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How Your House or Business Can Invest in a Greener Planet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Keep tabs on your paper consumption and monitor how electronic communication can be used instead. Look for ways of upgrading and monitoring your recycling facilities so that you know you’re getting the most out of them. Reduce the amount of waste you consume and make your property more energy efficient through insulation.

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Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

8.) Grow your own produce. If you look at the cost of setting up a full vegetable garden system it is not very budget friendly, especially if you have no experience or a black thumb. Then as you gain experience and expand you can eventually provide most of your own food from your garden.

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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Go hiking and camping and show them the beauty of the outdoors (and teach them to leave trails and campsites better than when you arrived) Plant a garden with your children to give them a tangible example of how much fun growing your own food and eating healthy can be!

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6 Easter Basket Ideas That are Easy, Creative & Fun

For the Mommas

All you Mommas you don’t want to end up spending a fortune on sending out amazing Easter Baskets to your loved ones, but still want them to feel like you have spent huge dollars, here are a few amazingly simple yet awesome Easter Basket Decoration Ideas! Let Grass Grow in Your Easter Basket. Add some fun trim and enjoy.

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10 Frugal Tips For Earth Day

Saving Cents With Sense

Hopefully these tips can help you not only help the environment, but also help you save your cash, which is always welcomed! Recycle – Of course you probably already know about this tip, and may have a recycling bin in your home. But there are other ways to recycle products, too. 10 Frugal Tips for Earth Day.

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