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By Wesley Joseph
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Guest Posts
eco-kettle

Eco Kettle

The kitchen is a pretty important part of the home when it comes to using energy, since you’re using electricity for appliances as well as gas or electricity for your cooker and oven. You’re also using water for cleaning your dishes, as well as generating lots of food waste from vegetable peelings, etc. Well here are a selection of eco-friendly kitchen gadgets to make your home that little bit greener!

 

Do you love your cups of tea or coffee? Well the eco kettle is designed to make it as easy as possible for you to only boil the water you need. Using a special chamber of water, you release the water you need into the main kettle compartment to boil it. On average, people boils twice as much water compared to what they actually need, so this simple kettle should save energy pretty quickly!

 

Composter

Indoor Composter

If you live in a city apartment but you still want to compost your food waste, then an indoor composter could be for you! Using heat, airflow and moisture, food waste is broken down quickly and without nasty odours. Sure the composter does use electricity, but it only uses around 5kWh a month, which will cost you around a dollar or two each month. A great bonus is that the composter reduces methane emissions, due to the aerobic decomposition of the food waste. That means you can reduce greenhouse gas emissions too.

By Wesley Joseph
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Guest Posts

This coming week, I will be posting an article by Earthascope’s very first guest writer, Dan Harrison, from EnviroGadget.com!  We are excited to feature his work on our site.  We also wanted to let our readers know that as a way to bring new voices to the discussion we host here, we will strive to bring more guest writers as time goes on.

I would encourage readers to visit Dan Harrison’s blog, EnviroGadget, as well as Low Power PCs.  His work is focused on gadgets and tech that can help users to use less of our finite resources.  I applaud his efforts and would enjoy having him back on Earthascope for future posts!

With that, I would like to open the door to other contributors who may want to get involved with writing stories here on Earthascope.  Please simply contact us and let us know that you are interested.

Check out for Dan’s guest post, Great Gadgets for your Eco-Friendly Kitchen, which features three green gadgets for your home!  Coming up here on Earthascope next Monday!