Comments on: Greening The Little Things: A Homemade + “Hack” Round-Up

By: fruitcup

fruitcup — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:27:00 +0000

We use a french press for coffee, its so good! Then we compost the coffee grounds, OF COURSE :)

By: Mallory

Mallory — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:26:00 +0000

Just a warning about the use of mason jars. Most mason jar lids have BPA in them so they aren’t great for use as water bottles because the water touches the lid a lot. It’s also best to store canned foods upright so that the food touches the lid as little as possible

By: Sayward

Sayward — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:33:20 +0000

@ Meghan – This reminds me of my friend Tommy. His doctor asked him if he smoked, and he said yup! Then the doc asked how much? And Tommy said “usually 1 a day”. And the doctor was like, “Um . . . so you don’t smoke.” Ha!

In other words, I think your paper towel consumption seems to be pretty well under control. ;-)

@ Kate in SB – Yes! Hankies are great, I totally forgot!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:33:00 +0000

@Amberle- Thanks so much i appreciate it :)

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:58:52 +0000

I love fabric hankies! I have a huge collection, some I have had since I was a kid. My boyfriend used to always carry a kleenex around with him, and would leave them in his pockets all the time. I made him a few personalized ones, and he made the switch.

By: Kate in SB

Kate in SB — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:53:30 +0000

This is a great list, thanks for compiling.

One thing you’re missing: fabric hankies for nose blowing.

I went to an antique store and bought myself some vintage hankies the other day. They are THE SHIT. Cute patterns, reusable, don’t fall apart when you really honk your nose, and if you leave it in your pocket when you do your laundry, awesome, now it’s clean.

Probably make a fun sewing project, too.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:07:47 +0000

This is a great list! I want to get involved with this months mission. We already do a lot of the things on this list, but I’m sometimes really bad at remembering to bring the reusable containers when we go out places, so I think that is what I will work on.
I get made fun of all the time at work for my drinking problem because I always drink out of reused glass jars. I think it’s just because they wish they were cool enough to do the same, haha.

By: Amberle

Amberle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:07:13 +0000

@Alexandra-Try “Grow Great Grub” by Gayla Trail. You can find it on amazon. It is full of great information presented in a friendly way with great photos, fun recipes, and tips on types of plants to grow, companion planting, harvesting, and preserving. It’s great

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:32:39 +0000

@Sayward- I did see that thank you :) I am just one of those people that likes to read a book about every new project I’m starting haha.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:57:26 +0000

@Meghan HA! We all have our weaknesses. I’m so busy I can be forgetful, and have forgotten reuseable cups, bags and other ‘re’s’ plenty of times, even though I try so hard to remember! I’ve given up plastic in the kitchen, my tampons, my pads, new clothes, meat, soon to be my car (in the works!)…but please, don’t take away my disposable paper towels for when the dogs shit diarrhea in the house. There are some things you just don’t want to clean. :)

I just do want the way the *system* is looked at to change. In truth, if you buy your food ‘locally’, but drive to the store to get it, you’ve lost nearly ALL of your energy/carbon savings by driving to the store! There’s so many misconceptions, and they are hard to fix!