My Two Dollars » environment http://www.mytwodollars.com A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Carbon Monoxide Detector – A $30 Investment to Save Your Lifehttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/07/25/carbon-monoxide-detector-reviews/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/07/25/carbon-monoxide-detector-reviews/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2706 A few weeks ago I was reading an older article about a family killed in their sleep by carbon monoxide poisoning. Just like that, a family was wiped out overnight because of a silent killer in their home, one that could be present in any of our homes at any given moment. Without a carbon [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/07/25/carbon-monoxide-detector-reviews/feed/ 0 10 Ways For How to Save Money on Utility Billshttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/02/14/how-to-save-money-on-utilities/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/02/14/how-to-save-money-on-utilities/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:03:16 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2634 As I mentioned in a recent post I have moved back to California for at least a little while. Not sure how long, but will be here at least until the end of the lease on this house. That being said, renting a house to live in here in California costs a lot more than [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2011/02/14/how-to-save-money-on-utilities/feed/ 6 How to Make Money Recycling Paper, Plastic, Cans & Scrap Metalhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/12/06/how-to-make-money-recycling-paper-plastic-cans-scrap-metal/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/12/06/how-to-make-money-recycling-paper-plastic-cans-scrap-metal/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:30:27 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2594 Looking for a little extra income? Willing to put in quite a lot of work for a potentially small payday? Start recycling items for cash. While the most common (and most-well known) way to recycle for money is by turning in aluminum beer and soda cans or plastic water bottles, there are actually a bunch [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2010/12/06/how-to-make-money-recycling-paper-plastic-cans-scrap-metal/feed/ 3 8 Green Cleaning Tips To Save Money & The Planet.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/03/09/8-green-cleaning-tips-to-save-money-the-planet/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/03/09/8-green-cleaning-tips-to-save-money-the-planet/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:00:48 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1953 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 bottles perceived [...]

8 Green Cleaning Tips To Save Money & The Planet. is an article from My Two Dollars

No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/03/09/8-green-cleaning-tips-to-save-money-the-planet/feed/ 6 13 Ways To Save Money And Go Green.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/08/19/13-ways-to-save-money-and-go-green/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/08/19/13-ways-to-save-money-and-go-green/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:56 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1609 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 [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/08/19/13-ways-to-save-money-and-go-green/feed/ 36 Get Paid To Recycle Your Old E-Waste.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/05/30/get-paid-to-recycle-your-old-e-waste/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/05/30/get-paid-to-recycle-your-old-e-waste/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:12 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1520 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 [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/05/30/get-paid-to-recycle-your-old-e-waste/feed/ 6 Happy Earth Day 2008 – Green Linkage For Today.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/04/22/happy-earth-day-2008-green-linkage-for-today/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/04/22/happy-earth-day-2008-green-linkage-for-today/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:00:35 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=1450 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 always check [...]

Happy Earth Day 2008 – Green Linkage For Today. is an article from My Two Dollars

No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/04/22/happy-earth-day-2008-green-linkage-for-today/feed/ 1 Five Inexpensive Things You Can Buy Today That Will Help The Environment.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/14/five-inexpensive-things-you-can-buy-today-that-will-help-the-environment/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/14/five-inexpensive-things-you-can-buy-today-that-will-help-the-environment/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:23:22 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/14/five-inexpensive-things-you-can-buy-today-that-will-help-the-environment/ 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 can [...]

Five Inexpensive Things You Can Buy Today That Will Help The Environment. is an article from My Two Dollars

No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/14/five-inexpensive-things-you-can-buy-today-that-will-help-the-environment/feed/ 16 Blog Action Day Roundup – Easy Green Hints All In One Place.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/16/blog-action-day-roundup-easy-green-hints-all-in-one-place/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/16/blog-action-day-roundup-easy-green-hints-all-in-one-place/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:24:57 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/16/blog-action-day-roundup-easy-green-hints-all-in-one-place/ 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 Environment @ Being [...]

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No related posts.]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/16/blog-action-day-roundup-easy-green-hints-all-in-one-place/feed/ 1 Blog Action Day – One Day To Discuss The Environment.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-one-day-to-discuss-the-environment/ http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-one-day-to-discuss-the-environment/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:30:07 +0000 David http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/10/15/blog-action-day-one-day-to-discuss-the-environment/ 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 Resources [...]

Blog Action Day – One Day To Discuss The Environment. is an article from My Two Dollars

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