Articles tagged “Money”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

A Cow is the Greenest Gift of All By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 12 2008 Ed says that he tries to 'live simply so that others can simply live.' The nonprofit charitable organization Heifer International has an interesting twist on Ed's idea: give simply so that others can simply live. + READ MORE

Annabelle Says: Compost! By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Jun 12 2008 Style over Substance or as I call it: Rebel with a Cause For me, one of the big achievements in working with Dean and James, was that I successfully resisted the temptation to make a James Dean joke. Compost this!... + READ MORE

Scoot on a Scooter! By Leslie Billera IN Tech & Transport Jun 12 2008 David Newsom got behind the wheel of a high-performance electric car in a recent G Word episode... but unfortunately, not all of us are able to invest in this astounding car of the future. Want something a little more wallet-friendly? Motor scooters are a hot emerging marketplace in the U.S. + READ MORE

Don't Pay the Idiot Tax By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jun 10 2008 The idiot tax is being paid by everyone who traded a little more green space for a longer commute, a few more cupholders and a little more convenience for much poorer gas mileage, all the choices that so many people have made when the price of fuel was not a consideration. + READ MORE

How to Choose an Eco Friendly Wine By Team Planet Green IN G Word Jun 10 2008 By Leslie Billera With all the talk of earthy, organic mushrooms on G Word recently, my mind turned to a recent conversation launched by an eco-cynic about organic wine the other night. "All wine is organic," an eco-cynic friend said... + READ MORE

With This Green, I Thee Wed By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 10 2008 When Rachelle married Ed, she didn't know she was promising herself to not only the wedded life but also the green life. There are earth-friendly wedding dresses, organically grown flowers, recycled-paper invitations, green gift registries, and the list goes on. + READ MORE

How Environmentally Friendly Homes Are Also Economically Friendly By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 There's a rumor going around that needs to be uprooted: ECO-friendly homes cost more money. This is just absolutely false. Sure, purchasing Leonardo DiCaprio's pad that was featured on Hollywood Green would set you back some cash, but there are many ways in which an eco-friendly home can actually save you money. + READ MORE

Electric Vehicles: To Drive or Not to Drive? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008 Many of us here know of the benefits of driving an electric vehicle, but for every one of us green folk, there is a gray skeptic that can name just as many reasons not to drive one, as there is to drive one. + READ MORE

Taxi Cabs are Yellow, but not Green By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008 80% of New York City residents do not own personal vehicles. No other city in the USA even comes close to being this green when it comes to car-free living. But even a non-car owner living in NYC can still make bad transportation choices as demonstrated in Wa$ted. + READ MORE

Introducing David Bach of Finish Rich Media By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 David Bach, author of Go Green Green, Live Rich and eight other financial books on why going green is good for your health, wealth, and the planet.The surprising message of my latest book, Go Green, Live Rich is that there are tremendous financial benefits when you consciously choose to live a more environmentally... + READ MORE

Sealing Your Thermal Envelope By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 On Renovation Nation, much ado has been made about creating a thermal envelope. From Philadelphia to Seattle, eco-friendly home renovators have been reconstructing their homes with energy efficiency in mind. + READ MORE

Save Money?and Your Health?by Going Green By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2008 David Bach is the author of Go Green, Live Rich and a guest contributor to Planet Green.Yet for $20, you can replace every cleaning product in your house with a safer, non-toxic, biodegradable homemade version using common ingredients like baking soda, club soda, vinegar and salt! + READ MORE

Some Organic Food Is Cheaper Than Regular By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 5 2008 David Bach is the author of Go Green, Live Rich and a guest contributor to Planet Green.We went comparison shopping and found that while it's still true that organic fruits and vegetables generally cost more than their pesticide-sprayed counterparts, there are many examples where the organic version actually saves you... + READ MORE

Take the Pledge to Wash in Cold Water and Get a Free Book By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2008 Pressing the "cold/cold" button on your washing machine is a great way to save energy, money, and carbon emissions, but it can also get you a free book! Take the "Get Out of Hot Water" pledge, and learn how to clean up your act, in a green way, in the process. + READ MORE

Launching Your Own Eco Line Online By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 5 2008 Every day, it seems as though more people - celebrities included, as we see on Hollywood Green, are finding ways to do their part with helping to better our environment. In order to make your products fully eco friendly, make sure you evaluate every component involved that you can. + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Jun 3 2008 Tell us; would having more money make you happier? Share photos of your garden; win a giftcard to the Discovery store! Buy Pop something green using TreeHugger's Father's Day Gift Guide. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

But I'd Rather Spend Green By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 2 2008 Bill Nye suggests you vote with your wallet as an eco-smart grocery shopper. However, not every supermarket stocks the environmentally friendly items--like shade-grown coffee and grass-fed beef--that Nye recommends. Here are some action steps for getting stores in your area to carry green items. + READ MORE

Greensburg Families By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Jun 2 2008 THE BROWNS Marilyn and Robin Brown and their daughter, Kodi Lynn, live in a FEMA trailer and are in the process of rebuilding their home green. Marilyn works in the county appraiser's office. The family is having financial issues with... + READ MORE

The Link Between Frugality and Environmentalism By Michael Graham Richard IN Home & Garden May 29 2008 There is a whole sub-culture within the personal finance world that is dedicated to frugal living (reducing your living expenses), and a lot of what we talk about here on Planet Green fits within that tradition. Lets look at what is the link between Frugality and Green. + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Veggies By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 29 2008 My mother raised me to think for myself, and to live my life the way I wanted to and ignore what other people were doing and the trends they followed. But now I have a confession to make: I bought some vegetables to grow in my garden, even though everyone is doing it. + READ MORE