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To cut back on food waste at home, try doing a "family-style" dinner where you and your guests serve yourselves in the kitchen and bring your plates of food to the table. When we plate food at the dining table, we tend to overindulge and leave food on the plate. That food ends up in the trash instead of being saved for leftovers. With nearly 1.3...Read more

The more you can do to help bring dinner to the table quickly, the better. The next time you’re boiling water for pasta, consider placing a metal steamer basket on top of the pot and then placing the pot’s lid on top of that. This action allows you to do double duty: You can cook the pasta and steam veggies or a protein like fish at the same...Read more

Turn off auto-play on streaming platforms and social feeds so videos only play when you choose to watch them. Auto-playing content quietly consumes data and energy, even when you’re not paying attention. Disabling it also helps curb mindless scrolling, making it easier to reduce social media use and be more intentional with your time online. ...Read more

Cloud-based bytes of information come from data centers where an incredible amount of energy is consumed to meet the constant demand from users. In fact, these centers currently use a whopping 2% of the world's energy. Easy ways to reduce energy usage include choosing Wi-Fi over cellular data, since mobile networks use more energy; choosing text...Read more

Here’s a smart, easy way to reduce electricity use when working on your desktop computer -- and lessen your impact on the environment. Lower your monitor brightness from 100% to about 70%. The change is barely noticeable, yet it can cut the monitor’s energy use by roughly 20%, reducing demand on power plants and helping lower greenhouse gas ...Read more

When traveling abroad, you may encounter stray dogs who could use a little help. While it’s natural to think they need food, one of the easiest and most important things you can offer is water. Simply find a sturdy bowl and fill it with fresh, clean water. Place it in the shade, refresh the water daily and rinse the bowl when you can. Reliable...Read more

Sugar can do more than make your coffee sweet. For grass-stained clothes, try making a sugar paste to lift the grass stains out of the fabric. Simply make a thick paste with white sugar and warm water, then apply the mixture to the stain and rub gently. Leave the paste on top of the stain for at least an hour. The sticky mixture will absorb the ...Read more

Did you know it’s illegal to throw old tires in the trash? The reason might surprise you: The steel belts inside of tires actually can puncture the liners at landfills, leading to ground contamination. In some states, getting caught throwing tires away can lead to fines and even jail time. There are recycling programs everywhere that recycle ...Read more

Did you know you can unshrink a wool sweater? If you’ve ever accidentally washed a sweater and it shrank, don’t panic -- you often can restore it close to its original size. Soak the sweater in a large bowl of warm water mixed with about 1/3 cup of hair conditioner. Let it sit for 15 minutes to relax the fibers. Gently press out excess water...Read more