Going Green

Steam Your Vegetables

I cook all my vegetables by placing a steamer basket inside a pot. Using steam to cooking saves a lot of energy because (1) only a small amount of water is heating to boiling, (2) a […]

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“Arctic Cool” advertisements on TV promise cooling for a fraction of the cost. Just add water, turn on the fan, and voila ~ happy camper. It’s called evaporative cooling, and it does cool down the […]

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Clothes Washing Tips

Water closets are available with a smaller toilet flush tank (or a pressurized canister) to reduce the volume of water used with each cycle. Likewise, such large users of water as clothes washers and dishwashers […]

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Turn it Off

Technically, the most direct way to save energy with electrical appliances is, well, to turn it off. Lights in empty rooms. Exterior security lights. Computers. Monitors. Televisions. Stereos. Cable boxes. Charging pads. Except. Even when […]

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Recycle Aluminum Cans

More than 100 BILLION aluminum cans are sold in the U.S. each year. Only half are recycled. Likewise around the world, resulting in 3 BILLION pounds of aluminum cans in landfills around the world. There […]