Go green for a brighter future!

Ever since i was a child my parents and my grandparents taught me that the best way to live is the economical way. From them i learned how to cook from scratch and how to save electricity. Back then however the information about poluation it was still little but people knew the right way to live.
These days people seem to be a little bit more ignorant unfortunately but there are lots of companies that try to bring awareness on how to be green  so there is a lot of inspiration if you don't know where to start.

Here are my tips:

• Insulate your home - loft, doors, windows and walls- like this during the cold weather you will consume less gas and the heat will get out of your house a lot harder;
•  Change your light bulbs from high consuming ones to compact fluorescent ones - they convert most of the energy they use into light rather than heat like the incandescents ones;
• Unplug your electrics if you are not using them - TV, radio, Sky box, cell phone charger, printer ,LED lights on the wall and PC's - you will be amazed how much electricity you will be saving;
• If you walk out of the room turn off the light(of course if there is nobody left in the room);
• Buy food from farmers in your area - these days food can travel 1000's of miles before it is sold in a supermarket;
• When you wash your clothes in the washing mashine is better to do full loads - by washing half loads you're wasting water, power, and money;
•  If you have a dishwasher use it - it actually uses less water than doing dishes by hand. Run it only when full and use the most efficient setting -- light rather than heavy wash and air dry instead of heat. 
• Store in glass rather than in plastic - you can reuse the glass as most plastic containers are made from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource;
• If you use a kettle boil only what you need - more water more energy is wasted;
• Always cook from scratch and use the microwave as rarely as as possible.

These are my tips to be green. Do you have any tips to share with me and with my readers?
 

Family memories

Last weekend we had Anastasia's Christening.

It was a warm and nice day. This time we kept it small - just us , my parents and my sister and the godparents.

I love the pictures with the four of us just before the ceremony:

I am unsure which picture to print and put on the wall as a family picture...what do you think?

Or maybe we should just print them all and make a collage?