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What Are Earthships and What Can We Learn From Them About Saving Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In this way the heating systems in an Earthship are similar, in an abstract sense, to the manner in which commercial power plants combine concentrated solar energy with Stirling engines. Such water disposal methods are not accepted under the plumbing codes of many municipalities, though.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Just in case you are not acquainted with these, a garden stepping stone is a big stone, or cement molded to look like a flat rock, that is decorated and then placed on the ground or in a garden to walk on – so you don’t tromp the plants. The most expensive was around $20. Should You Line Dry Your Clothes? Driving across.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 7-11/11- Valentine’s Kiss Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Remover the cube and plant a big kiss on your partner. park bench, street corner, ice cream stand) for a present. The Greenest Dollar tells us how we can compost indoors , even if we live in an apartment. We are fortunate to have room to compost outside but if we didn’t have the space, I would definitely try these methods.

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Commercial Or Organic Food – What’s On Your Plate?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Farmers use chemical fertilizers to supply the plants with nutrients to make crops grow faster, use herbicides to control weeds so they don’t compete with the crops and pesticides to kill off insect pests that can eat the plants and lower production. Organic produce is ripened on the plant to allow the full flavors to develop.

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