stove and reheated every now and then will actually keep remarkable well. Your washing machine uses a lot of energy, particularly in heating hot water. So first of all, hot water is not necessary to wash your clothes, it'll work just fine on cold. Secondly, you could always wash your clothes by hand. Thirdly, you could replace your washing machine with a bicycle powered washing machine so you get a bit of exercise while washing your clothes. That's what I'm planning on doing. Oh and you probably don't need to wash your clothes anywhere near as often as you do, just a guess. Try experimenting with how often you can wear your clothes before they start to smell, especially if you hang them up and let them air out between wears. You're probably going to find yourself relying much more on people than you're used to in the future. These days we expect to be able to earn enough money from our jobs to pay for everything we need and so it doesn't really matter if we haven't learnt how to work or live well with others. Sometimes this stuff just seems like skills we learn as we grow up - older people often seem better at it than younger people. So this is probably all just common sense, but hopefully it's useful. The four things I've learnt over the past few years that I think are key to this endeavour are understanding, equality, communication and self-direction. I often used