Posted in DIY, Environment, Freebies, Green Living, Home, Saving, carbon, crafts, fair trade, recycling, thrift, water, tagged baking soda shaker, braless barbie, chopsticks, contact lens case, recycle, reuse, soap holder on July 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In the process of trying to reduce our garbage, I’ve come across several items that I needed and wanted to not buy — and conversely, several items I hated to throw away but couldn’t easily recycle. By reusing these items, necessity meets utility.
Quite some time ago, when I started cleaning everything with baking soda instead [...]
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This Monday series checks out whether something that sounds like a good deal — or takes a bit of extra work — is a good deal. We’ll look at cost and benefit — with everything filtered through my individual experience. Please chime in with your take.
Last Friday was a beautiful day, and Little Cheap and [...]
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You might remember we ordered a quarter of beef a while back.
Where is it?
I don’t know. Hopefully still at the processor.
We’re new to all this, and it’s rather confusing. We thought we would be picking it up March 1. I called to confirm, and reached general confusion — why on earth did I think it [...]
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When is the last time you got your feet dirty?
If it was ages ago, chances are you haven’t been to a farm lately.
Do you have a farm near you?
I bet you do.
A company I work with has a client, Culinary School of the Rockies, that has started a program to get future chefs out onto [...]
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Yesterday, I posted about our upcoming order of a quarter beef. This purchase is part of our ongoing work to consume only meat that has been “treated kindly,” as Little Cheap puts it. At age 6 (and 5/6ths), she is a dedicated carnivore, but even her meaty preferences have wavered in the face of word [...]
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This year, we’re buying one-quarter of a locally raised, hormone- and antibiotic- and cruelty-free steer.
Beef. From the hoof to our house via a local processor.
We’ll be investing a few hundred dollars (it comes out to around $2 a pound, a great price for beef raised on grass and locally raised organic grain in a non-feedlot [...]
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I had a great weekend. This was the first weekend in a while that we had hardly any plans — just had some friends over for dinner, which was fun, rather than a hectic commitment.
That means I actually had a chance to get things done.
1. I installed a dishwasher.
I started on Saturday by forcing my [...]
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Vertical farming - For $50 a pound, a skyscraper garden could feed 50,000 people year round. Do you buy it?
October is Fair Trade Month, and Money & Values has suggestions on ways to make your trade fair.
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