Ever since their invention, non-stick pans and cookware have become a staple item in any kitchen. They are easy to use and clean and you can actually cook in them, using little or no oil. However, the non-stick coating is made of PolyTetraFluoroEthylene (PTFE), which is actually dangerous to health. At high temperatures, the coating tends to decompose and the fumes can cause respiratory ailments and nausea. And you well know that you have to keep replacing the pans every few years.

The GreenPan is a greener alternative to traditional non-stick cookware. The company makes a range of non-stick pans and pots. The coating is made not of plastics but of minerals. The composite material is called Thermolon. It has the same attributes as a non-stick pan without posing any of the environmental and health dangers caused by PTFE.

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There are times when you just have to use disposable plates/glasses and other crockery items. Maybe it is birthday party, perhaps a casual bash or and outdoors picnic or get-together. Or it may be a sale of foodstuffs. At such times, you just cannot but use disposables. These disposables may be made of Styrofoam, plastic or paper, not all of which are environmentally friendly to use.

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How would you like to have a virtually unlimited supply of greens virtually at your fingertips? Greens and other vegetables are good for health and now you can grow your own even if you don’t have a lawn or yard, even if you are living in an apartment. Omega’s Volksgarden takes up hardly any space and is easy to use.

It does not depend on sunlight either, since it is a hydroponic gardening system. Would you believe you can grow as many as 80 plants in the small place that it occupies? It takes up only 20 sq. ft. of space.

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When you drink water, you know you should be drinking clean and clear water, free from any germs. There are many water borne diseases and even in developed countries, the water may not be absolutely pure. It is all very well to drink bottled water, but bottled water is extremely environmentally unfriendly – there are too many electricity and plastic and transport costs involved in bottled water.

As such if you can install a simple water purifier at home, you can save money and improve or safeguard your health. The Zuvo Water Purator is a simple device which is easy to install.

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If your kitchen stoves run on gas then this little device can help you save money as well as gas. Using less gas is environmentally friendly because it comes from non-renewable fossil fuels. It also means that you can either cook faster or if you need lower heat, you can cook more efficiently.
 
A normal gas stove will burn more gas, use more energy and waste heat. The cooker gas hob, when attached to your usual hob, will help in utilizing the wasted energy thanks to its catalytic alloy disc. What happens is the most gas stoves have openings through which the gas comes out and lights into flames. In the middle there is a blank spot.

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It is all very well to use an electric blender in the kitchen where it has its own designated place and take a few seconds to do the work. However, when you are going outdoor, maybe on vacation, or camping or trekking, this is a handy environmentally friendly gadget which you can keep in your camper or vehicle.

Using it, you can make your smoothies, cocktails, sauces, crushed ice, pancake batters and more. It does not use electricity, you just have to hand crank it to use it. It comes with a clamp so you can clamp it to a table or flat surface to make it easier to crank.

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If you do a fair bit of cooking at one go, it really makes for eco friendliness to use one gadget and one store rather than three or four. This eco cooker is simple to use and you can cook as many as four items at one time. If you are cooking only three things and one of them is to be made in a larger quantity, you can split it between two pans.

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Many chefs and home cooks swear by their sets of knives and say that they can do almost all food preparation work in the kitchen with the knives. However, not everybody can use the knives fast and there are a lot more gadgets out there today to make cooking less of drudgery.

This simple to use kitchen gadget work by hand so does not use any electricity at all. It is user friendly and environmentally friendly as well. You just put the food into the main jar and twist the lid a few times and your food gets chopped. The more you twist it the finer will the chopping be.

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The pressure cooker is one gadget which should find a place in every kitchen. It is simple to use – once you learn how – versatile and can cook almost anything. It can be made of a variety of metals, usually aluminum, hard anodized aluminum and stainless steel. You can get one with a clock like thing on the top which will tell you the pressure or a simpler one without the clock.

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Everybody uses either gas or electricity for cooking. Both are non-renewable sources of energy. While usually gas works out cheaper than electricity, all places do not have the facility of either piped natural gas or liquefied petroleum (both from fossil fuels) gas.

Both these methods of conventional, stove-top cooking use transfer of heat as a cooking mechanism. The heat source transfers the heat to the pan on the stove and this heat then cooks the food. Induction cooking works in the different way. It uses the powerful, high frequency electromagnet which utilizes electromagnetism thanks to the electronics under the ceramic surface of the stove.

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