MEATLESS
Let’s face it. Going completely vegetarian isn’t for everyone. But if you’re looking to align your eating habits with your concern for the environment, you can do a lot of good by cutting back on the amount of meat you consume. Eating meat not only costs more per pound than potatoes, lentils or rice, but [...]
GARBAGE DISPOSAL vs TRASH
TRUTH OR TRASH?
Throwing food waste in the trash is better than putting it down the garbage disposal
IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH
Don’t bother buying commercial produce spray washes to clean your fruits and vegetables.
OWEN WILSON
Occupation: Actor, Writer My Shift of Habit is: I’ve gotten a lot better at recycling If you can ask everyone in the world to shift one habit it would be: using transportation that is more fuel efficient and environmentally sensitive Proudest Moment: I feel I could be doing much more but I guess there’s a [...]
THE PRESSURE IS ON
Save $35
Use an electric pressure cooker instead of your stovetop or oven to cook meals.
SHIFT & SAVE OVER $2000 IN YOUR KITCHEN
SAVE $35: Use an electric pressure cooker instead of your stovetop or oven to cook meals
Save $35 Use an electric pressure cooker instead of your stovetop or oven to cook meals. Save up to $35 or more per year in energy costs if you use it instead of your electric range an average of three times per week. Save roughly 165 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. Pressure cookers take a [...]
PLUG PLUG
SAVE $15. If you’re a bath-taker, plug the drain before turning on the water. You could save up to 3,650 gallons of water per year—more than $15 worth—if the tub faucet runs down the drain for two minutes less per day.