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Green²: Frugality Buys You Two for One

Today, many of our efforts to use and consume less start with a goal of saving money. But whatever your initial reason for trying to do more with less, you’ve probably come to realize that frugality and conservation are joined at the hip. Frugality as a money choice means that you try to get the […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

Zero Waste Movement

One of the side benefits to spending less money is a reduction of waste. Every time you make a decision to reuse or recycle something, you not only save $$, you also keep that “something” from going to the landfill. A national movement promoting waste reduction is called the Zero Waste Movement. The concept of […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.ecocycle.org/zerowaste

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