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Yakezie Blog Swap #10

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Everything Finance shares with us his success in growing his own veggies at Retire by 40. Narrow Bridge Finance tells us how going green has saved him some green at Mom’s plans. One Cent at a Time shares 23 ways reusing household items can save you money at Sustainable Life Blog.

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Best of Money Carnival #112

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Number 9 : Frugal Living tells us to let the dark night guide our finances. While the plot, acting, music composition, and special effects are normally what others focus on when watching this movie, there are actually quite a few lessons in personal finance that can be learned from The Dark Knight as well. Well it does. What about you?

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over 5% of American moms are struggling financially and have rinsed out and reused soiled diapers on their child, according to Huggies’ website. Give to Charity and Help Your Finances Many financial gurus extoll the virtues of giving, and even indicate that giving is part of successful finances. At first.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

After I became a mother, finances became much more complicated. I save money where I can, reusing old food containers for my multitude of seasonal seedlings, getting free five-gallon buckets from the bakery to use for extra growing space, making compost from our fruit and vegetable scraps, and starting almost everything from seed.

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How to Go Green Witout Going Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The old phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is crucial when it comes to small, and inexpensive, ways of going green. For example, rather than purchase water in plastic bottles, invest in a faucet-mount water filter that retails for less than $40 and reuse glass juice and milk bottles. Start Small. Money Tips'

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How to Be Green and Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can get some great regular updates on reusing and recycling at this money saving blog. It’s often worth spending a bit of money, or even taking out a small loan to finance the upgrade as you should soon get your initial outlay back. However, given that finance can be hard to obtain at the moment, I recommend getting a loan.

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Going Green at Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Reduce paper use – look at ways to reduce the amount of paper used in the business; recycle waste in an environmentally-friendly manner; reuse waste paper where possible. Turn off appliances when not in use and set computers to hibernate automatically after 10 to 15 minutes.

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