I have seen so much great info in the blogosphere this week. Hopefully some of it will make your life a little more easier (and more lucrative) — including a way to get $50 and save big bucks on organic groceries.
Archive for October, 2008
Organic coupons, limited $50 offer, and anti-plastic bloggers – Friday wrap-up
Posted in Deals, Freebies, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, money, plastic, recycling, thrift, tagged $50, checking bonus, coupons, electric orange, Fake Plastic Fish, Five Cent Nickel, Focus Organic, frugal, ING Direct, money, organic, plastic, Saving on October 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Quick tip: Save 15% on toilet paper by subscribing
Posted in Deals, Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, money, paper, recycling, tagged amazon, bulk, costs, frugal, money, Saving, subscribe, toilet paper, tp on October 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Household comparison shopping yields Amazon’s 15% off subscription program …
Talkin’ turkey
Posted in Eating, Green Living, Home, Shopping, tagged Eating, factory farming, food, free-range, Thanksgiving, turkey on October 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s a few weeks before Thanksgiving, and for the consciously grateful celebrant, it’s time for one thing: Thinking about your main dish.
Worth it: A food mill for tomatoes
Posted in Eating, Environment, Garden, Green Living, Home, Saving, money, tagged food mill, freezing, harvest, tomatoes on October 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Can I just say I love, Love, LOVE my food mill?
What are you wearing NOW?
Posted in DIY, Deals, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, carbon, waste, tagged clothes, fashion, green, recycle, Shopping on October 24, 2008 | 15 Comments »
This week’s post on eco-fashion has generated some fun comments. out her awesome PC outfit! Wow, she’s so green!
So I thought a survey would be a lot of fun on a Friday (or Saturday, Sunday, Monday, whenever you read this). Quick! Take a look at yourself and post what you are wearing!
No fair changing into your Goodwill outfit just to earn brownie points.
It is acceptable to comment about whether your outfit is typical.
Eco-fashion — from local to organic to recycled
Posted in DIY, Green Living, Saving, Shopping, fair trade, tagged clothes, fashion, Girl with the Curl, Kimono DRagons, local, Onno, organic cotton on October 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This weekend, I attended a fashion show, and I was inspired to spruce up my own wardrobe with some eco-friendly goods.
Quick tip: Cleaner compost bin
Posted in Environment, Garden, Green Living, Home, carbon, recycling, thrift, waste, tagged compost, kitchen, mold, recycling, slime on October 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
OK, you are all virtuous and you compost your waste. Bravo! But if you’re like me, you just might be a little bit of a slacker when it comes to thoroughly washing out the bin that sits on your counter or under your sink collecting scraps.
Freebies & deals – Friday wrap-up
Posted in Deals, Financial planning, Freebies, Home, Shopping, food, money, thrift, tagged Arm & Hammer, bj's, cleaning, costco, coupons, Deals, essentials, free, sam's club, whole foods on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This week, several great deals and freebies have come to my attention on Whole Foods, Arm & Hammer Essentials, and warehouse clubs.
Look down, not up – my poverty manifesto
Posted in Blog Action Day, money, tagged Blog Action Day, cheap, election, frugal, money, poverty on October 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today is Blog Action Day, when thousands of blogs around the world will address the same topic. This year’s theme is poverty. And as it happens, I have a heck of a lot to say on this issue.
UPS doesn’t get it — or care what we do with their bubble wrap envelopes
Posted in Environment, Green Living, waste, tagged bubble wrap, plastic, recycling, ups on October 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A few weeks ago I had ordered Seventh Generation’s “Naturally Clean” book, which they were giving away for free on their site. The book came to me in a UPS-branded, all-plastic, bubble-wrap envelope. I spent some time on UPS’s Web site and found an area where I could ask THEM what they advised me to do with the envelope, since they had made it. From a company that huge, with an obvious environmental footprint, I anticipated that they would have a definite response for me.
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