Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to conserve water again…in the toilet this time. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps In light of the massive heat wave in the Midwest, I’m thinking a little more about water this week than usual. First, that I need to drink more. Since I just passed [...]
Entries Tagged as 'conserving energy'
Monday Mission: Save a Flush
July 18th, 2011 · 37 Comments · Green Living, Monday Missions
Tags: conserving energy·green cleaners·Monday Missions·water
Monday Mission: Take Shorter Showers
July 11th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to conserve water this summer with shorter (or fewer) showers. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps I’m a big fan of long showers, personally, so this is a tough one for me (and there’s a reason I’m sharing it in the summer, not the cold Michigan [...]
Monday Mission: Conserve Energy with your Oven/Stove
August 24th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Avoiding Waste
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make a conscious effort to conserve energy when cooking and baking, and make it a habit that lasts longer than this week. Impact Ratings (What is this?): Level of Commitment (What is this?): Baby Steps Check out last week’s Food for Thought on energy use in [...]
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Food for Thought: How Much Energy do we use in the Kitchen?
August 20th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Food for Thought
As stewards of creation, conserving energy is one way to treat our Earth with care. (This also translates into lower bills, which stewards our budget at the same time, of course.) In the kitchen, the stove is a major energy drainer. Did you know that 26% of the energy used on “food” in America is [...]
