Lets look at it more closely before we start worship them:
- using natural diapers means you need to wash them. And kids use a lot more of them (compated to classic paper pamers) since they do not have that large capacities in holding liquids. What is the total eco-banalce if you consider electricity, water and washing powder use?

- baking your own bread: I assume they use their home electric/gaz oven... what is the energy efficiency of heating up the whole oven to bake just one bread compared to a high-scale commercial one?

- microwave: I use it a lot for quick heating up liquids (soups, milk, tea, etc) - for economic reasons - microwave heats up only the liquids you put in, it does not heat up air, pans, metal parts - all of the energy is transmitted direclty into the soup... why should I start to use back my electric kitchen?

- speaking of me, I do not consider myslef environmentalist, but I bike to my work and with my kid to his kindergarden, I actually turn off light when leaving a room and use predominantly low enegy light-bulbs, I do not use pastic bags (do not use any bags... just a folding plastic box) - just because it all just makes sens to me (biking = faster, turning-off = cheaper, folding box = more handy). But I still live in a western country - with all its power consumption these all my small contributions are simply not worth mentioning when compared to how much enerty is needed to sustain our 'quality-of-life' (when all services are included into equation)! If someone wants to leave just footprints, and he or she means it, then should move out to Africa and try to live for $1 a day... are we willing/capable of doing this? I am not, and this is why I do not consider myself environmentalist.