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50 Ways to Make Your Home Eco-Friendly Eco WALK the Talk.com 550 Wa 18.Compost your kitchen waste What better way to return the nutrients of veggies and fruit peels back to the soil than by composting. Composting is a simple process by which you can convert your kitchen waste, and prevent hundreds of kilograms of waste from being bagged in plastic and sent to the incinerator or landfill. Morever, the precious nutrients that you conserve can be returned to your container pots or garden to nourish and condition the microbial life in soils. Look under Resources for ideas on how to compost. Resources: If you have very little space to do composting, don’t worry. Here’s an article to show a simple and effective way to compost at home using container pots. For those of you with more space, and if you want to invest a bit of money into it, here are some cool composting binsthat can be purchased. You can also get a drum and drill holes in them to allow for aeration, as long as you remember to rake the contents regularly. Or if you have a garden, you may dig a hole and bury the contents there, as do most organic farmers. 19.Organic gardening Whether you are growing veggies or ornamental plants, try to grow them without the use of synthetic pesticides which are quite toxic to the soils and are harmful to birds, bees and other organisms. Make your own compost (previous point) or use worm castings to naturally condition the soil instead of using artificial fertiliser. This way you’re feeding the soil, and not the plant, which is the enduring principle of organic gardening. Resources Read aboutThe Importance of Balanced Soils, which is primer on soil chemistry to help you become a better organic gardener. Here are 5 simple pest remediesbased on simple ingredients like garlic oil, baking soda and soap. With the right combination of companion plants, or plants that grow together to deter pests, you can minimise the use of pesticides. Here is an interesting and usefullist of companion plants. © www.ecowalkthetalk.com Join us on Facebook : http:// www.facebook.com/ecowalkthetalk Twitter: http://twitter.com/ecowalkthetalk YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/ecowalkthetalk
50 Ways to Make Your Home Eco-Friendly Eco WALK the Talk.com 550 Wa © www.ecowalkthetalk.com Join us on CONSERVE ENERGY “The cheapest energy is the energy you don't use in the first place.” - SHERYL CROW This chart by Energy Star USA shows the usage of energy in a typical US home. Percentages will vary according to the country, and the disposable income of the individual. However, it is likely that in most modern homes, a lot of energy goes into heating (cool countries), cooling (warm countries), water heating, lighting, electronics and other items. Source: Energy Star USA 20.Switch off and unplug electrical and electronic devices It may come as a surprise that up to 75% of an appliance’s energy use can be wasted simply by powering its display on standby mode, or by staying plugged in. These energy ‘vampires’ and can quietly suck out about 20% of the household’s power usage, according to the US Department of Energy. Here are some simple tips for you to save a lot of electricity and money in your home: � Unplug electronic appliances like TVs, music systems and so on when not in use. � Unplug cell phone chargers and battery chargers once the charging is done. � Try to finish your printing /photocopying jobs at one go, as printers/copiers are energy guzzlers too when idle � Switch off your computer when not in use for extended periods of time. Computers are now designed to handle 20,000 on-off cycles before the hard drives wear out � Use a power strip which helps you plug in various devices, reduces clutter, and is easy to switch off at one go! � Try a smart plug such as the Belkin Conserve Socket Energy-Saving Outlet (See all Surge Protectors)which uses timers to power down at the outlet when a device is no longer in use. Facebook : http:// www.facebook.com/ecowalkthetalk Twitter: http://twitter.com/ecowalkthetalk YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/ecowalkthetalk
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