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Ways to Have a Green Christmas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Christmas comes fraught with environmental issues. Food Waste Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable. The amount of food waste that goes on at this time of year is shocking. You can easily cut back on food waste by just buying fewer ingredients, or meal planning to use leftovers.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.) I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life.