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Originally Posted by tinapbeana
a lot of my 'weird' frugal things are actually 'weird' environmental things, but i find they tend to go hand in hand - if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down (water conservation)
- wash laundry with no detergent: turns out there's plenty of soap residue in your clothes for one good washing!
- no disposable plates, cups, or cutlery
- compost all veggies scraps
- keep my house fairly dark at night.
- all frequently used lights in my house are CFL or standard flourescent
- buy fruits and veggies from road-side stands or the flea market (typically cheaper, fresher, and since they don't have to be trucked in so far they result in fewer emissions)
personally i don't find them weird but some do. i've even had someone try to convince me that i'm more likely to get salmonella or e coli using produce from a roadside stand b/c nobody washes their hands before they touch the food! come on, like the shoppers at walmart wash their hands before touching the produce? please, i've seen someone sneeze on those veggies! |
I do all of these, too, Tina. I don't know why people think that being an environmentalist means you have to spend lots of money!!