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Your Worst Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most homes were small, rural farmhouses and lacked many basic amenities, complete plumbing and central heating chief among them.” Although their home was larger than described above, they had no indoor plumbing and heated with a wood stove and cooked on a wood stove. It had central heat, indoor plumbing, and an attic fan.

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Green Energy Jobs- What Are Your Options?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Education : The education required to be an energy auditor can range from full 4 year engineering degree to a 2 week certificate course taken at a community college. An energy auditor will make recommendations to improve the efficiency of the home or building.

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Needs vs. Wants – Which Is Which?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Parents start teaching this concept when a child is a toddler and continue to try to drill it in all the way through the teen and college years. A lot of you would classify indoor plumbing, central heat, grocery money and gasoline as ‘needs’ But wait, are they really always needs? What is a want? Absolutely not!

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Green Energy Jobs- What Are Your Options?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Education : The education required to be an energy auditor can range from full 4 year engineering degree to a 2 week certificate course taken at a community college. An energy auditor will make recommendations to improve the efficiency of the home or building.

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Target Coupon Matchups 9/11 – 9/17

Saving Cents With Sense

9/18/11 (Target College Booklet) Plus -$1/1 Tampax Compak Pearl, exp. 9/18/11 (Target College Booklet) Plus - $2/1 Always Pads, exp. 1 Drano Plumbing Item Target printable = $3 after coupons PET Arm & Hammer Cat Litter, 40 lb - $13.99 - $1.50/1 2 Kashi Crackers 2.99 1 Kashi Frozen Entree 8.97