She is cutting her shower time in half, turning off the water when brushing her teeth and washing
her clothes with cold water to name a few actions she's committed to!
Cutting shower time in half, turning off water when brushing my teeth and washing
clothes with cold water.
«I always like to talk to my family about washing
the clothes with cold water instead of warm water,» Rachel said.
Not exact matches
I have talked about Tide Coldwater detergent before on my blog and shared how my
clothes were just as clean using this product and washing in
cold water as they were when I washed
with hot
water.
We are recycle crazy, we use reuseable shopping bags, we are very careful
with our
water consumption, we walk when we can (instead of driving), if we do need to drive, we do everything in one trip and we only wash full loads of
clothes and always in
cold water.
The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot
water more efficiently, such as washing
clothes in
colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs
with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled
water (60 million metric tons CO2e).
- Replace typical car
with hybrid (0.52 tonnes)- Wash
clothes in
cold water (0.25 tonnes)- Recycle (0.21 tonnes)- Upgrade light bulbs (0.10 tonnes)
Provided
with water, food and
clothes, unsheltered persons die from
cold within few winter days even in a moderate climate (think Paris).
Gas grill in the covered downstairs area as well as the 2 outdoor showers; both are locker style and include a small space
with bench and places to hang
clothes / towels; both
with hot &
cold water; great for getting all of that beach sand and salt
water washed away before entering the house!