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Re: HGTV's "Living With Ed" Blog

Submitted by daylight on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 15:33.

Hello Ed, Thank you for making going green a step by step process rather than a conversion by fire. I have been participating on fixing the planet for a few weeks where I have been working on

An Evolving Plan for "Going Green" in all areas of our home and life

I have worked each area of my plan and below is a section of it.

Weatherizing: I plan
on replacing part of the insulation in the attic this fall. The part that is in
the ceiling is falling out and needs to be replaced. I think I have
already insulated the floor sufficiently with peanuts. When we moved here
in 1995 and I unpacked all of the boxes I had bags and bags of packing peanuts.
I couldn’t recycle them and I couldn’t bear to throw them in the trash so
I started placing the bags in the attic on top of the insulation that was
there until I could find someone who was moving and needed them. After I
got them up there and looked at them I decided that they added an extra 8
to 10 inches of insulation to the attic and I still have them up there as
insulation. Maybe this is a really good idea? Maybe I should ask Ed?

  • October 13th Does anyone know if this was a good thing to do? Is this a good use of used peanuts? Can we ask Ed?

Sunday October 14th, I have been told that refrigerators run more
efficently and use less electricity when they are full. To echieve this
there are boxes sold by Tupper Ware and by Sharper Image that are
suppose to keep our food fresh longer and fill the frig so that it runs
more efficently. Ed do you know about this? I think we could use a show on storing our food for the most efficent use of our refrg and on keeping our food fresh longer!

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Discovery Channel's Planet Green "Living With Ed" Blog By: Ed (29 replies) Fri, 08/24/2007 - 10:43