Green Living

Making the Switch to Cloth Napkins

March 24, 2009

Thanks to Sara from Learning the Frugal Life for writing this guest post on her family’s journey to using cloth napkins!My family switched to cloth napkins about a month ago. I have been thinking about making the switch for about a year and finally decided to take the step. It was actually a …

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Using Reusable Cloth Shopping Bags

January 28, 2009

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than 100 billion plastic shopping bags are used in the United States every year. The bags are not biodegradable, which causes the landfills to grow ever larger each year. Plus, it uses oil to produce the bags, which could be used for gas or heating. Although I’m …

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Works for Me Wednesday – Stop Junk Mail

January 7, 2009

Do you get tons of junk mail everyday? Do you want to eliminate some of it? I dislike junk mail for several reasons (besides the obvious…that it’s junk):Junk mail wastes resources (paper to print and gas to deliver).Junk mail wastes my time, even though it’s ultimate destination is my trash…I still have to …

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