Articles tagged “Penny Pinching”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Is Your Over Booked Child Putting You in the Poor House? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Aug 21 2011 Over planned and out of cash. + READ MORE

How to Take an Extended Vacation, Around the World, in Style By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 25 2011 The Dee family, aka SoulTravelers3, have been on an extended, slow vacation since 2006. Living on about $25,000 a year. + READ MORE

Road Trip? 10 Easy Ways to Save Gas and Money By Laurel House IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 18 2011 With gas prices gorging our pocket books it’s no surprise that many of us are canceling our spring break road trips and opting instead to spend “quality” time relaxing at home instead. Thing is, there are several steps you could be taking to actually save gas and money and still get out of town! Save green and be green by test-driving these tips... + READ MORE

Was Home Ownership Overrated? Is Renting Better? By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 3 2010 The American Dream has always been to own a house. Everybody wanted it; The government subsidized it. But was is such a good idea then, and is it now? + READ MORE

The Business of Sharing By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 21 2010 What do you do when you are green, broke and connected? According to the Economist magazine, you share. Good advice. + READ MORE

How To Separate Clutter From Stuff You Need By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 14 2010 If you have too much stuff, here are some guidelines to figure out what's a keeper and what's just clutter. + READ MORE

5 Ways To Lighten Your Load And Live As If You're On The Road By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Sep 1 2010 Tips from Apartment Therapy are worth a look. But could you live with so little? + READ MORE

A Story of Too Much Stuff By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Aug 11 2010 Tammy Stroebel gave away most of her stuff, got rid of her cars, switched to a job that she loves but pays a lot less and says she is much happier. Could you do it? + READ MORE

The Minimalist Workday: 50 Strategies for Working Less By Lloyd Alter IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 4 2010 Everett Bogue says you can get by while working only 2 hours a day, and has written a book explaining how. Spoiler: Given his lifestyle, he doesn't need to earn very much. + READ MORE

10 Ways to Keep Cool Without Air Conditioning: A Planet Green Roundup By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jun 30 2010 A roundup of posts from Planet Green and TreeHugger about keeping cool without air conditioning + READ MORE

Living A Minimalist Lifestyle: Tips From Everett Bogue By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Jun 24 2010 Everett Bogue on living a minimalist lifestyle + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: More Cheap Ways To Stay Cool This Summer By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jun 10 2010 There are so many ways to beat the heat without resorting to the AC. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: Real Minimalism is not just a Pretty Façade By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jun 3 2010 Minimalism isn't about stuffing things in closets, it's about having less stuff. + READ MORE

Never Own Anything Again, Thanks to Thingloop By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport May 9 2010 While websites like FreeCycle and Craigslist keep things in the consumer stream by letting people resell or trade for free, there are other websites that take it a step further, allowing you to rent or borrow, rather than own. + READ MORE

Could You Live On A Food Bank Diet? By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Apr 16 2010 The Stop Community Food Centre thinks people should know how hard it is to live on welfare and in poverty. Many have to rely on food banks to survive. As part of its "Do the Math"campaign to demonstrate that social assistance rates just doesn't provide enough to live a healthy, dignified life, they convinced a number of prominent people, who are used to eating well, to survive for a week on a typical food bank diet. + READ MORE

Seth Godin, Steve Mouzon and Thorstein Veblen on Conspicuous Consumption By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 13 2010 We may start thinking of furniture the way we think about food: we will want to know the provenance of the wood, the treatment of the forests, did the carpenters get paid a living wage. We will want to look the cabinetmaker in the eye the way we do with our farmer at the farmers market. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: The Price of Convenience By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 12 2010 We're a society of conveniences, more than anything else. But at what price? Leo Babauta looks at the question. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: Bruce Sterling's Four Categories of Stuff By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 12 2010 We often talk about how the key to frugal green living is to simply use less of everything, that we consume too much stuff, too much space and too much money paying for it all. Bruce Sterling shows us how to get there. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: Shop Like A European (Or Like Kelly) By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 24 2010 Most frugal websites recommend making a careful list of what you need, buying in bulk and using your freezer; We shop daily, locally, find what is fresh. And we are not alone. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: No Doz is NOT a Substitute for Coffee. By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2010 Being frugal is great, but you can go too far. Telling people that they can save money by downing NoDoz instead of coffee is bad advice. + READ MORE