Tips to Save Energy to Go Green and Save the Earth

1. Cooking requires heat and energy, so conserve it to save money. Cover the cooking pan with a lid so that the heat doesn't escape. Water will boil
around 5% faster in pans with a lid on, thereby saving time, energy and your money, as well as giving the environment a break.

2. While cooking in a Oven, keep the door closed. Most modern Ovens have a glass door so as to let you see what's happening inside. Use it appropriately. Around 15% of all oven heat is lost every time the door is opened. If you're trying to bake a Pizza, for example, and you keep opening the door to see how it's cooking, then you are cooking at 85% of the efficiency, at the sametime wasting energy and money!

3. STOP using commercial cleaning products in your kitchen or anywhere in your house. They are expensive to buy and expensive to produce. Their
production is also harmful to the environment. The waste you release after cleaning is also harmful to the environment.

You can make your own cleaner from a mixture of vinegar, salt and baking soda.

It will clean perfectly the same way as a commercial product, and it contains no toxic chemicals, thereby helping the environment. It will cost a great deal less too.

To put this into perspective. We dump some 35 million pounds of toxins down our drains every year, just from household and kitchen cleaning products alone. What kind of damage do you think that is doing to the environment?

Well, you don't have to do it anymore.

Here's another simple recipe for an all-purpose cleaner, courtesy of

Greenpeace:

½ cup pure liquid soap

1 gallon hot water

¼ cup lemon juice

It's safe and effective, and costs very little.

4. You don't have to pre-heat your oven for every time your cook, unless you are baking bread and cake. Just put the dish into the oven and switch on, setting it to the right temperature. That way you are not wasting energy which is lost between the time it is pre-heated and you put in the
preparation.

5. Cook once in a day instead of twice. This is a great way to save all round.If your oven can hold two chicken pieces, then why not cook two instead of one. Two chickens will cook in about the same amount of time that one will.

Now, do the math... You will cut your cooking time in half, thereby saving electricity - and guess what happens to all the money saved! Yep, it stays
right in your pocket. This way you have more time for other activities. The time saved on cooking the second time can be used better elsewhere. Remember,
it doesn't have to be just chickens. It can turkeys, beef, etc. And I surely don't have to mention the environmental benefits.

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