Saving electricity is not only about saving money, though that is a big part of the equation. It is also important to our future as a whole.
To live a greener life, in some cases, will automatically bring money savings. Sometimes this money savings is very much needed.
Right now, I am saving energy costs because I [...]
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Energy Savings
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged costs, electricity, energy, greener life, money, save, tips, water on Friday, July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tips For Using Less Water Around The House
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged conservation, home, house, less, tips, water on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My new article, Tips For Using Less Water Around The House, has been published on GreenandSave.com. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
What other tips do you have for water conservation tactics around the home?
Shannon
Family Guide to Going Green 2009
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged Food, family, Low-Income, life, saving money, organic, compost, greening, plastic, planet, less toxic, natural, grow food on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Family Guide to Going Green 2009 is a great resource for any household. As low-income individuals and families, some greening efforts can go a long way in saving us money. What could be better than that? (Except for saving the planet, of course.)
I, personally, found the guide very useful. I am already doing some [...]
Reuse Glass Jars
Posted in Cheap, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Free, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged containers, Food, Free, glass, Jars, plastic, reuse on Friday, June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a collection of old canning jars, as well as an assortment of food jars with lids. I also have many plastic food storage containers.
I have been rethinking many things over the past year, and the use of plastic is only one of those things.
I am giving away the plastic food containers to use [...]
Book Sharing
Posted in Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged book sharing, saving money on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lately, friends, sisters and I have been sharing books.
For instance, Missy purchased The Heroin Diariesby Nikki Sixx for school, then let me borrow it.
I Purchased The Dirt and Tommyland used, then handed them over to her.
Sheila purchased The Secretby Rhonda Byrne to read, then let me borrow it. She then let Katie borrow it, and [...]
Un-Banking the Trailer
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Spring, tagged nails, plastic, re-use, saves money, slats, trailer, un-bank on Monday, May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I am working, Zowie is outside un-banking the trailer. She is 17, and has done this task for the last couple of years.
She lays out the plastic so as it can dry thoroughly. In this way, we can reuse the plastic again next fall when we re-bank the trailer.
She tries not to break any [...]
What to do with Small Pencils
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Homeschool Frugality, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged children, pencils, recycle, reuse on Friday, April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As adults, it becomes hard to use pencils once they have been sharpened too many times. They are too small for our hands to comfortable handle.
Does this mean that we must throw them out? Of course not! We can pass them along to young children. They have smaller hands than us, so they can still [...]
Making New Crayons
Posted in Homeschool Frugality, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged broken, crayons, gifts, new, reuse on Thursday, April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be sure that you are saving all of those broken crayons. Take the paper off and reuse them to make new crayons. These make great gifts.
You can use muffin tins, or baking pans with small, decorative sections.
Simply spray each section with nonstick spray, and place the crayon bits in them. Then melt in the oven [...]
Hello, My Name is Shannon and I Reuse Aluminum Foil
Posted in Cheapskate, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, tagged aluminum foil, Food, prices, reuse on Friday, March 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Okay, okay. I admit it. I reuse aluminum foil. I use it on my bake ware to prevent messes. I use it to cover food before putting it into the refrigerator sometimes. I suppose there are a few other uses for aluminum foil as well.
I wipe mine off and reuse it as many times as [...]
