As a imperfect eco warrior I try to tread lightly on the Earth. I quite like this planet and unlike others I have absolutely no desire to live on any other planet. But I only have a tiny budget. At times I have looked longingly at eco gadgets wanting my little space I call home as self sufficient as possible but I have come across a bit of a cross roads. My husband used to work at a large energy firm. He absolutely hated working for the 'bad guys' and used the first possible opportunity to get out. But one thing he gets really annoyed about is the word eco. When you think of heating systems for example. Economy and ecological have two very different meanings yet they both get shortened to eco. This lead to a great amount if stress for my poor husband when he had to explain energy bills to customers. So which should the eco warriors in us follow well of course we want to be ecological for example using solar panels but for those of us living in cloudy UK they are not the most economic way of getting energy. We have all heard about green washing. Company's hiding under the shortened eco. So a bit of balance is needed. For me looking to old fashioned techniques of frugal living seems to be the right balance. Turn off lights if you not using them. Reuse items. Make things. There are a multitude of recipes on the internet for homemade laundry powder. Grow things. Spend a little time saying thank you to the planet we live on. It really is a beautiful place.
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