Granny’s Tell Us What’s What To Go Green Wisely
by Caroline Hansen
In this modern world we are all striving to protect the planet a little bit everyday, but have you ever stopped to think how long this has been going on? Believe it or not your Granny may well be greener than you! Prove it I hear you say – well, listed below are some of the things which people from older generations have been known to say, and which are all good advice for younger generations…
- “Close those internal doors to keep the heat in – do you think I’m made of money?!” a classic this one, and absolutely right: keeping doors and windows closed when the central heating is on will save on energy use and may also reduce your bills.
- “You can’t get down from the table until you’ve cleared your plate.” A favourite in our house, making sure you eat all the food in front of you reduces waste and protects valuable resources. Serve smaller portions to start with – you can always go back for seconds.
- “Make do and mend.” This is a saying dating back to the war when everyone made over their clothes as new fabric was scarce and expensive. The underlying message is to re-use and recycle however which is still highly relevant today.
- “Dig for Britain.” Whilst we are on a war theme: turning a portion of your garden into a vegetable patch and producing your own food is a great way to be environmentally friendly. You never know, you may end up catching the green fingered bug and filling a whole allotment.
- “You can’t see the wood for the trees.” Poetic license I grant you, but the message I want to get across is to recycle wood or use reclaimed wood for Flooringanddoors. This works particularly well in a period home where brand new wood might look out of place.
re-duce, re-use, re-cycle (image by wildliferesearch.org)
