EasyPeasyTips
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Easy Peasy Tip: Share Reading Material!
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Once you’ve finished reading a magazine or book, it’s ready to be passed on to another lucky soul. Bring it with you when you leave your house and find a spot to leave it for someone else to become the next happy reader!
We’re certainly not encouraging littering– but, perhaps, leave the tome on the bus […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Replace a Convenience Meal
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008These days, we’re all constantly eating on the go - hey! we’re all busy people! But fast and convenience foods are wrapped in all kinds of awful plastics and other stuff that can’t be recycled, and generally they’re also transported from far, far away. And let’s face it - fast food really isn’t that good […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Buy Local(ish) Wine & Beer!
Saturday, February 16th, 2008The further any product has to travel, the bigger its carbon footprint. So unless you’re a full-blooded oenophile or hop-head, then think about where the beverage was made and how much energy it took to get it to you. Those bottles and liquid are heavy, and shipping cases of them halfway around the […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Buy Packaging-Free Goods!
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Whenever possible, buy packaging-free products. Sometimes this is easy– at the supermarket, choose produce without that odd styrofoam tray and accompanying plastic wrap and you’re automatically generating less trash!
If you’re trying to decide between two products and don’t really have a big preference either way, choose the one with no, or less, packaging. […]
Easy Peasy Tips: Unload your Car
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008If you drive, try not to keep loads of stuff in your trunk. it weighs your car down and causes you to use more gas. If you have an extra 100 lbs in your car you may be reducing your miles per gallon by up to 2%! And even worse, the federal government calculated this […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Install a Low Flow Showerhead!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008This is one of the easiest Easy Peasy Tips ever: go out and purchase a low-flow showerhead, screw it on, and immediately become a champion water conserver. Low-flow showerheads are available in many prices and styles, starting with a basic hardware store version for under $10 up to schmancy ones for lots more money. […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Pick it up, Pack it out!
Saturday, January 19th, 2008The next time you’re out gadding about, if you see something on the ground that doesn’t belong there, take a moment and pick it up. Who cares if it’s another person’s garbage - if you’re in the city you’ll be close enough to a garbage can to make a deposit. Karina has been known to […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Wash In Cold Water!
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Since up to 90% of the energy used by washing machines actually goes to heating the water, you can save massive amounts of electricity just by choosing to wash in cold water. Talk about easy peasy!
Jenn’s been doing this for months now and says her clothes are just as clean as ever (let her […]
Easy Peasy Tips: Spend Less!
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Now that we’re all feeling virtuous after our first week in the new year, how about another New Years Resolution? This year, try to spend a little less! By spending less you’re buying less. That means less materials are processed to make stuff for you and less fossil fuels are spent getting your stuff (and […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Go to Bed Earlier!
Saturday, December 29th, 2007As the old year comes to a close and we all start to populate long lists of New Years Resolutions, try this Easy Peasy Tip on for size: instead of staying up late and using lights, the television, and the computer, save all that energy and give yourself a rest by going to bed earlier! […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Take a Shorter Shower
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007The next time you’re in the shower, try to determine if you can shorten any of the steps so you can shorten your shower. The average 15 minute shower uses 57 gallons of water - by reducing your shower from 15 minutes to 7 minutes, you can save 30 gallons of water! each shower!
If you […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Recycle Your Batteries!
Saturday, December 15th, 2007The irrefutable law of nature states that all batteries must die, alkaline and rechargables (NiCd and NiMH) alike. Mourn properly, then recycle properly– batteries tossed into a landfill will leach all kinds of nasty toxins into the soil, water table, and back into you.
Battery recycling facilities & options vary greatly by location, so […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Visit your local library!
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Have you been to your local library lately? If you haven’t, you might be surprised: libraries are cool again. Most libraries have, in addition to lots and lots of books, extensive video and music collections as well. Plus, many libraries have their catalogs on the internets and you can pick out books and request them […]
Easy Peasy Tips: Put On A Sweater!
Saturday, December 1st, 2007In 1977 Jimmy Carter was roasted for appearing on national television in a cardigan and asking America to turn down the thermostat a few degrees to help save energy. America was facing a cold winter and an energy shortage.
All of us must learn to waste less energy. Simply by keeping our thermostats, for instance, at […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Buy Nothing Day!
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Welcome to Black Friday: “…the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.”
Did you really read that sentence? It’s not the “Christmas season,” but the “shopping season.”
Christmas Cheer our tiny asses, that sounds like nothing but stress, debt, and unjoy to us.
So here’s our Easy Peasy Tip for the day: don’t go shopping. Spend […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Reduce your daily car trips!
Saturday, November 17th, 2007Did you know that the average American household makes about 13 trips per day? I’ll remind you that by saying “average household” we’re talking about 13 CAR TRIPS per day. And half of them are under three miles. According to Segway: “If these households could reduce one trip per car per day, that would result […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Meat-Free Days!
Saturday, November 10th, 2007If every American had one meat-free day per week, it would reduce emissions as much as taking 8 million cars off the roads.
Need we say more??
If meat usually plays a big part in your daily diet, then take the step to being meat-free one day each week. If you’re usually light on the […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Switch to Reusable Cloths!
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Instead of buying roll after roll of single-use disposable paper towels, napkins, & toilet paper, take the leap to using rags instead.
Most paper products are made from virgin timber– meaning, big trees are cut down for the sole purpose of making paper towels, napkins & toilet paper which get tossed after one use. Have you […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Online Bill Payment!
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Due the modern wonders of the internets, we’re willing to bet that your bank, as multi-national or homespun as it may be, offers online bill payment. And we’re also willing to bet that, if you take the time to enter in the account information for your recurring bills, you will immediately fall in love […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Optimize your Fridge Efficiency!
Saturday, October 20th, 2007While experts agree that a full fridge is more efficient than an empty one, they also agree that the most efficient refrigerator is a CLOSED refrigerator. Take a few minutes every couple of weeks to go through your fridge to make sure you know what’s in there. Toss old stuff and rearrange what’s currently in […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »