Posted in Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, carbon, energy, money, utilities, waste, tagged bunn, coffee, drip coffee, electricity, energy, espresso, fair trade, french press, kill-a-watt on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently I bought a Kill-a-Watt device to measure electricity usage, and I’ll be posting here periodically about what it’s teaching me.
True confession: We have a fancy Bunn coffee maker that keeps the water heated at all times so we can brew a fresh, excellent pot of coffee (into the dishwasher-safe thermal carafe) within 3 minutes.
We [...]
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Posted in Deals, Eating, Green Living, Saving, Shopping, food, money, thrift, tagged Saving, milk, organic, coupons, Deals on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This showed up yesterday on The “Cent”sible Sawyer - coupons for organic goods. I would save it for Friday, but some of these things can expire quickly, so I’d advise jumping right on it.
Some of the services only send you coupons once, so bear that in mind, as well.
I had my own money-saving moment this [...]
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Posted in Deals, Eating, Garden, Green Living, Saving, energy, food, money, tagged Deals, dvs, easy jam, Green Living, jam, Saving, strawberries, survivalism on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week, Free Money Finance wrote about MSN’s article on five foods it’s cheaper to grow and five foods it’s cheaper to buy. I added a comment that I think berries (strawberries) are cheaper to grow, and onions aren’t worth it (too space-hogging). What “crops” are worth it to you?
One of the biggest queries [...]
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Posted in Children, Deals, Saving, Shopping, money, tagged Deals, savings, bank, ipod, shuffle, amex, american express cash, upromise, college on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We haven’t had a deal of the week in a long time! But there are a few deals out there too good to pass up.
It’s spring clearance season. If you need winter items (stock up for next year!) check out these great bargain sites: Land’s End, LL Bean, Campmor and Sierra Trading Post. You can [...]
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Posted in Deals, Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, crafts, money, waste, tagged compost, Deals, neckties, thong, thrifty, socially responsible on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Money and Values wrote about cheap deals on green or socially responsible products this week. She’s got a long list to check out.
Simply Thrifty blogged 30 Things You Can Compost. If you guys head over, you probably have more to add to her list.
And if you have a stack or sack of old neckties lying [...]
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Posted in Deals, Environment, Green Living, Saving, energy, money, tagged book, cold water, free, laundry, natural cleaning, seventh generation, washing machine, world environment day on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The site for PlanetGreen says that today (June 5) is World Environment Day. Who knew?
If you click on over there, you can take a pledge to wash your clothes in cold water and get a free copy of Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe and Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning. It sounds like it doesn’t [...]
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Posted in Eating, Home, Saving, Shopping, money, tagged economy, ethanol, food costs, prices, weak dollar, wheat on June 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday, we experienced the cold, hard truth about food costs.
Last year, on June 30, 2007, I purchased a 25-pound sack of flour at Costco. Just all-purpose flour. Nothing fancy. It cost $4.79, or $0.19 per pound.
Yesterday (June 3, 2008), I purchased the exact same product. It cost $8.49, or $0.34 per pound.
That’s a 79 percent [...]
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Posted in Eating, Environment, Green Living, Shopping, food, money, tagged food, fruit, healthy, milk, nutrition, organic, studies, vegetables on June 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Last week I came across this blog looking at whether organic food is healthier than conventionally grown foods. I missed the story on NPR, but it sounds like organic fruits and veggies just might be more nutritious than “regular.”
(Regular, of course, is a relatively modern invention — “conventional” foods WERE organic for, oh, thousands of [...]
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Posted in Deals, Home, Saving, Shopping, money, tagged cookware, Deals, kitchenaid, pans, pots on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Just saw this (via Slickdeals.net) - if you are in the market for a whole set of cookware, check it out! We do not have this cookware, although we have some KitchenAid utensils and an omelet pan that are excellent.
You can purchase a 12-piece hard-anodized cookware set or a 12-piece hard base cookware set (I [...]
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Posted in Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, Shopping, carbon, energy, food, local, money, paper, recycling, thrift, utilities, waste, water, tagged waste, recycling, reuse, gas, 90% reduction, 90 percent reduction, riot for austerity, reduce, electricity, garbage, water, food on May 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Organic Needle reminded me to do an update on our performance during the Riot for Austerity, which I started 10 months ago. This is the 90 percent challenge that I’ve mentioned on this blog — with the goal of cutting consumption by 90 percent from U.S. average consumption.
Here’s the update on what I did and [...]
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