Next time you visit a grocery store, take a look at just how many different cleaning products are on the shelves. It seems these days there’s a different chemical concoction for every household chore, from cleaning the windows to the oven. The average household probably has an entire cupboard full of sprays and [...]
We all read about ways that an individual can help the environment; buying carbon offsets, purchasing a hybrid car, driving less, recycling cans and bottles, etc.. But there are many more ways that little changes in your every day life can affect the big picture if more of us started doing them. I am going [...]
If you happen to have old desktops, cell phones, flat panel monitors or laptops, you can now recycle them, and possibly even get paid for doing so. This website I found called My Boneyard is a licensed electronics recycler and markets itself as “The Simple, Safe and Smart Way To Recycle Electronics”.
They not only [...]
Today marks the 38th anniversary of Earth Day – it seems a far cry from the days of just hippies caring for the earth! To help celebrate the day, here are some posts I have written in the past here on My Two Dollars regarding “being green” and the environment, and you can [...]
Aside from the fact that consuming a lot of goods is bad for the environment, there are necessities in life that we do have to buy quite often. And if you are going to be buying them anyway, why not buy the “green” version of the things you buy most often? Since going green [...]
Yesterday this blog (and oh, 14,000 other ones) took part in Blog Action Day and here are the different posts from within the M-Network of Personal Finance Bloggers. Be sure to check them out, for both their environmental green and their money green!
* Blog Action Day – Being Frugal and the [...]
In case you did not notice around the rest of the internet, today is Blog Action Day, where bloggers and websites from around the world have agreed to discuss one topic – the environment. So in honor of this day, I am going to donate all proceeds that my blogs make to the Natural [...]
Each day in the U.S. alone, approximately 400,000 cell phones are discarded…thats about 146 million per year. Each one of these cell phones contain trace amounts of lead, mercury, and beryllium, to name a few toxic chemicals. Add to those numbers the amount of televisions, radios, home phones, computers, etc. that also get [...]
Ahhh decisions, decisions. Here we are, 2 weeks after getting back from our vacation, pondering quite deeply a move to Taos, New Mexico. We cannot seem to get it out of our heads! The scenery is beautiful, the air is clean, the people are great, and the real estate is reasonable. Oh, [...]
This actually is about something you can buy that will save you money the first day you start using it and you never have to worry about it again. It could possibly cut your electric bill by quite a bit of money while at the same time help curb global warming. What could it possibly [...]
I just finished reading a great post this morning at The Simple Dollar that is all about installing a wind turbine to cover your electricity needs. The Simple Dollar covers what wind turbines do, the estimated costs for installation, how much wind you probably need in order for it to be effective, and how much [...]
So, as mentioned in multiple posts in the past, we were contemplating getting rid of one of our cars because I work from home and barely ever need a car to get around. Well, today is Day #1 of me not having a car at all, and so far so good. (Yea, I know, [...]
Well, it finally happened….2006 has ended and it’s time to begin again. Just as a recap for the beginning of the New Year, I looked back through my archives to when I began and picked out a few of my favorite posts for those of you who are just starting to read this site now [...]
According to ENN, airlines do not recycle aluminum cans or paper or plastic from their flights. Jeez…thats just scary. Is that why its so expensive to fly? Want to see some numbers on how much waste is throw away and how much money they are wasting?
“-discarding 4,250 tons of aluminum cans and other items [...]
For those of you in the Los Angeles area, this weekend could be the weekend where you learn everything there is to know about alternative fuel cars! If you have any questions or are curious about the possible money saving ideas that alternative cars have to offer, this is the place to come. At [...]
