Dad saved coffee cans and used them to repair mufflers and rust holes on the car.Our cloths made the rounds -a month before school started all the Aunts got together to swap hand-me-downs Our fruits and veggies were grown and canned at home in re-usable jars.If you didn't have enough canvas bags for your groceries you used paper bags which became book covers,wrapping paper,and all kinds of art work.The only battery operated things were the car and flashlights.Everything we ate was home made from scratch -no boxes or pouches.Done dishes by hand and our laundry was washed in a wringer washer.The only electric being used between 9pm and 6am was the fridge. And we were a 1 car family,We had a 5gal metal garbage can that was taken to the dump once a month.The foot print we left as a generation is less than minimal