Comments on: Baby green steps that any family can do…

By: GoFreeGoGreen

GoFreeGoGreen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:08:52 +0000

I have found that I can use the family sized fry pan that came with my cookware to make a complete meal. In the past I thought it was only to fry or cook a really big meal!

Place a couple tablespoons of natural butter or canola oil in the pan. Open frozen packages of whole kernel corn, green peas, carrots and drop them in three separate pile in the pan.

Add a couple teaspoons of water and cover with the lid. In 7 minutes the vegetables are steamed and do not absorb the taste of the one next to them.

I have found they really require no additional seasoning…they are sweet and tender!

I serve this with sliced turkey.

I have saved on electricity, clean up and effort!

By: Stephanie - Green SAHM

Stephanie - Green SAHM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:33:00 +0000

On the blinds thing, just be sure it’s not so hot a day you’ll heat the house up enough to need the air conditioner on. We live in an area that gets pretty hot during the summer, and if the blinds were to be open all day we’d be even hotter in the house than we get with them shut.

In the summer, our focus is mostly on keeping the house “cool”, which for us often means letting it get to 85 or so before even thinking about the air conditioner. It can easily get hotter in here. We find it can save more energy to keep the windows well covered, even using old cardboard boxes to block still more heat.

As soon as the day cools enough, our blinds and windows are open for that wonderful evening air flow.

By: Hil

Hil — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:20:50 +0000

Right along with turning of the lights … unplug things that you aren’t using. Our coffee pot and our microwave both use energy when they’re plugged in but not actively running. So do our (many) chargers, DVD players, etc.

By: Ms. Knitter

Ms. Knitter — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:47:45 +0000

I knitted dishtowels and wipers (washcloths for the kitchen) this saves us on paper towels and buying towels and cloths from the big box retailers. (I bought the yarn at a mom and pop store. I also knitted washcloths using cotton and nettle (for exfoliation) for the bathroom which means we don’t have to buy those plastic lufa things! Little steps are the best!

By: sharyn

sharyn — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:35:04 +0000

We put a bucket in the shower to collect the water that runs while waiting for the hot water. It also collects some of the shower water while we’re showering. We use this water to flush the toilet. It only saves a flush or two a day, but saving 2 flushes a day is the equivalent saving over 700 flushes a year! Let’s not waste water!