The four ‘R’ rules were religiously followed by our so called conservative older generation people. From what I observed in my home and around, I can easily say that our parents and grandparents were concerned about the environment way before the younger generation started making a hue and cry about global warming. Sticking to the food and kitchen related practices, let me share some examples! 1) Reduce: Much care was taken to store large quantities of spices, vegetables, pickles etc by storing food in proper way and thereby reducing the spoilage or wastage. Huge trunks were used to store 50-100…