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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There’s Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day, Nurses Day, Bosses Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Black History Month and now – since 2004, Financial Literacy Month. Why do we need it? Your children know that you are saving money. Then you are not included in the statistics listed above.

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Healthy Habits: The Push for Plant-Based Food in Hospitals

Motherhood Moments

1 Healthful diets may also play a role in the economics of medical care, particularly for heart patients. Search data from Google Trends shows a worldwide increase in the interest in veganism from 2004 to 2022. They also serve a key educational function, modeling healthful habits.” How prevalent is choosing a plant-based diet?

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How to Save Money by Downsizing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

More and more people are opting for smaller, more economical cars to reduce running costs as well greenhouse gas emissions. Statistics released by the National Association of Home Builders show the average home size in the 1970s was 1400 square feet; in 2004, this had blown out to a whopping 2330 square feet, almost twice the size.

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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Creating a short-term budget and long-term financial plan can not only help you get out of debt once and for all, but they can also guide you to economic independence and prosperity. When economic conditions started deteriorating in late 2008, the prices of both gold and silver began to skyrocket.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. Welcome to the June 15, 2012 Edition #241 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

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