are cheaper than 7th generation stuff (not knacking 7th gen - as they have good products too i imagine)
i like thier site because as you look you can choose the bigger products and you can see what comes in the product itself...plus they smell great...i didnt buy online though - i bought in my health food store....
oh - and i started washing on low spin - cold/cold - and i dry on lowtemp....my clothes dont come out wet if i dont have too large a load...but man are they soft!
and - the prodct wash...i am AMAIZEd between this and the eco bags i bought for my food...little green bags saved me some big money! i wash my food - dry properly, then i place them in these bags and i have to tell you they stay fresh MUCH longer!
anywho - just wanted to share!
Ada
RE: Your best 5 green tips?
1. Pouring fat, oil and grease down the sink so it doesn't block drains and sewers. Wiping plates with kitchen roll before washing. Suggested as a good thing to do by our local water authority.
2. Reusing is better than recycling. So using our local freecycle group [link= http://www.freecycle.org ]www.freecycle.org[/link]
3. telling people that if they have a cat that likes to catch birds, they should keep it in at dawn and dusk.
4. On average we throw away a fifth of the fresh food we buy. This statistic really made me pay attention to what I buy. This waste is partly driven by those buy one get one free offers.
5.Friends Of the Earth (UK) say avoid leaving fridge doors open. Each minute the door is open uses three minutes of energy to cool down again. Now paying more attention to that.
we can always do more than we are doing now, so it's important not to get complascent.
Jane