Hello listeners and welcome back my name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to

episode 280 of sustainable minimalists a twice weekly show about intentional and

eco-minimalist living on today's show we are discussing eight new ways to be eco-friendly

this summer. Now right off the bat, I am so excited for this episode because we are discussing, my guest and I, we are discussing

eight ways to practice eco-friendliness that don't cost money, that aren't extra work,

and here's the key that I've never talked about on this show before.

So if you think you've heard it all, you haven't, because my guest today is Paul Hope.

He is the Home and Garden editor at Consumer Reports. Consumer

reports recently released a Sustainable Living Guide which is so

comprehensive. They are also rolling out green product recommendation so if you as a

conscious consumer are doing your research you need a new something you can go to

consumer reports and look at performance and lifespan, but also

consumer reports is gauging the eco-friendliness or in some cases, the non-eco-friendliness or in some cases the non-echofriendliness of certain products and appliances.

Paul I am so thrilled to talk to you tell us who you are what you do do, and just for fun,

a fun fact about you.

Sure, so my name is Paul Hope,

I'm a home and garden editor at Consumer Reports,

and I cover a whole host of different products for consumer reports ranging from outdoor power equipment,

grills. We have ranges, cooktops, wall ovens. And a fun fact about me is that I practice what I preach and I

in fact own five grills. That is definitely a fun fact. Five grills have you ever

used all of them at the same time?

Never all at the same time.

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