Everyday Green Kitchens

Introduction to Solar Box Cookers

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:25:07 +0000

Solar box cookers are the be-all and end-all when it comes to harnessing the sun to cook food. They run solely on the sun’s rays which makes them the ideal cooking solution for many areas where electricity and fuel aren’t options. They’re also wonderful for outdoor cooking because they pose little risk of [...]

Building Green TV

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:38:19 +0000

This video showcases some cool features in a green kitchen. And this one cooking with a solar powered oven. Both are from the YouTube channel of the PBS series Building Green. It appears to have only run one year but there are a number of neat clips available to watch.

Reduce Food Waste for Green Reasons and Save Money Too

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:52:55 +0000

Food waste in both residential and commercial settings means energy and resource losses. For one thing, the energy that is wasted between the field and the fork could reach as much as 50 percent. For another thing, food is food and it is a resource more than half the world will appreciate going to their stomachs [...]

Finding and Utilizing Used Kitchen Cabinets

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:10 +0000

By Kristie Brown Are your old kitchen cabinets looking outdated and tacky? Worse than that, are they battered beyond repair? You probably already know that it’s going to be necessary to rip out the old cabinets and replace them with something more sturdy, but you just can’t justify the high cost of brand new cabinets. It [...]

Is Canned Food Good for the Environment?

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:22:13 +0000

Supermarkets boast of them – rows upon rows of canned products from canned apples to canned zucchini paste. It seems that we have accepted store-bought canned goods as part of modern life without giving deeper thought to their effects on the environment and to our health. Well, now is a good time to secure information [...]