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Buy Local Food – It Pays More Than Once
With the cost of gas prices sky high and random contaminated food scares making the rounds regularly, it just might pay to buy local now more than it ever has.…
Don’t buy water: A thrifty sister rule!
It has finally become sort of uncool to buy water. Just a few years ago the opposite was true. You might kid yourself now, but bottled water took off because…
Save money by making your coffee to go
How much do you spend on lattes? Perhaps your poison is it's cheaper cousin; plain old coffee. Or maybe you think nothing of your frappuccino fix. You deserve it, right?…
Be green, healthy and rich by giving up on your car
I've noticed in the past few years that saving money, staying fit, and being green seem to walk hand-in-hand like a three-way relationship that actually works. One of the simplest…
Blinded by the White (Zinc Oxide): Cheap and Safe Ways to Protect Your Kids from the Sun
Thanks to global warming, it's already hit 80 degrees a few times here in DC. My daughter loves being outdoors, but with skin cancer rates rising nationwide, and with her…
The Cost of Going Green
With all the Earth Day events this past week, the topic of making green choices is all over the news. The benefits of going green are numerous, but can you…
Breeding Plastic Containers: what to do with all that plastic?
This morning I was grabbing a bowl out of the cupboard and knocked over a batch of plastic containers we have stored in the cupboard for left-overs. It appears that…
Buy a Plastic Grocery Bag
Hefty ® has outdone them selves this time. They have taken something that we get free and have an overabundance of and boxed it up 10 to a pack for…
Reducing, Re-using and Re-claiming
How are you reducing, reusing and reclaiming your life? The documentary 'œAn Inconvenient Truth' helped me understand my impact on the world around me, the documentary 'œAffluenza' helped me understand…
Save Money and Landfills with Canvas Grocery Bags
'œYou see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.' '“ Anthony Robbins…