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20 Ways To Quickly Get Sustainable at Home

December 12, 2008 in Green Your Home by Jennifer | No comments

Some sustainable acts take a big leap. Others you can easily manage in less than 30 minutes and still make a difference. Here are 20 easy sustainable steps you can take to green your home.

  1. Install low-flow shower heads.
  2. Stop all the incoming junk mail.
  3. Reuse your foil and plastic baggies or better yet, lose these items and use reusable containers and plain old foil free baking sheets.
  4. Use both side of your paper.
  5. Turn the oven off 7 minutes early.
  6. Unplug five items you’re not using right now!
  7. Cancel your newspaper.
  8. Cook three vegetarian meals a week.
  9. Load the dishwasher, instead of washing by hand.
  10. Clear out the toxic household cleaners and whip up some quick and easy homemade green cleaners.
  11. Test your toilet for leaks.
  12. Throw that can in the recycling bin instead of the trash.
  13. Fix a button, zipper, or hemline, and make curtains, blankets, and clothing last longer instead of buying new.
  14. Wash your laundry on cold.
  15. Use green recycled toilet paper.
  16. Defrost your freezer.
  17. Open your windows for at least 30 minutes each day.
  18. Cut five minutes off your daily shower.
  19. Use rechargeable batteries.
  20. Make sure your morning coffee is green.

Green Your Coffee Beans

November 10, 2008 in Food & Drink by Jennifer | No comments

In the last post we looked at how to green up your java routeine – from coffee makers to filters to cleaning the pot. Now let’s take a quick look at the actual beans.

This isn’t a long topic by the way.

  1. Buy organic beans or ground coffee.
  2. Buy Fair Trade beans or coffee.

Easy right? But you could do more, such as… Read the rest of this entry »

Green Up Your Kitchen Java

November 10, 2008 in Food & Drink, Furniture & Appliances by Jennifer | 3 comments


Around the holidays it seems like the coffee pot is going non-stop. Or at my house year round (expert coffee addict here). In any case, it’s easy to green your coffee routine, no matter how often you brew a pot.

Your coffee maker:

First of all there’s your actual coffee maker. There aren’t exactly green standards set for coffee makers. That said, you can estimate your coffee maker’s energy consumption at The Department of Energy. Also, Inhabitat has an in-depth, and great post, GREEN YOUR APPLIANCES! Coffee Makers that will put you ahead of the curve regarding coffee makers. You can also try a French Press.

Your best bet for a green coffee maker is going to be in how you use it, not so much the appliance itself. Read the rest of this entry »