It can be rather difficult to be festive and green and the same time! 2 weeks ago I wrote about the measures I am taking to make our Christmas slightly greener this year, but I am slightly concerned that I blew absolutely everything this weekend when we had 14 people over for a christmas party. Not good! Well the party was good, but I think we just about blew a weeks energy use in one day... (Fact is I haven't had the guts yet to read the meters, so I don't know for sure, but I have a strong feeling that when I do the weekly readings there will be a massive spike). I always knew that the usage would be slightly higher than normal, but I hadn't realised how having guests can give you completely different priorities for the day. (Unless all your visitors are eco-freaks like yourself!)
We left the heating on for most of the day, because we obviously didn't want people to get too cold. Lights were left on in most rooms downstairs all the time, because people were moving around, and where as normally I know which lights burn a lot of energy and avoid putting them on, obviously this was not the case for all the party guests - so the heavy duty stuff was going. I found myself switching a few lights off from time to time, but who wants to be a party pooper?!
I think a fair bit of food probably got wasted as well. Everybody had brought a contribution to the party and we had loads of food, but a lot of people didn't feel a big urge to take home leftovers, and I can't really blame them, because I had no desire either to eat my way through the food mountain.
Thankfully I didn't have a hangover the following day, but I did spend a bit of time wondering how to make parties less wasteful and energy intensive. The thing is it would have to be done discretely, if you start a party off with asking guests not to switch the lights on and bring an extra sweater, you have kind of ruined the party spirit.
The best I have come up with so far is getting better energy sources. Unfortunately renewable energy is pretty expensive to install, so it would probably be many years before I could have a green energy party, but I did a search anyway to see what might be possible. I went on to the Energy Saving Trusts website (www.energysavingtrust.org.uk ), they have a tool where you input information about your house etc and you then get an idea about what might be suitable for your house.
A wind turbine is out of the question, we are afterall in the town and the size of the garden doesn't amass to several acres of land. Hydro power isn't really an option either as it needs a source of water, and we don't have a river flowing in the back.
The options that we might have are a wood fuelled boiler, a wood burning stove, an air source heat pump, solar electricity panel or solar water heating. Wow! I wonder what it all means?
I have never been a techy person and despite diagrams and all sorts of other stuff on the website, I still haven't got a clue how any of this works. Well ok, I do know that a solar electricity panel converts energy from the sun into electricity, and a wood fuelled boiler is obviously a boiler fired by wood rather than gas or oil, but exactly how it would all work in our house is still a mystery! How do you put in a wood burning stove, when your property hasn't got a chimney? How much electricity do you actually get out of a solar panel? Can these things work together or does one exclude the other? All sorts of things to wonder about.
The biggest question of all is obviously how much would it all cost. According to the aforementioned website from the Energy Saving Trust these are the approx costs you can expect: Wood fuelled boiler: 9k, wood burning stove: 3k, air source heat pump: 5-9k, solar electricity panel: 8-14k and solar water heating 3-5k. It is possible to get grants for some of these things and I believe low cost loans are available as well, but frankly we can't have any energy consuming christmas parties for a long time if we are to get enough money together for any of that.
So I am down to my very last option if I am to have a more guilt free party next year:
Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year and I have made several changes to my lifestyle in order to help stop all the ice on the North Pole melting. Please, please, please can I have some kind of renewable energy installed in my house both to help secure your workshop and to make it possible for me to enjoy some more christmas parties. I promise I will work even harder next year to be green. Thank you.
Love from
DG
PS. Please watch out for my new apple trees when you land in the garden, they are still a bit fragile
Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy the festive season!
Monday 21 December 2009
Monday 14 December 2009
Green cleaning
I am not a clean freak by any standard, but considering Christmas is here and lots of people will be coming to the house I figured it was time to make the dirt less obvious. I have been using various green cleaning products for quite a few years (after all that is one of the easiest ways to make a green choice), but if you look at the ingredients they still don't look that healthy, so I decided to do some quick research on alternatives. How to have a 'cleaning-chemicals-free' house?
It turns out there are lots of websites out there telling you how to clean with ordinary household products rather than squirty stuff from a bottle, so I thought it was time to put some of them to the test. The most urgent issues to address were the bathrooms and the windows (my 2 year old thinks it is great fun to lick the windows - he keeps saying 'mmm, tasty!)
I quickly realised that the 2 must-have products in green cleaning are bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar. Bicarbonate of soda can do all sorts of things, but the main thing is to work like a scouring powder, so for cleaning the washbasin or bathtub, just sprinkle some on a sponge and scrub away. It does seem to work, the washbasins were just as sparkly as when I use liquid spray-on bathroom cleaner.
It also has the advantage of not filling the air with some synthetic flower smell, but maybe that is just me being weird. I have never really understood the thing about air fresheners and strong smelling cleaning products, I find them headache inducing and it is my firm belief that the best way to get fresh air is to open the window. The smells also tend to give away the fact that I have frantically been running around cleaning just before any visitors arrive, even if I am trying to pretend that my house is always clean...
For cleaning the toilets I had 2 options to try out. One was to pour white vinegar in and leave it overnight, the other was to put 4 Alka seltzer tablets in and leave them for an hour. Both options supposedly gives you sparkling clean toilets and as we have more than 1 toilet I decided to test them against each other. They both kind of worked, but I am not sure either are the ideal solution. There is something strange about cleaning toilets with painkillers and since Alka Seltzer is an American brand there is probably quite a footprint connected to getting it here as well- so I would have to look for a British alternative if I was to continue. The toilet was clean though. Likewise the toilet came out looking nice with the vinegar, but this option had even more down sides. First of all the whole bathroom smelt of vinegar, which is not the most enticing of smells (even worse than air fresheners). Secondly because the vinegar needs to be left in overnight it requires a bit more planning and can't really be used in toilets that (like one of ours)gets used during the night. The main problem however with both options was the fact that the products only worked in the water area, so the sides of the toilet bowl didn't really get that much of a clean - not fantastic. I might just stick with my usual commercial green toilet cleaner for now.
White vinegar can also be used for making your own glass cleaner. There are lots of different versions on the net, but the one I followed was something like 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup of vinegar and a drop of washing up liquid. Put it all in a spray bottle, mix it well, spray on the window and wipe with newspaper. It works really well!
There were lots of other things I could have tried out, e.g. cleaning the oven with bicarbonate of soda. Apparently if you put a thickish layer of the white stuff in the oven, moisten it with water and leave for quite some time, at least overnight, you can then brush the bicarbonate away and all the dirt and grime will follow. Needless to say I never got round to trying it, frankly I hate cleaning the oven and I had absolutely no desire to test it, but if anybody wants to have go, please let me know the result.
My biggest discovery in green cleaning I think are microfibre cloths. I already exchanged my disposable kitchen cloths a few months ago for the washable microfibre option, and they are good. When rumaging through the cleaning cupboard this weekend I came across a microfibre bathroom sponge/cloth. I have a vague recollection of buying this thing on sale, but it must have disappeared into oblivion at some point during the house move. I can't remember how much I spent on it, but whatever the price it was well worth the money. It takes away the dirt no problem and without using any cleaning agents at all (the website for them is http://www.e-cloth.com/). Honestly it is a godsend for anybody who like me dislikes cleaning and just wants to do it quickly (that should be just about everybody then...).
So what is the conclusion on green cleaning. Well green cleaning products from the supermarkets are a better option than normal chemicals, but there are other options out there - and they are cheaper! From now on my main cleaning product will be a microfibre cloth and if things get really nasty I will sprinkle a bit of bicarbonate of soda. I shall never spend money on window cleaner again, a bottle of vinegar is cheaper than any ready mixed product and I dare say better. The one exception will be toilet cleaner, I haven't found the right substitute for that yet.
Obviously there are many more aspects to cleaning, and at some point I shall have to do some more investigating (although I don't think non electrical hoovers exist??), but for now I have made a start. With a bit of luck I will be spurred into action again next Christmas when I get another cleaning panic...
It turns out there are lots of websites out there telling you how to clean with ordinary household products rather than squirty stuff from a bottle, so I thought it was time to put some of them to the test. The most urgent issues to address were the bathrooms and the windows (my 2 year old thinks it is great fun to lick the windows - he keeps saying 'mmm, tasty!)
I quickly realised that the 2 must-have products in green cleaning are bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar. Bicarbonate of soda can do all sorts of things, but the main thing is to work like a scouring powder, so for cleaning the washbasin or bathtub, just sprinkle some on a sponge and scrub away. It does seem to work, the washbasins were just as sparkly as when I use liquid spray-on bathroom cleaner.
It also has the advantage of not filling the air with some synthetic flower smell, but maybe that is just me being weird. I have never really understood the thing about air fresheners and strong smelling cleaning products, I find them headache inducing and it is my firm belief that the best way to get fresh air is to open the window. The smells also tend to give away the fact that I have frantically been running around cleaning just before any visitors arrive, even if I am trying to pretend that my house is always clean...
For cleaning the toilets I had 2 options to try out. One was to pour white vinegar in and leave it overnight, the other was to put 4 Alka seltzer tablets in and leave them for an hour. Both options supposedly gives you sparkling clean toilets and as we have more than 1 toilet I decided to test them against each other. They both kind of worked, but I am not sure either are the ideal solution. There is something strange about cleaning toilets with painkillers and since Alka Seltzer is an American brand there is probably quite a footprint connected to getting it here as well- so I would have to look for a British alternative if I was to continue. The toilet was clean though. Likewise the toilet came out looking nice with the vinegar, but this option had even more down sides. First of all the whole bathroom smelt of vinegar, which is not the most enticing of smells (even worse than air fresheners). Secondly because the vinegar needs to be left in overnight it requires a bit more planning and can't really be used in toilets that (like one of ours)gets used during the night. The main problem however with both options was the fact that the products only worked in the water area, so the sides of the toilet bowl didn't really get that much of a clean - not fantastic. I might just stick with my usual commercial green toilet cleaner for now.
White vinegar can also be used for making your own glass cleaner. There are lots of different versions on the net, but the one I followed was something like 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup of vinegar and a drop of washing up liquid. Put it all in a spray bottle, mix it well, spray on the window and wipe with newspaper. It works really well!
There were lots of other things I could have tried out, e.g. cleaning the oven with bicarbonate of soda. Apparently if you put a thickish layer of the white stuff in the oven, moisten it with water and leave for quite some time, at least overnight, you can then brush the bicarbonate away and all the dirt and grime will follow. Needless to say I never got round to trying it, frankly I hate cleaning the oven and I had absolutely no desire to test it, but if anybody wants to have go, please let me know the result.
My biggest discovery in green cleaning I think are microfibre cloths. I already exchanged my disposable kitchen cloths a few months ago for the washable microfibre option, and they are good. When rumaging through the cleaning cupboard this weekend I came across a microfibre bathroom sponge/cloth. I have a vague recollection of buying this thing on sale, but it must have disappeared into oblivion at some point during the house move. I can't remember how much I spent on it, but whatever the price it was well worth the money. It takes away the dirt no problem and without using any cleaning agents at all (the website for them is http://www.e-cloth.com/). Honestly it is a godsend for anybody who like me dislikes cleaning and just wants to do it quickly (that should be just about everybody then...).
So what is the conclusion on green cleaning. Well green cleaning products from the supermarkets are a better option than normal chemicals, but there are other options out there - and they are cheaper! From now on my main cleaning product will be a microfibre cloth and if things get really nasty I will sprinkle a bit of bicarbonate of soda. I shall never spend money on window cleaner again, a bottle of vinegar is cheaper than any ready mixed product and I dare say better. The one exception will be toilet cleaner, I haven't found the right substitute for that yet.
Obviously there are many more aspects to cleaning, and at some point I shall have to do some more investigating (although I don't think non electrical hoovers exist??), but for now I have made a start. With a bit of luck I will be spurred into action again next Christmas when I get another cleaning panic...
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Green christmas
Christmas is coming! In fact Christmas is here! We have reached the peak of the consumer year when we all seem to loose the plot and start running around frantically spending money and having a good time... Somehow the whole thing doesn't sit that well with trying to be green.
The thing is I generally like the festive season. It can sometimes get stressful, but it brings a lot of excitement and positive things (e.g. my children get dressed in record time so they can get downstairs and open their advent calendars) and for the kids it is an amazing month. So my challenge is how to make this a green Christmas (chances of a white Christmas are very slim anyway thanks to global warming...). How do I make this season slightly less excessive without turning in to the Grinch?
If looking around for advice on the Net the information you get is actually quite similar to normal green behaviour, e.g. recycle as much as possible, plan you food (you don't actually need to buy double the normal amount of food, nobody will be going hungry anyway), buy local, compost all your vegetable peels, avoid disposable plates and cups (if you are short get some from the charity shop or borrow from your neighbour), choose cards made from recycled paper or better still send e-cards, think about your wrapping etc. I haven't really come across anything groundbreaking or exciting that totally grabbed my attention and made me go 'of course - I should have thought of that!'
So unfortunately I have had to do a bit of thinking(!) to figure out the best ways to green up our christmas. Where can we make improvements that won't spoil the christmas spirit? This is what I have come up with so far:
The thing is I generally like the festive season. It can sometimes get stressful, but it brings a lot of excitement and positive things (e.g. my children get dressed in record time so they can get downstairs and open their advent calendars) and for the kids it is an amazing month. So my challenge is how to make this a green Christmas (chances of a white Christmas are very slim anyway thanks to global warming...). How do I make this season slightly less excessive without turning in to the Grinch?
If looking around for advice on the Net the information you get is actually quite similar to normal green behaviour, e.g. recycle as much as possible, plan you food (you don't actually need to buy double the normal amount of food, nobody will be going hungry anyway), buy local, compost all your vegetable peels, avoid disposable plates and cups (if you are short get some from the charity shop or borrow from your neighbour), choose cards made from recycled paper or better still send e-cards, think about your wrapping etc. I haven't really come across anything groundbreaking or exciting that totally grabbed my attention and made me go 'of course - I should have thought of that!'
So unfortunately I have had to do a bit of thinking(!) to figure out the best ways to green up our christmas. Where can we make improvements that won't spoil the christmas spirit? This is what I have come up with so far:
- We are not buying any new decorations. We already have quite a collection, but if we need additions we will have to make them ourselves! (I have actually broken this rule already, because I have ordered a wreath for the door, but it is made locally from locally sourced holly that can be composted afterwards, so I am almost excused)
- Use of wrapping paper will have to be minimised. Apparently we use 8000 tonnes of wrapping paper every year, equivalent to approx 50.000 trees - that is a lot. These are the solutions I have come up with so far: I am going to wrap most presents in material. I have dug out old curtains, old table covers etc and I am going to cut them into nice pieces and use them for wrapping presents. After the mayhem on Christmas morning I can then gather all the pieces, fold them up and put them in the christmas box ready for next year! I have even experimented with sewing gift bags for the items that are likely to reoccur, such as CDs and DVDs.
- Another thing I have tried out is using empty boxes from the kitchen, e.g. cereal boxes, tea boxes. If you open the sides gently you can turn them inside out, glue them back together and you then have a nice plain box ready to be decorated and filled with presents - it actually works. Sure enough this takes a bit longer than wrapping with paper, so not very appealing for my lazy side, but once I got going it was quite fun and my daughter was very happy to join in.
- Admittedly some presents will have to be wrapped in paper - my five year old just might get suspecious if Santa's present is wrapped in the old table cover- but my target is not to need to buy Christmas wrapping paper for the next 10 years. Thanks to the previous owners of the house we have a decent supply (I think they forgot to look in the attic), and I am going to work on my skills to wrap presents without using sellotape, so that I can collect most of the paper back and reuse it next year.
- I have ordered a turkey from the local farm shop - yes I finally found a shop. Well strictly speaking I haven't found it yet, because I placed the order over the phone and I am yet to venture out and find the actual building, but the risk of a Christmas without a turkey should be enough incentive to get me there. Hopefully I will also be able to get some of the other food from there, in order to make it a more local christmas.
- I think I have managed to convince the family that we can get DIY crackers and fill them with edible stuff rather than getting another collection of plastic gimmicks. OK, crackers in general are probably still a bit on the wasteful side, but at least the content can disappear into our tummies rather than the bin. Somebody should invent a reusable cracker, then you could just put a new filling in every year.
- There will be a proper cover on the table rather than a paper one. I have never used disposable plates etc for Christmas, but for several years I have bought paper covers, because I didn't have anything that fitted the table properly. I have now spent £20 on buying a piece of Christmas material, which I can hopefully use for many years to come - this is called long term investment!
We will however still be sending christmas cards out. There is not much point in sending e-cards to elderly relatives with no computer and my daughter is unlikely to accept sending e-mails to her friends when everybody else are swopping cards, but maybe over time we can bring the numbers down. Maybe I should get my daughter to do her own cards from some recycled paper?(I might also include a reminder for people to recycle their card afterwards...)
What I probably won't do this Christmas is go back to the library for a loan of a smart meter - it would be heart breaking to see how much energy is actually used. I wonder how much money the councils spend on Christmas lights in December - it can't be cheap?!
Does all this make our Christmas green? I don't know, but at least I am trying and if nothing else some of the above things should be saving us a little bit of money. I am sure there are lots of other things I could do, but Christmas is all about traditions and we can't really make new traditions in just one year - so this is a start.
I wish you all a happy green Christmas!
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Green kids
Not long ago I picked up a WWF postcard to join their campaign in the run up to the Climate summit in Copenhagen urging politicians to get their act together. On the front of the postcard was a polar bear floating on not very much ice. My 5-year-old daughter spotted the card and in her usual inquisitive manner asked what it was. Now until then I had never really attempted to explain being green, climate change or anything else of that sort to her, she is only 5 after all, but somehow that day I launched myself into it with some assistance from my husband.
I can't remember the exact words we used, I mainly remember half way through thinking that this was a very bad idea indeed - but it turns out that it was in fact a good idea. Somehow she managed to make the connection from our garbling that leaving the lights switched on is one of the reasons polar bears and penguins have less ice to live on. We didn't go into details about sea levels rising and other scary stuff, but she really connected with this thing about polar bears. Never ever underestimate your kids, they understand a lot more than we give them credit for! She is now really good at switching lights off and she doesn't question why, in fact if I occasionally have to remind her, she goes 'oh yeah - the polar bears - sorry'.
This has made me realise that maybe the most important thing about this whole green project is to make it a natural part of my children's lives, they are a lot more adaptable than adults and after all this is all about their future. If I can get them used to not consuming in the same excessive ways as my own generation, they will be a lot better off on many levels. The thing is if global warming or the lack of oil has completely changed our planet and lives in 30 years time, they will be wondering why we didn't do anything and I would like to be able to look them in the eyes and say 'I really did try my best' (still has a bit to go though before I can say that, I don't think driving the car and having long meditative showers count in 'trying my best'...)
Having said that maybe the best thing would be to just start listening to the kids and see things from their perspective. I have two very smart and funny nephews in America aged 5 and 8 and they (with possibly a bit of help from dad) sent me an e-mail with some advice to all the kids wanting to be green. I simply had to pass it on, so here is what the e-mail said:
Our dad told us about how you are writing about trying to be green and how difficult and frustrating it can be. Since it is our future at stake and since we have spent years doing green things, we would like to submit “The kids guide to being green, lazy and out of money.” These are proven techniques that anyone (but kids in particular) can implement. We just think adults are too limited in their thinking to see the obvious possibilities. And, unlike most of the things you have tried, they are not only energy/water savers and reduce carbon emissions but they also save money and time.
So, we don’t think that this should be left up to the grown-ups. We want to get the kids involved and as we said – we have proven and tested easy things kids can start doing right away (if they are not doing it already).
1) You tried turning down the water temperature and taking short showers. We say skip the bath all together and we have made this argument to our parent for years. No water wasted. No energy used. More time for important stuff like playing.
2) When going to the bathroom, don’t flush at all. Sure your parents will eventually notice and make you flush, but by then you will have saved a lot of flushes, not to mention a lot of time.
3) Skip washing your hands. We have found this to be a major water and time saver. Quick tip to the kids reading this: we recommend washing your hands every once in a while. This way your parents will think you are doing it all the time and won’t check. In other words, a small sacrifice in order to achieve big water and energy savings.
4) Pick a favorite outfit and insist on wearing it everyday (dark colors are best, but we will get to that in a moment). Think about it. No laundry means water saved, energy saved, time saved and no detergent getting released into the lakes and rivers. Considering how much our parents complain about doing the laundry, you would think this would be a no-brainer.
5) Whether your parents use paper or cloth napkins, they either waste trees and water or they require washing. We say use your sleeve or pants. Either you will save a few trees or, by eliminating the cloth napkin, you cut down on the laundry (especially if your parents insist on washing you cloths anyway). This is also why dark colors are best because your parents are less likely to notice ketchup and jam stains. In a pinch you can use a pillow but use the backside. Otherwise your parent will insist on that water and energy wasting habit of washing them.
6) Do your homework while watching TV. That way the lights only have to be on in a single room. If you sit close enough to the TV you don’t even have to have any lights turned on.
7) Eat only pizza, Mac & Cheese, and cereal. No planning required (time saver). Few trips to the store (energy and time saver). No wasted food (you said yourself that this is important).
Feel free to pass these ideas on to any and all kids you know. And good luck.
What can I say but 'well done guys', it is good to know that the future of the Planet is in safe hands!
I can't remember the exact words we used, I mainly remember half way through thinking that this was a very bad idea indeed - but it turns out that it was in fact a good idea. Somehow she managed to make the connection from our garbling that leaving the lights switched on is one of the reasons polar bears and penguins have less ice to live on. We didn't go into details about sea levels rising and other scary stuff, but she really connected with this thing about polar bears. Never ever underestimate your kids, they understand a lot more than we give them credit for! She is now really good at switching lights off and she doesn't question why, in fact if I occasionally have to remind her, she goes 'oh yeah - the polar bears - sorry'.
This has made me realise that maybe the most important thing about this whole green project is to make it a natural part of my children's lives, they are a lot more adaptable than adults and after all this is all about their future. If I can get them used to not consuming in the same excessive ways as my own generation, they will be a lot better off on many levels. The thing is if global warming or the lack of oil has completely changed our planet and lives in 30 years time, they will be wondering why we didn't do anything and I would like to be able to look them in the eyes and say 'I really did try my best' (still has a bit to go though before I can say that, I don't think driving the car and having long meditative showers count in 'trying my best'...)
Having said that maybe the best thing would be to just start listening to the kids and see things from their perspective. I have two very smart and funny nephews in America aged 5 and 8 and they (with possibly a bit of help from dad) sent me an e-mail with some advice to all the kids wanting to be green. I simply had to pass it on, so here is what the e-mail said:
Our dad told us about how you are writing about trying to be green and how difficult and frustrating it can be. Since it is our future at stake and since we have spent years doing green things, we would like to submit “The kids guide to being green, lazy and out of money.” These are proven techniques that anyone (but kids in particular) can implement. We just think adults are too limited in their thinking to see the obvious possibilities. And, unlike most of the things you have tried, they are not only energy/water savers and reduce carbon emissions but they also save money and time.
So, we don’t think that this should be left up to the grown-ups. We want to get the kids involved and as we said – we have proven and tested easy things kids can start doing right away (if they are not doing it already).
1) You tried turning down the water temperature and taking short showers. We say skip the bath all together and we have made this argument to our parent for years. No water wasted. No energy used. More time for important stuff like playing.
2) When going to the bathroom, don’t flush at all. Sure your parents will eventually notice and make you flush, but by then you will have saved a lot of flushes, not to mention a lot of time.
3) Skip washing your hands. We have found this to be a major water and time saver. Quick tip to the kids reading this: we recommend washing your hands every once in a while. This way your parents will think you are doing it all the time and won’t check. In other words, a small sacrifice in order to achieve big water and energy savings.
4) Pick a favorite outfit and insist on wearing it everyday (dark colors are best, but we will get to that in a moment). Think about it. No laundry means water saved, energy saved, time saved and no detergent getting released into the lakes and rivers. Considering how much our parents complain about doing the laundry, you would think this would be a no-brainer.
5) Whether your parents use paper or cloth napkins, they either waste trees and water or they require washing. We say use your sleeve or pants. Either you will save a few trees or, by eliminating the cloth napkin, you cut down on the laundry (especially if your parents insist on washing you cloths anyway). This is also why dark colors are best because your parents are less likely to notice ketchup and jam stains. In a pinch you can use a pillow but use the backside. Otherwise your parent will insist on that water and energy wasting habit of washing them.
6) Do your homework while watching TV. That way the lights only have to be on in a single room. If you sit close enough to the TV you don’t even have to have any lights turned on.
7) Eat only pizza, Mac & Cheese, and cereal. No planning required (time saver). Few trips to the store (energy and time saver). No wasted food (you said yourself that this is important).
Feel free to pass these ideas on to any and all kids you know. And good luck.
What can I say but 'well done guys', it is good to know that the future of the Planet is in safe hands!
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