Can you believe that some people still only use their towel once and then re-wash it! How crazy is that? Sadly, I’ve met quite a few people addicted to re-washing towels.

Assuming you’re clean after a bath or shower (let’s hope) then there’s no good reason not to hang that towel up, let it dry, and use it again. At my house we go about a week, sometimes more, with the same three towels – one for Cedar and two for me (my hair is long I gotta wrap it). This small step saves time, energy, detergent, and water.
If you have …read more

The faster you drive the more fuel you burn. As soon as you get above 60 mph your mileage starts to decrease pretty darn quickly. CNN notes that, “Every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is like the price of gasoline going up about 54 cents a gallon.” So besides saving non-renewable resources you can also save some cash. Size doesn’t matter either, by slowing down, you save on resources and money no matter if you car is tiny or large.
We act like we have unlimited oil reserves, but some research shows that it took nature over 250 …read more

Starting today, choose five small products that make no sense from the earth’s perspective, and boycott. Forget they ever happened. Choose any five you like, but I’ll give you some ideas to start with.

Single serving cereal boxes – you know those ones your kids want. Just say no, but of course explain why.
Small hotel shampoo and conditioner. Can we say extreme plastic overuse. I can, “Extreme plastic overuse.”
Traditional cleaning wipes. Most are full of gross toxic stuff, plus, they add up. That’s a ton of garbage if even 50% of this country alone uses them on a daily basis. I …read more

In celebration of Peggy’s look at the meatless life lately – wait, have you missed that? Well, Peggy’s been looking at meatless living and I added one myself. Here’s a look back at some meatless posts we’ve done:

Meatless Meals: How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
A Veggie Resource in the Health and Science Channel
Meatless Meals: Veggie Books for Kids
Tofu Recipes for Kids
You can also get involved by taking the Meatless Meals Poll

So, back to our one meatless meal. Having been a vegetarian for years and years, people always think I’m going to bring the suck dish to the potluck or family event. …read more

Refillable liquid hand soap is a tiny step that everyone can take to reduce plastic waste. If you have the basic family home you may have two bathrooms; each with liquid soap dispenser. Most folks keep one in the kitchen as well. Now consider a family of four and how much hand soap gets used each day (or how much should be used each day). That’s a ton of soap and a lot of dispensers.
If you aren’t already using refillable dispensers it’s time to start. You can buy refillable containers everywhere. You can buy hand soap in bulk bottles or …read more