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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you’ve got camping equipment, why not camp out in your backyard? Make it a rule to break your normal routine, so no television, video games or computer time. As a word of caution though, you might have the skip the camp fire if your town has ordinances against it. Create a Backyard Water Park.

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Sharing Goods to Reduce Consumption and Cut Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Everywhere you look, television, billboards, the Internet, magazines, newspapers and radios try to tell us what we need to buy and consume in order to be happy. Camping equipment. Not sure about you, but I only go camping once in a while – and that gear isn’t cheap. Happiness sell! Start Sharing.