If you keep your eyes open, you can find many ways to save energy. Some are obvious, such as driving fewer miles each week or turning off lights. Others are just as useful but you may not think of them. The article at the link below has more than 7 ideas, in spite of the title. I hadn’t heard some of them before and am glad I found the article. Please take the time to read the whole article. Here are some of the ideas, with a few of mine added:
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It’s not hard to make simple repairs to clothing so that the item can be worn longer. Some repairs are easier with a sewing machine if you have one, but many repairs can be made using hand stitching and a needle. Here are two websites to get you started. https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/save-money/diy-clothing-repairs/ and https://lifehacker.com/five-basic-hand-stitches-you-should-know-for-repairing-1723233194
More than 15% of the energy used in a typical home is used to heat water. There are several ways you can reduce the energy used by your water heater. There is also a link below to an article that lists some additional cautions and ideas. Keeping the temperature setting too low can allow bacteria to grow in the water heater tank. Keeping the temperature higher than necessary uses more energy and can lead to skin injury from hot water burns.
There are many reasons to reduce food waste. Obviously, waste in general is bad. But in addition to wasting the food itself, the resources that went into producing the food are also wasted. And if the uneaten food goes to a landfill, it generates methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) as it decomposes. Food waste happens at many points in the process. Sometimes a particular crop cannot be sold by the farmer because it has been damaged by weather or uncontrolled insects. Grocery stores discard food that cannot be sold because it has spoiled before being purchased or because produce is “ugly” and no one wants to buy it. Another source of waste happens in homes and restaurants, when people do not eat all the food they buy. While most of us cannot control what happens at the farm or in the food processing chain, we can control what happens to the food we buy. Here are some ideas:
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