Cold Water Dishwashing? An Experiment in Green Living
When you live in an old, drafty dump of a house — like, for example, mine — you learn to innovate in order to keep your energy bills from looking like the Pentagon budget.
So last night I ran my dishwasher using only cold water. Blasphemous, I know, but Ed Hagerty (one of my readers) inspired me to try something different. Like me, Ed lives in
Saving the Planet, One Beer at a Time
Ah, beer. Perhaps one of mankind’s greatest inventions, it refreshes us, relaxes us, and restoreth our souls.
And like many other products, beer has a considerable environmental impact, the most significant of which is storage in the open-air refrigerator units found in grocery stores. (I personally wouldn’t mind opening a glass door to get my 6-pack, if it means we could all breathe easier.)
Another way to
