Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
This past summer I decided to start composting. This was not easy because I was living with another family so that I could work at a summer internship in another state. I had to convince the family I was living with to have a bucket of stinky food underneath their sink and a barrel of stinky food with flies in it in their back yard.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 21, 2011
My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?
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Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 19, 2012
As a family, we try to be good stewards of our environment: We crossed 10 paper products off our grocery list and replaced them with reusable alternatives. We compost much of our food and garden scraps. But when I took our recycling bins out to the curb this week, I noticed that there is still room for improvement.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 5, 2012
Glass or metal can last a lifetime should you wish to reuse either one and are better recycling material than plastic is. Cardboard boxes can be used over and over again before needing to be recycled. Shredded paper can be put in compost piles. Many “ broken ” items can be recycled into craft projects to do with your children.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 28, 2013
moved from simple dumping on land or sea, to burial, sanitary landfill, feeding to swine, reduction, incineration, and various forms of composting”. A landfill is not like a compost pile, where the purpose is to bury trash in such a way that it will decompose quickly.”. How much trash we generate /recycle. Their conclusion? “So
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 4, 2013
Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. When you do have to throw out batteries or electronics, find out where you can dispose of them in a way that allows for a level of recycling, and keeps chemicals from polluting the environment. You can do the same. Look for ways to re-use what you already have. Go Green'
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
When people think of minimalism, they often picture families living an almost zero-waste lifestyle, meticulously composting and recycling so they only have a single bag of trash per year. Or they think of selling their possessions and heading off into the great unknown, with only a single suitcase and a laptop.
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