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Further Reading on Green Kitchens
Cleaning
Vinegar is not just for cooking or salad dressings. Here is a ridiculously long list of cleaning tips using that most basic of condiments.
Still not sure that you can let go of your detergent habit? Ideal Bite offers up some greener alternatives, and Grist puts some elbow grease into a cleaning guide of its own.
Food
So you have your ultra-efficient, clean and green kitchen sorted out; now you need to think about what to cook in it. Take a look at Food and Wine’s discussions of "What Does Eating Well Really Mean?"
Raw foods might not be for everyone, but there’s no doubt they save a lot of energy by cutting out cooking. If you’re interested in this dietary approach, check out Living and Raw Foods.
Connect to your local community and local farmers through Slow Food, a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization, founded to counteract fast food and the fast life. Learn about food culture, where food comes from, and how your food choices effect the rest of the world. Slow Food’s handy website also has links to local eco/organic restaurants and grocers.
Energy
HowStuffWorks has a great set of tips for kitchen appliances.
Here’s a list of tips for energy efficient cooking, and if that’s not enough, here’s a guide to building your own haybox slow cooker.
All the information you could ever want on the U.S. ENERGY STAR accreditation program, including efficiency guides, consumer tips and much more.
Waste
If you’ve been thinking of taking the plunge (though perhaps not literally) into vermiculture (that’s worm composting to you and I), take a gander at this guide.
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