Save Money on Organic: Adjust your Habits

Quite a bit of money can be saved just by making a few minor adjustments in your buying habits. For example:

• Buy only seasonal fruits and vegetables when prices are lowest. Out-of-season produce usually gets harvested before it's ripe. And travels a long way, which means higher prices to cover transportation.
• Eat less meat and fish. Experiment with eating more creative vegetarian entrees and raw-food salads, featuring fresh fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts. Does your energy level go up or down?
• Eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day. Studies suggest that this approach can lead to lower cholesterol levels and less weight gain (increased metabolism & more calories burned). (Cleveland Clinic)
• Streamline food prep by making flexible mixes once a week. When it's time to prepare a meal, pull out some mix as a base, add some fresh items, and you have a gourmet meal in minutes. The Make-a-Mix Cookbook has sold over a million copies. Just substitute organic ingredients into any given recipe.

How to Make Your Own Cleaning Products.

Many people really notice the difference between typical commercial cleaning products and green cleaning products.

You might experience the house as being lighter, cleaner, fresher. You might start sleeping better. Sinus congestion could miraculously clear up. Or...who knows? It's worth experimenting to find out if and how you can benefit.

What Is a Green Home?

As a point of reference, here's my definition of a Green Home.

A Green Home operates with little or no impact on the surrounding environment. And uses the appropriate natural products in and around the home to support health and wellbeing.

It's a nurturing living space where nature rejuvenates mind, body and spirit.

Most conversations about green homes focus on excess energy consumption. But greening a home can get very personal.