Over the long holiday, we had some brainstorming sessions devoted to finding ways that we could make our going green to help the environment easy and seamless. These discussions were sparked by a group email that I got from a solar cooking group online that was basically a table of how much energy it takes to raise the temperature of specific food one degree. We were shocked to learn that water in food was the most energy intensive elements in food to cook. Meat is actually faster to cook than fruit or vegetables, so we vowed to eat more of our fruit and vegetables from the raw state instead of cooking it, whenever possible. That means a lot more salads, which is fine with us. Of course, some vegetables are unpalatable raw, and those we'll continue to cook, but from now on, if it tastes good raw, that's how we'll eat it. We also decided that since we live in a warm, sometimes very hot, climate, we'd forget the heat setting on the dryer and just use the fluff setting and hang our clothes to air dry outside. In these simple ways, we'll be doing our part for going green and helping the environment by using the energy we do use intelligently.
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Over the long holiday, we had some brainstorming sessions devoted to finding ways that we could make our going green to help the environment easy and seamless. These discussions were sparked by a group email that I got from a solar cooking group online that was basically a table of how much energy it takes to raise the temperature of specific food one degree. We were shocked to learn that water in food was the most energy intensive elements in food to cook. Meat is actually faster to cook than fruit or vegetables, so we vowed to eat more of our fruit and vegetables from the raw state instead of cooking it, whenever possible. That means a lot more salads, which is fine with us. Of course, some vegetables are unpalatable raw, and those we'll continue to cook, but from now on, if it tastes good raw, that's how we'll eat it. We also decided that since we live in a warm, sometimes very hot, climate, we'd forget the heat setting on the dryer and just use the fluff setting and hang our clothes to air dry outside. In these simple ways, we'll be doing our part for going green and helping the environment by using the energy we do use intelligently. 
