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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are 11 ways you can make your transportation needs a little more eco-friendly. Take Public Transportation If you live anywhere near a small or large city, you probably have access to some form of municipal public transportation. Doing so eliminates car payments, insurance bills, and maintenance costs.

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6 Ways to Change Your Spending Habits

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Besides saving money, your health with drastically improve which means you can save a ton on medical bills. Use alternative methods of transportation , a.k.a. Plus you will save a ton on gasoline and parking fees. If you need a little inspiration, check out my friend Mr. SPF’s article on how he has quit smoking.

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

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They start to recognize money and to be able to tell the difference between different coins and bills (but probably won’t be able to understand that the coins have different monetary values). We used real coins and Monopoly bills and their toys as store merchandise. Buying gasoline. Let them count their lunch money.

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Are You Planning For Aging in Place?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have a one story ranch home of around 2300 square feet located on 6 acres within 4 miles of stores, medical care, entertainment, gasoline stations and more. Is there a place to allow for easy bill paying, records filing, etc? Transportation. We have been here 25 years already and still love it. Yep, we have that too.

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