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As Practical Greenology teaches us, we all should live green and save money at the same time, and we can too. Kermit the Frog was wrong when he said, “It ain’t easy being green.” It really is easy, and highly effective too, if you know how. This article provides you with six essential steps you can start taking today to live green and save money.

1. Turn your heater thermostats down one or two degrees in winter, and turn your air conditioning thermostats up one or two degrees in summer. If we all did this, the combined difference would be phenomenal. We’d still feel warm in winter and cool in summer, so learn how to live green and save money with your heating and cooling appliances.
2. The other appliance that needs your attention is your washing machine. Start washing your clothes in cold water. Modern powders work just as efficiently in cold water as hot. Most of the energy that goes into a clothes wash is in heating up the water, so you will save on electricity, live green and save money too.
3. Speaking of washing machines – including dishwashers this time – don’t run the machine until you have a full load. The machines are designed to work best and most efficiently under full load conditions, and you will heat more-or-less the same amount of water for a partial load as for a full load. And as far as dishwashers are concerned, rinsing the dishes before you put them into the machine is a waste of water – probably hot water. The modern devices work just as well with dirty plates as clean ones.
4. When your clothes are nice and clean out of the washer, don’t throw them into the dryer. Unless it’s pouring rain, hang them out to air dry. It’s what your grandmother did, and she managed just fine. She may have liked having a dryer, but they weren’t around back then, so she just had to live green and save money. You can too!
5. Compact fluorescent light bulbs are a dream come true for anyone who wants to live green and save money. They burn just 25% of the electricity that a standard light bulb burns, and they can last up to 10 times longer. Change your old bulbs today!
6. Try to consume a little less of everything, from electricity, to gas in the car, to the food you eat. Take time to write out a shopping list, and stick to it. If you feel the impulse to buy something you don’t really need, get into the habit of waiting 24 hours, then review it. The chances are you either won’t want it any more, or you will have forgotten about it.

It’s easy to live green and save money. You just have to give it some thought. Get into a routine that works and before you know it, you will find yourself in the situation where you live green and save money every day.

Practical Greenology in Practice in Italy

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Ciao for now,

Craig for Sue & Craig Websites

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Live Green And Save Money

I suppose you’re wondering where the name of this blog comes from. I have a site together with my partner Sue called Green Home MegaStore, at http://greenhomemegastore.com. There, we invented – and continue to develop – the concept of “practical greenology”. Below is a quote from our website:

We call it Practical Greenology …

The term “greenology” has not yet made it into Wikipedia, much less “practical greenology,” but a current definition of greenology is

“Greenology” is the recent enlightenment of individuals, corporations, and politicians of the importance of being carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, renewable, earth conscious, cleaner, greener, sustainable, and efficient. (tmg strategies website,
http://undercurrents.tmgstrategies.com/2008/04/22/greenology/).

Our definition of “practical greenology” is

“Practical greenology” is the use in the home by individuals and families of available information, practices, and equipment resulting from the enlightenment of individuals, corporations, and governments concerned with being carbon neutral, environmentally friendly, resource renewable, earth conscious, cleaner, greener, sustainable, and efficient.

What “practical greenology” means is plain English is that we believe in using the best green practices and products in our homes, consistent with the limitations and considerations of everyday life. In short – green and affordable!

We invite you to join us in using and spreading the word about practical greenology.

Here are some of the ways you can really achieve your goals and get practical greenology to work for you

• Read what we have prepared (and will be preparing) for you here at Practical Greenology and on Green Home MegaStore.com
• Copy what we do as we teach you how to do it, continue to use it, and teach others how to use it
• Use the tools we provide for you on the website

We believe that practical greenology will benefit you, your family, your personal ecological sphere, and the world.

Please join us at Green Home MegaStore!

Thanks

Ciao for now,

Craig
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Sue & Craig Websites

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Wow! The folks over at Green Home MegaStore are going full out! Two new stores in one day, and one of them is Brit with local delivery in the UK and prices in UKP (£ Sterling)! Actually, one is international – “Our First International Store – UK” – and the other is what they are now calling a MegaNational Green Store – it’s essentially borderless since the products are all downloaded, and thus can be bought whereever there is Internet and credit cards!

You can check them both out at Green Home Store No. 3 or Green Home International Store (UK).

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Craig
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Sue & Craig Websites

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