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Why You Should Live Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the studies that included them systematically, food and drink, transport and housing are consistently the most important areas – across both different studies and the different impact categories compared (global warming, acidification, photochemical ozone formation, and eutrophication). Build a birdhouse or bird feeder for your backyard.

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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is food, so maybe a need. According to Statistic Brain 45.5 Sparky day-dreamed about having a backyard pool. One of the kids labeled pretty much everything a want, the others had different ideas about different items. Is butter a need or a want? You don’t absolutely have to have it, so maybe it is a want.

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