Making Love in the Kitchen

Since I couldn’t locate the photos I have of Vanessa sleeping naked, I had to use the adorable one of her sitting in her empty fridge.

Last Saturday, as part of Green Week, I reviewed the wonderfully hilarious memoir Sleeping Naked Is Green,  by world renowned (she really is)green author and naked sleeper Vanessa Farquharson. Cost of entry into the contest to win a signed copy of the book was simply to share the ways in which you have greened your kitchen love making (and I am talking about cooking… not the other kind).

There were lots of green tips offered, but I am only listing here the cooking/eating related ones. Here are some of the Simple Green Kitchen Tips that were offered:

• Recycle as much as possible
• Metal water bottles instead of plastic ones.
• Reusable grocery bags.
• Compost our kitchen scraps.
• Treating greens like flowers and putting them in a vase of water
• Use containers or just a regular bowl with a small plate on top, instead of plastic wrap.
• Bar towels to replace paper towels
• Glass containers instead of plastic.
• Rent a room in to students and shared the fridge
• Maintain a small a food garden
• Built own compost bin
• Scour recycling bins for large glass containers to be re-used instead of recycled
• Wash all  fruits and veggies over a big bowl in the sink then pour that water onto our plants.
• Reusable produce bags
• Replace plastic wrap and ziploc bags with brown paper bags
• Buy in bulk
• Buy all  produce locally (lucky Californians!)
• Becoming a vegan (or have a few meat free days/week)
• Buying wheat cat litter instead of the mined clay litter
• Cutting my coffee habit to one cup a day! (not sure how this is green but it gets health points)
• Only air dry our laundry
• Can tomatoes
• Using mason jars for bulk goods
• Washing clothes in cold water,
• A worm bin for composting foods for organic garden
• Givn up bottled water
• Use a reusable ceramic container for takeout food in it.
• Planted several fruit trees in my garden.
• Instal a water filtration system and drink tap water
• No dishwasher
• Growing my own herb garden.
• Make own household cleaner, laundry soup, and dishwasher soap
• Forage for local food
• Participate in a CSA

So then- who is the randomly selected  lucky winner (using random.org) of the author signed copy of Sleeping Naked is Green?

Kelly Happy Texan. Congratulations!

And I do still highly recommend the book. Pick it up from your local library or book shop or order it online:

Canadian Shoppers
American Shoppers

Vanessa is also offering complimentary review copies if you will write it up on your blog. Contact her for more details.

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Tags: Farming, Greens, Sleeping Naked Is Green, Vanessa Farquharson