Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 31, 2014

We took Home Economics (translate that to cooking and sewing class) instead of shop. Student council was for the guys, girls didn’t get elected. We are underrepresented politically – holding only 98 of 535 (18%) of seats in Congress. and our daughters still see mainly guys in their school’s student council.

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2014 Daughter Election Sports 167

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 20, 2013

Zero Waste Week – Mid-March – Established to promote positive alternatives to landfill and incineration and to raise community awareness of the social and economic benefits to be gained when waste is regarded as a resource base upon which can be built both employment and business opportunity.

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Fair-Trade Education September October 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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Money May 2012 Debt 113