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hsgbdmama · 11-23-2007, 06:27 PM

It's a journey, isn't it?

Well, here are some of the things we do:

* Heat set to 65/day, 60/night; a/c set to 76/day, 78/night
* Hang wash out to dry between Mar/April and October (sometimes November)
* Make our own foam soap
* Have switched to HE washer, so I'm using far less detergent and water
* Cloth diaper #2 most of the time
* Cloth liners and pads for me
* Cloth napkins
* Recycle as much as we can, and look for packaging that is recyclable (glass, metal, paper or type 1 or 2 plastics -- that's all they take here)
* Reuse plastic shopping bags as garbage can liners
* Reduce trips into town and combine stops when we do go in
* Use less shampoo, toothpaste
* CF or flourescent bulbs for as much as we can
* Swiffer WetJet: Made pads out of microfiber and resue the bottle with my own solution
* Rechargeable batteries

* Get hand-me-downs and clothes from garage sales for kids (so I don't have to buy so many new things)
* Purchase clothes for me that I wear for many years (hardly any trendy stuff

)

Things I'm working on:

* Getting us off of prepackaged, processed foods
* Switch completely to natural cleaners

Things I want to do, but haven't figured it out yet/don't have buy-in from dh:

* Compost
* Start a small garden (container gardening just isn't working :/ )
* Freeze veggies and make my own pumpkin for pumpkin pies (and other recipes that require pumpkin)
* Switch to LEDs
* Collect rainwater (but I'm concerned about mosquitos

)

What I most likely will never do:

* Cloth toilet paper (not with 3 males in the house

)

11-23-2007, 06:27 PM	#78
hsgbdmama Deactivated Yeah, it's winter here ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 11,903	Re: Treading lightly on the earth It's a journey, isn't it? Well, here are some of the things we do: * Heat set to 65/day, 60/night; a/c set to 76/day, 78/night * Hang wash out to dry between Mar/April and October (sometimes November) * Make our own foam soap * Have switched to HE washer, so I'm using far less detergent and water * Cloth diaper #2 most of the time * Cloth liners and pads for me * Cloth napkins * Recycle as much as we can, and look for packaging that is recyclable (glass, metal, paper or type 1 or 2 plastics -- that's all they take here) * Reuse plastic shopping bags as garbage can liners * Reduce trips into town and combine stops when we do go in * Use less shampoo, toothpaste * CF or flourescent bulbs for as much as we can * Swiffer WetJet: Made pads out of microfiber and resue the bottle with my own solution * Rechargeable batteries * Get hand-me-downs and clothes from garage sales for kids (so I don't have to buy so many new things) * Purchase clothes for me that I wear for many years (hardly any trendy stuff ) Things I'm working on: * Getting us off of prepackaged, processed foods * Switch completely to natural cleaners Things I want to do, but haven't figured it out yet/don't have buy-in from dh: * Compost * Start a small garden (container gardening just isn't working :/ ) * Freeze veggies and make my own pumpkin for pumpkin pies (and other recipes that require pumpkin) * Switch to LEDs * Collect rainwater (but I'm concerned about mosquitos ) What I most likely will never do: * Cloth toilet paper (not with 3 males in the house )

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