{"id":9589,"date":"2012-11-20T04:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2012-11-20T04:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T12:30:18","slug":"6-ways-to-have-a-low-stress-green-diva-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/6-ways-to-have-a-low-stress-green-diva-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Have a Low-Stress Green Diva Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/?attachment_id=9590\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9590\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9590\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork-186x186.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Morning shows are fun, but they are kind of rough on a Monday morning! I have a new respect for all those morning show professionals who do it 5 days a week!<\/p>\n<p>We had a great time with\u00a0<em><a title=\"ebru today morning show website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebrutoday.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ebru Today<\/a><\/em>\u00a0talking about getting greener in the kitchen. I kept my tips to things that were relatively easy, low or no-cost or in fact saved money. My philosophy on having a Green Diva kitchen is pretty simple and involves for basic ideas: a Green Diva Kitchen should . . .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>produce yummy food<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>be healthy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>be earth-friendly<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>low-stress!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><em><strong>Watch me having fun on Ebru TV and learn some simple tips for having a greener kitchen:<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rd9kin4JeUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><em><br \/>\n<\/em>6 Easy Ways to Have a Green Diva Kitchen<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>1. Use Cloth Napkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Paper products currently account for one-third of the municipal waste in the U.S. \u2013 great case for using cloth napkins and dishtowels<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Paper products: paper v. cloth napkins \u2013 manufacturing cloth napkins takes a little more energy, however to wash and reuse them multiple times makes up for it and saves a LOT of trees<\/li>\n<li>you can also easily make your own from remnants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2. Buy More in Bulk<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Buying bulk for dry goods can save on packaging AND money! Example:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Organic dried cranberries on average are 98% less expensive than their packaged counterpart<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Between a quarter and a third of all domestic waste is packaging: much of it food packaging<\/li>\n<li>To buy bulk goods, find a food coop or buying club near you at\u00a0<a title=\"localharvest website for locating food coops and farmers markets\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localharvest.org\" target=\"_blank\">LocalHarvest.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>3. Recycle Even More<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is only 28%<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Recycle as much as you can<\/li>\n<li>Try avoiding buying food and products with lots of packaging<\/li>\n<li>Buy food and drinks in recyclable packaging such as glass jars or tin cans<\/li>\n<li>Buy bulk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><!--more--><\/div>\n<h2><strong>4. Use Only Eco-Friendly Sponges and Dish Towels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Most sponges are plastic and contain dyes, and synthetic disinfectants like triclosan, which has been determined to be a health hazard to humans and ecosystems by the EPA<\/li>\n<li>Use a sponge made from natural and sustainable materials\n<ul>\n<li>Cellulose sponges &#8211; made from wood fibers &#8211; they biodegrade in landfills and go through a far less toxic manufacturing process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Landfills are filled with paper towels and there no way to recycle or reuse them<\/li>\n<li>It takes about one year for the paper to biodegrade, the thicker the towel the longer<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s cheaper to skip the paper towels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>5. Remember to Use Reusable Shopping Bags<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million sea creatures a year<\/li>\n<li>The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas and it\u2019s floating somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii. It weighs 3.5 million tons and is 80% plastic<\/li>\n<li>If everyone in the United States tied their annual consumption of plastic bags together in a giant chain,\u00a0the chain would reach around the Earth\u2019s equator 776 times!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>6. Composting is Easy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Compost is excellent for garden soil<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have a garden, look for community compost program<\/li>\n<li>Fruits and veggies, coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells (rinsed and crushed), rice and pasta<\/li>\n<li>Reduces your garbage output significantly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>remember . . .<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>eat. blog. be merry!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>fork image via\u00a0<a title=\"fork image from shutter stock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-1637785\/stock-photo-fork-and-flower.html\" target=\"_blank\">shutterstock.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great time with Ebru Today talking about getting greener in the kitchen. I kept my tips to things that were relatively easy, low or no-cost or in fact saved money. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/6-ways-to-have-a-low-stress-green-diva-kitchen\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":9590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[7,91,5505],"tags":[6828,1767,6829,394],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GD_Fork.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}