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The Thrifty Have Long Been Green!
October 15 has been designated “Blog Action Day”, when bloggers are encouraged to write about our environment and things regular people can do to reduce their environmental footprint on the planet and...
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Taking Control: Energy Independence
Analyzing Your Usage and Expense In the 21st century almost all of us are acutely aware of the challenges of global warming, unsustainable consumption habits, the real human costs of petroleum...
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Tips for Avoiding Pressure to Shop
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been much of a good consumer as that designation has come to signify in and out of recessions in this capitalist-based economy. I don’t “shop ’til I drop,” I...
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Since we’ve been looking at ways to avoid spending money on things we don’t really need, let’s look at some ways to save money on things we really DO need. Like, say energy to heat and cool our homes,...
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It’s Better Than Cheap… It’s Free!
The Wonderful World of Freecycling Way, way back in 2004 Grist Magazine published an article entitled Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now about a cool new environmentally friendly idea called...
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Frugal Youth: Stuff Does Not Equal Happiness
Age Counseling Youth Once Upon a Christmas… my Mother-in-Law gifted my children with some thickly quilted fuzzy slippers to put on in the morning when the wood stove in our little cabin had gone out...
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Recycled Fashionables
The Beauty and Style site List Maven has posted a linky article entitled… 35 Accessories Made From Recycled Materials It’s truly imaginative. I particularly like the crocheted plastic grocery bag...
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Green Fuel Hope on the Horizon!
Perhaps many readers have become aware of the looming worldwide food shortage, there was a story on NPR’s The World just Monday night (March 31) about rising tensions in the bread lines of Egypt....
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Save Big Money On Necessary Basics!
Clean, Green Living in 3 Cheap, Easy Steps Part 1: The List of Ingredients Now that it’s late May, it’s time to stock up for the summer – and our many summer visitors – on things like bug repellant (we...
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Necessary Household Basics: Recipes
Clean, Green Living in 3 Cheap, Easy Steps Part 2: Keeping Things Clean In Part 1 of this 3-part series I listed some basic ingredients to purchase that can do double or triple duty in your home...
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