less impact woman

ok so i just got done viewing the documentary called "no impact man"....its about a man n his wife n small daughter that go on a yearlong crusade to make no net impact on the environment some of the ways they do this include: eating only locally grown organic food, generating no trash except for compost and using no carbon-fueled transportation....they also get rid of electricity...laundry n other soaps...cosmetics...toilet paper...disposable diapers...other consumable paper products....

no going out to eat...no buying ANYthing new...they rent borrow or buy second hand ONLY...

so i was thinking...because my family already thinks i'm nuts because we don't use tupperware or have a microwave i know i couldn't go aaaall the way nor do i feel like i need to...

BUT i would like to try to make less of an impact....n not so much so i can save the planet but mostly because we waste too much...n we (as a family) have TOO MUCH stuff...

i recently shared w/ a friend on facebook that i was embarrassed @ the fact that we can not park our cars in the garage because of all the "stuff" ...dresser drawers that won't shut...food that goes bad n has to be thrown out before it gets eaten......

when lottie was little she loved the berenstain bear books...they had a series called "too much______...like "too much birthday" n such...i could write a book.."toooooo much STUFF"

ok so does anyone have good recipes for dish n laundry soap...