Hardship in the past

I interviewed both of my parents. My grandparents were pretty strict about my parents lifestyle.

They were wise and there were many skills in their lifestyle. Here are some.

How to use water efficiently

・They used hot water to wash dishes instead of using detergent.

・If they wanted to make vegetables or fruits cold,use cold water instead of refrigerators

・When having a bath they had it together or had it quickly in order to conserve water.

When it is hot or cold

・In winter they put things outside to freeze. E,g, meat, tofu(Japanese traditional soy-made lump)

・When it was cold they never take off their overcoat, even inside the house.

・When it was hot they sometimes slept outside the house. They said that there weren`t many

mosquitoes outside. They even went to the cave that was built in the war for evacuation.

Food and garbage

・They kept chickens, rabbits and pigs. They fed the left overs of the meal. Whatmore, they got eggs from the chicken. They slaughtered and ate them sometimes. They only killed and ate them after they made the most of the chicken.(Until the chicken could not lay eggs)

The thing that was in common between my parents was that they weren`t doing this because they were concerned about the environment. It really was not an affluent society so the thrifty lifestyle of them eventually led to an environmentally friendly lifestyle. It was an ex post facto climate benign lifestyle.