How to Be Green While Saving Green Like the Amish
Repurpose: When we find a new use for an old thing, rather than just throwing it away, we’re keeping it out of a landfill and also cutting costs., Recycle: If your town has a recycling program, participate!, Hand-Down: Small children don’t stay...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Repurpose: When we find a new use for an old thing
Craker suggests: turning old clothing into a quilt or rags; saving empty plastic jars, egg cartons, and fabric scraps for kids’ craft projects; repurposing old cans in your garden. -
Step 2: rather than just throwing it away
But also consider recycling yourself: use old cans or glass jars to store nails, screws, and other odds and ends; clean out plastic containers to reuse for food storage.
One thrifty/green secret Craker shares in her book, thanks to a reader’s tip: take old jeans and make them into pillow covers, using the pocket to hold a tooth for the tooth fairy! , Most Amish families have at least half a dozen kids, so they naturally clothe the younger ones with hand-me-downs.
If your family is slightly smaller, find other families you can trade with, or at the very least, donate used clothing to charity instead of them hitting the landfill. , For example, Craker interviewed Ella Yoder, a fabulously thrifty Amish woman, who among other things uses gallon metal apple butter cans (minus both ends) as seedling protectors in her garden. , -
Step 3: we’re keeping it out of a landfill and also cutting costs.
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Step 4: Recycle: If your town has a recycling program
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Step 5: participate!
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Step 6: Hand-Down: Small children don’t stay small for long
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Step 7: so they typically outgrow their clothes before they wear them out so consider reusing them for the next child.
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Step 8: Plant a garden and put a dent in your summer grocery bill
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Step 9: reduce your carbon footprint
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Step 10: and make the world a little greener — literally.
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Step 11: Buy from a local farm or farmer’s market if you don’t have a green thumb
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Step 12: but still want to be green.
Detailed Guide
Craker suggests: turning old clothing into a quilt or rags; saving empty plastic jars, egg cartons, and fabric scraps for kids’ craft projects; repurposing old cans in your garden.
But also consider recycling yourself: use old cans or glass jars to store nails, screws, and other odds and ends; clean out plastic containers to reuse for food storage.
One thrifty/green secret Craker shares in her book, thanks to a reader’s tip: take old jeans and make them into pillow covers, using the pocket to hold a tooth for the tooth fairy! , Most Amish families have at least half a dozen kids, so they naturally clothe the younger ones with hand-me-downs.
If your family is slightly smaller, find other families you can trade with, or at the very least, donate used clothing to charity instead of them hitting the landfill. , For example, Craker interviewed Ella Yoder, a fabulously thrifty Amish woman, who among other things uses gallon metal apple butter cans (minus both ends) as seedling protectors in her garden. ,
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