Articles tagged “Bartering”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Seed Saving Tips: Harvesting Heirloom Garden Seeds for Next Year By Derek Markham IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2009 One way to virtually guarantee that the seeds you sow will be around for you year after year is to harvest and save the seeds from your heirloom vegetables for next year's planting. Seed saving isn't that hard to do, but there are some things to remember when starting out. + READ MORE

Flea Queen's Guide to the Top 5 U.S. Flea Markets By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Aug 17 2009 "New merchandise is the cancer of flea markets." Joel Kaufmann?who ran the late, great Canal St. Flea Market in New York City where I sold vintage clothes in the early '80s?saw the writing on the wall. A quarter-century after Joel first made his prediction in my book Flea Market America, a virulent tube-sock strain of cheap wholesale goods has transformed far too many fleas from ad hoc recycling stations into outdoor Wal-Marts. And where's the fun (and the green) in that? + READ MORE

How Green is Your Playground? By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2009 Child's play should always be safe and carefree. Here's how to make sure your neighborhood playground is as green as it can be. + READ MORE

The 7 Best Ways to Get Cash for Recycling Your Stuff By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Mar 31 2009 Sometimes behaving greenly is simpler than we think?and more lucrative, too. Yes, you can actually make yourself some money by doing green deeds like recycling, just maybe not in the way you typically conceive of recycling. + READ MORE

Score the Best in Reused Duds for Your Little One By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Dec 22 2008 Being a new mom should be joyful, not stressful, but with no end to the economic downturn in sight, providing for the kids can be a bit trying. One easy way to save green is to avoid buying tons of new baby cloths. + READ MORE

Get Money For Your Old Car Batteries By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport Nov 24 2008 Back on the farm in Iowa, we had dozens of vehicles: Tractors, combines, grain trucks, work trucks, regular trucks. Each one of these vehicles requires a battery to run. Inevitably, these batteries would wear out and have to be replaced. + READ MORE

How to Barter Creatively, A Natural Remedy for Head Lice and Make Grain Local By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Sep 12 2008 Think of ways to barter, like this woman who trades chocolate for room and board. Learn about pesticide-free remedies for head lice. Take the TreeHugger survey; how much control do you have when it comes to your green living situation? All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Swap Your Clothes With Friends—Reduce Waste By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 29 2008 Clothes shopping has long been a hobby of many women (including myself). Something about seeing yourself in that brand new dress or pair of shoes is exciting to women and thus, women (especially) tend to contribute more harm than they probably realize to the environment through their constant support of the production of possibly harmful materials that go into making their clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. + READ MORE

Thrifting Is Fun and Eco-Friendly By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 3 2008 To the amateur shopper, buying clothing and other personal items is a mundane but necessary activity.It was not only a superb find, but I was also able to procure my favorite beverage holders at a good price.The added bonus is that thrifters like me are getting good cheap stuff and being environmentalists all at once. + READ MORE

Throw the Perfect Clothing Swap Party By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 3 2008 No matter how many episodes of Hollywood Green we see where celebrities are teaching us about new green clothing lines, I can n't help but emphasize the fact that used clothing is the greenest clothing out there.Once you start the actual clothing swap party of the party, here's what you want to do: Have everyone bring... + READ MORE

Make Your Books Greener: Start a Library at the Office By Michael Graham Richard IN Work & Connect Apr 30 2008 Obviously, the greenest book is the one that you don't buy. But there is one way to make the books that you already own greener: Start a library at your work place. + READ MORE

Trade in Your Aging Threads for Ones You'll Wear at Rehash By Collin Dunn IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 15 2008 If your current collection of threads has ceased to light your fire, and none of your friends are available for a clothing swap party, you can use Rehash to do the same thing online, and it's super easy. The community site... + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: Live on Less and Love It By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 5 2008 Live life to the max, while spending and consuming less, with one or more of these 75 money-saving ideas from the October/November 2007 issue of Mother Earth News.Give #60 a shot and volunteer for an organization such as Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF) that provide food and lodging in exchange for a reasonable... + READ MORE

Dress Baby in Hand-Me-Downs By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 3 2008 There's no need to swaddle your baby in expensive brand-new clothing when hand-me-downs are perfectly serviceable-trust us, the kid willn't be able to tell the difference, much less be emotionally scarred by the indignity of wearing "used".Most cities have resale and consignment stores that supply gently used baby... + READ MORE

Swap Your Baby Stuff for Free With Freepeats By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 15 2008 Babies and little ones light up our lives, but, baby, they grow fast. The site hosts an online community that helps parents trade gently-used baby, kid, and maternity items like clothing, high chairs, bouncers, swings, bikes, and toys, all for free, from other local parents who have finished with them. + READ MORE

Sell, Trade Your Gift Cards By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2008 If you received a tidy stack of gift cards over the holidays that you have little use for, consider trading them in for gift cards to stores you actually frequent, or better yet, sell them to other folk for cold, hard cash, which is always handy, no matter what the occasion. Plastic Jungle will pay up to 65 percent of... + READ MORE

Attend, Organize a Seed Swap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 4 2008 Eagerly waiting for the postman to jam your mailbox with seed catalogs? Before you start circling your orders with gusto, consider checking off the items on your garden wish list by attending-or even organizing-a seed swap.Not only will you be able to stash away some dough, but you'll also be able to meet and greet... + READ MORE

Green Your Media: Download Audio Books for Free from Your Local Library By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Dec 21 2007 You can find any library book, anywhere and trade your old books for new ones, thanks to that handy Internet, but to cut paper out of the equation altogether, you can also download audio books and eBooks from a library near you, for free. If your library isn't a member of the program, don't fret; the Media Locator site + READ MORE

Enjoy a Zero-Sum Holiday Season By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Many of us have a relative or friend who insists on gifting the same thing each year. To make it a little easier, it doesn't have to apply to every gift you get; consumables that you'll use up and one-of-a-kind gifts that don't replace anything you already have don't have trade spots with something you've already got. + READ MORE

Barter for Baby at Zwaggle.com By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 3 2007 Zwaggle, an online community where parental types can swap baby clothing and gear, is a site that will have the cash-strapped cooing. + READ MORE