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My Word for 2019

Family Balance Sheet

This is my referral Amazon link, but I found the book at the library.). The author, Bea Johnson, chronicles her journey of zero waste living through 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot. Plastic can damage our environment when it is not recycled. It can end up on our pristine coastlines and in the bellies of marine life.

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Green Ideas to Save on the Holidays

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Recycle your wrapping paper. If not, make a point to save that paper this year, so that you can recycle it next December. Are the local artisans that have galleries at the town library or in town? You saved all your wrapping paper from last year, right? Look for ways to purchase their art to share with your social circle.

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How to Make Your Own Clothes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Head to your local library, fabric or craft store, or bookstore and look for a how-to book on sewing. Use Recycled Fabrics. Making your own clothes is definitely a great way to save money–and you can take penny-pinching to a whole new level by using recycled materials and fabrics to make clothes.

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Sharing Goods to Reduce Consumption and Cut Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The gross over-consumption around the world is filling our landfills and recycling bins with unnecessary waste, both toxic and benign alike. You go to the library to borrow books, so why not share the ones you buy with your friends? Buy with a friend and share the costs to have the same experience. Magazine subscriptions.

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Why You Should Live Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Take the issue of recycling , for example, one of the first environmental strategies governments put into place around the world. Now we sort the trash into garbage and recycling, almost automatically for most of us; it’s not a difficult task and doesn’t really take any extra time to do, once we have formed the habit.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

Family Balance Sheet

This is my referral Amazon link, but I found the book at the library.) That book has changed my outlook on reusing, recycling, making do, and rethinking one use products. After reading, Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste. I was pumped to reduce our trash.

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Vacations on a Dime: Centsational Staycation Ideas

Saving Cents With Sense

First, visit your local library for information and books about Italy. Make a Tower of Pisa using recycled materials such as cereal boxes and shoes boxes. Visit the library and learn all you can about the beautiful land of Ireland! Visit the library and read all you can about the culture. Visit Italy! Head to Ireland!