LED lightbulbs will be greener, but right now they're pricey - while CFLs are usually less than $2 each. And it's a field of constant innovation.
Between $15 and $50 per bulb over 5 years.

Red-hot innovation. Remember burning holes in paper with a magnifying glass? These appliances focus the sun's rays onto your food and cook it as thoroughly as a traditional oven - without using a spark of electricity. So simple you can even make them yourself.
These replace the standard convection ovens which use around $0.10 of electricity an hour - and then there's gas.

There are mineral-salt-powered equivalents to washing powder, like the Ecoballs "flying saucers". And yes, they work.
$200-$400 per 1000 washes.

Over half of American homes don't have them: that's a lot of homes being heated when they don't need to be. Install one today (say, a Ventstar Flat Stat) and watch your heating bills plummet.
Calculate your exact saving here (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet).

They're wasteful and polluting - and avoidable. Use one of the newer brand of push reel mower - or, if you have some money to invest, solar-convert!
With a gas-powered lawnmower, an hour's grass-cutting is around 100 miles in your car.

You use the most fuel at low speeds and when you start your car. So short trips really aren't worth it - cycle or walk instead. Give yourself longer to shop (you can cut down on gym time to balance things) - and carry less by shopping more often. 
With rising fuel prices, you can expect any fuel economy savings to grow and grow.

Make sure everyone's in before turning the key. And waiting for someone for more than 60 seconds? Kill the engine. You're more likely to consume more fuel idling than restarting.
It's been estimated that idling Burger King customers waste 16 million gallons of gas a year.

Prepacked sandwiches: all that plastic, and how much money? So make your own: it's vastly cheaper and more fun (you get to choose the fillings).
Personal estimate: Making my own - $15 /wk. Shop-bought - $30-50/wk.

Tumble-drying needs huge amounts of energy (see below). So go for a combination of an eco-friendly spin dryer for when it's raining, and washing lines (standard or fancy) for when the sun's shining.
Tumble dryers use around 2.5 kwH of electricity per hour. Compared with the rest of your appliances, that's huge. Dry naturally, and you'll save $100s a year. Oh, and millions of tons of CO2.

If your room's a bit gloomy, don't just reach for the lightswitch. Think about how to get more daylight into your room - whether simply by moving furniture around, or guiding the light in with sunpipes or mirrors.
Banishing the lights for the night will have a significant impact on your electricity bill. Even turning them on an hour later than before will make a difference.

Catch rainwater in water butts or more sophisticated arrangements, and you have a ready supply of water for anything except drinking (you'd need fairly expensive filtration to make it safe).
Up to half your water bill.

We want to see the return of Victory Gardens, using every neglected square inch of everyone's back yard to grow vegetables. Food miles turn into food inches, and the results taste better than you could have imagined if you're been eating the mass-produced variety. Also, buy locally produced food - it's just other people's Victory Gardens!
Huge savings on grocery bills.

There's a great deal of concern about energy being invisibly wasted, particularly with modern devices that have a "standby" setting. So when you've finished with the electronic marvel of your choice - unplug it.
Anything from $50 a year upwards per household is spent on keeping those little red LEDs glowing.

It's cutting-edge, so it's certainly not cheap - but ground source heat pumps are the next big thing in eco-friendly house design. They run some of your water supply through the ground where it picks up natural geothermal energy. Result: toasty-hot water for free!
Your central heating bill will evaporate.

If you can find an alternative to using your electric A/C unit, use it - but remember that it's much less eco-hostile to cool the house down than it is to heat it up. So when the house gets cold, think layers layers layers.
See it as a challenge - to make your Winter electricity bill lower than the summer one!

As Allison noted a while back, 90% of the energy used to wash clothes goes into heating the water. Wash on a cooler setting, and you save energy...
...and that saves you money on your bill. Couldn't be easier.

Meat is the most expensive item on the average food bill. It's therefore ironic that we eat too much of it - and no, I'm not vegetarian (although that's an excellent argument against meat as well). Meat is a delicacy, not a staple - so don't be afraid of having a few no-meat days during the week.
500g T-bone steak - $20. Just sayin'.

If you're the average American, you buy four bags of groceries, and you throw one of them straight in the trash. No, really. So learn to make the most of the food you buy: soups, stews, freezing, composting, you name it.
One quarter (or more specifically, 27%) of your food bill, right there.

With technology, everyone loves shiny and new things - particularly us men (a genetic flaw, perhaps). But if there's a second-hand, perfectly functioning alternative, we should go with it. So become a retrophiliac, and always try to buy last year's technology, first- or second-hand.
Regarding full retail price, look at what happened with the iPhone.

There's no cutting corners on quality clothing - except when a professional tailor is doing it for you. If you want to look fabulous on a budget, trawl your city's second-hand options and find items that are near your size - then have them adjusted.
A guy's perspective: in this manner I saved $200 on a suit last year.

The Information Revolution has changed the way we work. Telecommuting is a much cheaper option to spending 3 hours in traffic. Videoconferencing beats the real thing in bucks. So find ways to avoid those costly long hauls to and from work. (Even if the company's paying!).
Or are you saying that your own time isn't valuable to you?

Always support your local traders - they're where you'll most likely to get the best-quality goods. But when it comes to the harder-to-get items...shop online. You save on packaging and (depending on the items) you save on gas, because it's delivered to your door by someone who was on the road anyway.
And yes, shopping online is almost always cheaper - if not quite as tactile and fun!

It prevents urban tumbleweed. It's stylish. And it's tougher than those flimsy supermarket  bags...
...which you're increasingly being asked to pay for (by companies that lack the nerve to ban them altogether).

Household cleaners are expensive. So don't buy them. Go for the natural, non-polluting options that are just as effective, available everywhere and cost next to nothing.
Miracle cleaners miraculously wipe out your budget. Lemons, on the other hand, are cheap.


In the bad old days, you paid extra for an eco-conscious lifestyle. Now, eco-friendliness is the norm - and in more and more cases, not choosing green is the way to overspend.
Choose green, save money, help the planet. There is no catch.

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As the sun moves through its yearly apex, the bright rays shine through my windows and bring light to all those dirty little things I was able to ignore in the darker winter months. There are great tips all over EcoSalon for naturally removing the nitty gritty from your kitchen and your clothes. But now I need to polish my silver earrings, shine my Tibetan singing bowl and make my iron skillet look pretty enough to cook in again.

Here are some old-fashioned, non-toxic ways to clean metal:

Iron: Scrub down your iron item with a little water and some steel wool. Once it’s clean, let it dry completely and rub in a little oil to keep it from rusting again.

Silver: Make a paste out of baking soda and water. Leave it on the silver for a minute, rinse with hot water and polish! If your silver is heavily tarnished, leave the paste on for an hour.

Pewter: Pewter can be washed in warm, soapy water and then polished clean.

Chrome: A lot of places recommend cleaning chrome with diluted ammonia, but that’s not something I want to keep around my house. Try rubbing the chrome with a piece of aluminum foil dipped in white vinegar instead.

Brass and Copper: Years ago a friend recommended ketchup for cleaning my copper bracelet, and it worked! It’s the acidity that does the cleaning, so a mix of lemon juice and baking soda will do the trick. If the tarnish is too heavy, soak your items in hot vinegar and salt until you see the shine, then take it out and rinse.

Et voila! Sit back and enjoy the shine, chemical free!

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I don't enjoy cleaning and tidying - which is why I do it all the time.

Some people seem happy to let things pile up: dust-bunnies, unwashed crockery, bills. I used to be one of them - and then I realised how much I hated the way they lurked at the end of my week, like a line of dark clouds. If you feel the same way, join me in being an As-You-Go Tidier.

Here are a few techniques:

 In each room, decide where everything goes. Make places for things: drawers for bills, bins for magazines, somewhere handy for everything recyclable. Make it obvious to yourself when something is out of place.

Whenever you leave a room, put 10 things away - or 5, or 20. At the very least, put away everything you get out.

Treat your house as if important visitors are about to drop by. Imagine what your Mom would say. (What are those shoes doing in the hallway? Were you born in a barn?)

Want to be completely on top of all the cleaning? Try Real Simple's 19 minutes a day.

Rate yourself. Keep a chart on how tidy you've kept the house. Use a RAG (Red/Amber/Green) status. Reward yourself for jobs well done, and chide yourself a little when you fall short.

Be prepared. Anything that slows you down is a distraction (and when you're cleaning, distractions are fatal). So make sure bins are already emptied and anything else you need is ready to hand. (And no, "preparation" doesn't include coffee - have one as a reward!)

Revel in your newly-pristine environment. Light an aromatic candle. Sprawl out with a book. Enjoy it. You're training yourself to associate a freshly-cleaned room with fun - thus making it less of a struggle to start cleaning the next time round!

By the weekend, it's like an invisible person has tidied the whole house - and that's something you could definitely get used to.

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I’ve been fully vegetarian for the past few years, and on-and-off for at least a decade, and although there’s been much more awareness about meat-free sources of protein, one question I get a lot is “How do you get enough iron?”

This is a great question because as a woman, I need almost twice as much iron as a man. I’ve suffered iron deficiency at times, but over the years I finally figured out what I need to eat in order to keep myself energetic and balanced. Here are my blood-building essentials.

Dark Green Superfoods: Spirulina, chlorella and wheat grass are the superfoods of green. Every day or two I take a teaspoon of spirulina in a glass of juice. Haven't had any iron problems since.
Dark Leafy Greens: Though they’re not as high in iron as the superfoods, leafy greens like spinach, kale and mustard are good to incorporate regularly into salads.
Nuts and Seeds: Tahini (sesame butter) and almonds top the list in this category.
Dried Fruits: Dried figs, apricots, peaches and raisins. I put these in my luxurious snack mix.
Beans: Garbanzo beans (the main ingredient in hummus), lentils, black, kidney and pinto beans. I eat a meal incorporating legumes at least two or three times a week.
Vitamin C: It’s very important to eat enough citrus fruits and berries, because vitamin C helps your body better absorb iron.

The real answer to getting enough iron is a balanced, varied diet of whole foods, plus the green superfood boost. It’s as tasty and easy as that.

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Sweating out the summer? Here are some tips to keep you beautiful and healthy throughout the heat.

First, don’t forget your biodegradable, petroleum free, marine safe sunscreen.

You’ve gotta protect your face with a sustainably made sunhat.

If you’re sick of the daily bout with a razor, try waxing your legs instead. Moom wax is made of truly natural, virtually edible ingredients.

Keep your skin well-exfoliated with organic body scrub.

This is the perfect time of year to exercise outside. You may not be fit enough for beach yoga, but even yard work counts! Do some stretching on the grass, run in the park, or organize a group game with the neighbors.

Stay hydrated! Drink plenty of water, of course, and eat sweet, hydrating fruit for lunch. Here’s a fantastic recipe for luxurious fruit salad.

The driest time of the year is also the most important time to conserve water. Here are 14 pretty painless water conservation tips that everyone needs to know.

Enjoy your summer, everyone. I hate to say it, but turn off your computer (yes, sniff, step away from EcoSalon) and go outside! We’ll still be here when you’re ready to come inside and cool off.

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To paraphrase Gandhi, you have to be the change you want to see in the world. If you don’t do it, who will? We’re depending on you (yes, you!) to take the first steps to show everyone how it’s done. Are you up to the challenge? Here’s how you can be the change:

Be the Change in Your Relationships

Communicate. If you’re serious about having profound and loving personal relationships, you have to learn about effective communication. One little-known tip is that listening is just as important as speaking. Check out Non-Violent Communication; it's the best method I know for teaching the communication skills we never learned growing up.

Be Honest. Lying never, ever pays off. You’ll know you did something wrong, and subconsciously so will your partner. Either be transparent with your partner or don’t do those things you'll have to lie about.

Own Up To Your Part. You are not a victim! You play a part in everything that happens in your relationship. Quit blaming others so you can get to the real nitty-gritty of communication, honesty, growth and love.

Look in the Mirror. Do you always like what you see when you look at your loved ones? Remember, they are mirrors showing you parts of yourself. Keep this in mind when the emotional triggers are pulled, and use this information to help you develop more understanding and better connections with the people in your life.

Study Tantra. It’s not all about sex, I swear, but it does make it better. Actually, Tantra teaches about self-love, masculine-feminine balance, and a profound spiritual connection with your partner and the world. Go on, try it.

Be the Change at Work

Do What You Love. You’re not doing anyone any good by suffering at a job you hate. Take a risk and follow your heart. What have you got to lose but your chains? You'll never regret being courageous. (Daring is not the same thing as irresponsible, so try to take calculated risks, not foolish ones.)

Be of Service. Does your occupation contribute to making the world a better place? Enlightened connection with the world requires that we pursue positive and meaningful work, or we’ll just be pursuing empty, egoic dreams.

Don’t Sell Your Soul for Money. Doing something you don’t feel good about just for the money ultimately crushes your soul. It’s always better to do the right thing. Imagine what the world would be if everybody did? But don't feel guilty for being a career go-getter, either - you can use your position and money for the greater good.

Know When to Take a Break. Or a Vacation. Burnout creates more stress, worse health, lower morale and less productivity. Why let yourself get to that point at all?

Consider Work a Classroom. You spend so much time on the job, why not use the arising challenges as a chance to practice being present, compassionate and communicative? Learn to see your job as a springboard for your personal evolution.

Be the Change in Your Health

Eat Consciously. It doesn’t matter so much what you eat as how you eat it, and why. Emotional eating drives us straight to empty foods, whereas self-love makes us want to treat our bodies in the best way. Are you feeding your human machine the finest superfoods, or are you filling up your old clunker with junk?

Move Your Body. Dance, run, bike to the grocery store, do yard work, walk the dog, lift heavy boxes, stretch or do yoga. I don’t care what you do, just get up and do something! Give your heart a reason to pump blood!

Eliminate Toxic Products. Consider every product you use in your house and on your body. Are they poisonous? Carcinogenic? Educate yourself about household and cosmetic chemicals and phase them out of your life forever.

Heal All Your Bodies. It’s humbling to realize that your physical health is deeply intertwined with your emotional and mental health, too. This means you have to look at underlying issues when addressing physical symptoms. Be brave and don’t be afraid to dig a little deeper.

Rest, Relaxation and Relief. Sound, sex, and breathing: there are so many wonderful ways to relieve stress. Use them!

Be the Change for the Environment

Ride Your Bike. Or use public transportation as much as you can. Everybody’s transportation needs are different, but it’s important to set an intention to move yourself around in a healthier, more sustainable manner.

Reduce Electronic Appliance Use. Turn out the lights when you leave the room, unplug appliances when not in use, enjoy evenings by candlelight, and sit outside under the summer moon. Instant bliss.

Ask the Big Question. When making purchasing, lifestyle and household decisions, ask yourself “If everybody else did this too, what would the world be like?”

Reduce. Reuse. Simplify. The simpler your needs, the less resources have to be taken from the environment to support them. Remember, Zen is in.

Learn About Permaculture. It’s more than just an incredibly efficient way to garden; Permaculture principles can be applied to businesses and society in general. Self-sufficient and sustainable to the core - it's the triple bottom line.

Be the Change in Your Self

Don’t Be Afraid of Therapy. There are so many different ways to unravel your inner knots, it would be silly not to give them a try. Why reinvent the wheel and try to figure it all out yourself? Sometimes you need the help of someone with experience. Check out yoga therapy, sound therapy, and dance therapy in addition to traditional talk therapies.

Meditate. Even if you don’t set aside time for seated or walking meditation, make an effort to be mindful and present in all that you do. That’s what’s called living meditation.

Be Creative. Keep a journal, carry a sketchbook, make jewelry, funkify your clothes, grow a garden – anything that puts your best energies into material form. The good of the world depends on your creative contributions.

Maintain A Spiritual Connection. No matter what your faith, the world is sweeter and makes much more sense when you live by the belief that we are interconnected and essentially all One.

Identify Your Purpose and Passion. Then let that purpose and passion guide your life. Follow your bliss!

How will you be the change today?

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Listen up, ladies, I want you to back away from that Midol. Monthly cramps and backaches may plague us from time to time, but they’re not a required part of the program. Over the years I’ve discovered some natural ways to help relieve period pains.

Diet: One summer I had vegan, semi-raw roommates and I adapted my diet to theirs. For the first time in my life, I had no cramps, backaches, or any other uncomfortable menstrual symptoms. Since then I’ve been paying close attention to my diet and notice that on months when I overindulge in cooked foods, and the big no-no’s (coffee, alcohol, chocolate, fatty and salty foods), my symptoms come on a lot stronger. It may sound cliché, but diet really matters.

Chinese Medicine: Dong Quai is a Chinese herb which strengthens the uterus. I buy it as a tincture and drink a weak formula (about 10 drops in a glass of water) every few days throughout the month. A few days before my period, I increase the strength. Follow the recommended dosage on the label and do not exceed it! (I overdid it once and suffered cramps that were far worse than normal. Ouch!)

Medicinal Herbs: A great topical pain reliever is cannabis oil, rubbed on the lower back and belly. Now, I’m not advocating illegal activity, but if you live in California and know someone with a medical marijuana prescription, ask them for a handful, put it in a small jar and pour olive oil over it. Let it sit for at least a few weeks and you’ll have a very potent medicinal oil. A little of this goes a long way.

Downtime: If you can manage it, take a day off. I’ve found that my energy is low on the first day of my little moon and I’m just not productive at all. Why force it? Take care of yourself. Our society works on arbitrary standards of time, while your body in is cycle with a giant celestial body, the moon. Heed nature’s call and give yourself a break, will ya?

You can also try Sara's crampbark remedy.

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If you’re a human being, you have an ego. Your ego is a tool, like a piece of software, allowing you to interact with the world. It’s how you make decisions, set personal boundaries and maintain self-esteem. You take care of yourself, you feel good about who you are, and you stand by your values. These are signs of a healthy ego.

It’s when your ego takes over that the wars begin. A big ego makes a big fool (even if you're not aware of it). Here are some ways to identify ego overload and nip it in the bud.

1. Beware monologue mode. Your voice gets louder, you start looking into space instead of at your partner, and you pay no attention to their conversational cues. Are you really having a conversation or do you just like the sound of your own voice? True conversation is not about talking - it's about listening, learning and observing. Try this trick: in your next chat, be conscious of whether you are actually focusing your energy on the person's words, or if you're using their talk time to plan what you're going to say next.

2. Do you really need to talk about the time you got stung by a scorpion for the tenth time? Just because one person in this room hasn’t heard the story yet, doesn’t mean it’s really important to share. Before you open your mouth for a thoughtless repetition, ask yourself: “Is it necessary that I share this? What am I getting out of this? Why am I so insistent?” Simply stopping to check your motive can change the way you communicate and relate for the better. You'll feel more at peace, I promise.

3. Do you want to be right or do you want to be at peace? Sometimes it’s okay to back down in order to keep the peace. That doesn’t mean you’ve changed your stance or opinion, but that you’ve given up trying to shove it into someone's else's brain. Here's the truth: you cannot control what other people think. Period. They will think what they want to think - and often, they'll be wrong. You can't let it get to you. Of course, no one feels good being a doormat, but that's not what this is about. If you feel your boundaries or principles are being violated, speak up. But if it's the emotional trigger you feel being pulled, consider backing off. You'll be a bigger person for it.

4. Give up the illusion that you did it alone. When you accomplish something, remember that you didn’t get there by yourself. Your ego will make you think that you’re top dog, worthy of all praise and adulation, but the truth is, it took everyone in your life, your support team, to get you where you are today. Acknowledge them; be humble in your pride. It's the difference between being assertive and being self-aggrandizing.

5. Being defensive. What are you defending anyway? Your terrified, fragile ego. What would happen if you explored an opposing view? I mean, really, it wouldn’t kill you and it just might make you smarter. I like to assume that others respect and love me until proven otherwise. When you interact with others from this assumption, you'd be surprised how often things that used to rile you now seem interesting or helpful. Withholding a reaction doesn't mean you're agreeing - it just means you're secure in yourself.

6. Stop interrupting and listen! You don’t always have to tell us what you think. Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is listen and observe. Remember: those who say, don’t know. And those who know, don’t say.

7. Admit you’re wrong when you really are. There’s nothing worse than watching someone dig themselves deeper into a hole when they could simply apologize and be done with it. Think George W. Bush. (I couldn't resist!)

If you enjoyed this post, don't miss 25 Ways to Be the Change.

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Fragrant, bright green, giant bunches of organic basil show up in farmers' markets and CSA boxes all summer long. If you're like me, you'll throw a few leaves into a salad or sandwich, but you may have a hard time using up a whole bunch before it goes bad, unless you make a batch of pesto.

Here's a tip straight from a farmer. Simply put the entire bunch in a plastic bag, flick a few drops of water in with your fingers, tie the bag at the top and leave it out on your counter. That's it. Do this and your basil will last about a week. This method works much better than leaving it in a glass of water, in or out of the fridge.

Now that you have all that nice basil, here are some fun ideas for using it:

1. Make a chiffonade: stack the individual leaves into little piles of 5 or 6 leaves. Roll them up lengthwise, and cut crosswise into thin slices. Now you have little ribbons of basil to use in any dish you want.

2. Top pizza, fresh tomatoes, pasta dishes, or salads.

3. Mix into butter and use as a bread or sandwich spread.

4. Add basil and garlic to butter and dollop onto steaks, chicken, or fish just as it comes off the grill.

5. Mix into scrambled eggs during the last few minutes of cooking.

6. Garnish white beans with basil and olive oil just before serving.

7. Add a sophisticated touch to a bowl of sorbet by garnishing with ribbons of fresh basil (especially good with lemon or lime).

8. Add to melon salads for an unexpected flavor sensation.

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I just can’t get enough of the lush, green scenery of nature. If it were a viable choice, I would simply move into a greenhouse. But, within the realm of realistic options, houseplants achieve the same desired effect. Not only do they clean the air in your home, they breathe vibrant life into every room.

Below are some helpful tips to find the perfect houseplants to suit your personal living space. Make sure to research how much light houseplants you select require to grow. While some can survive in darker corners, many need to be placed in areas that receive ample sunlight.


Choose houseplants based on your home’s décor scheme. You’ll find that, for every style, there is a houseplant to match. For example, bonsai trees perfectly complement rooms with a minimalist theme.


Pick houseplants based on areas in need of adornment. Tall houseplants, such as fig and gardenia trees, are ideal to embellish empty corners and wall space, while smaller ones, such as grass planters, make beautiful tabletop accents.


For more guidance, check out Houseplant Projects at Better Homes and Gardens.

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