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Author: Mary Hunt 

Money in the Bank Is the Reward for Frugality

Frugality is a state of mind, an attitude you choose for a way of life that is rewarding. Every day my mailbox fills with frugal tips from my loyal readers. Some make me laugh; others leave me wondering why I didn’t think of that. Still others have become such a common way of life for me, I’m grateful to have been reminded of what a great frugal idea it is. Enjoy this recent sampling.”“Living frugally does not mean choosing a life of poverty. Frugality is simply the act of avoiding waste. It means finding the most economical way to accomplish a task or project. Frugality doesn’t mean giving up, it means living better because when you have all that you need plus money in the bank, life becomes much easier.

You can pick up a copy of Mary’s book, “7 Money Rules for Life” at the FullCircles Bookstore.

…some of the ways you could be squandering serious money on your kids.

via You’re wasting money on your kids – Yahoo! Finance UK.

This is a jolting wake up call.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention on your Facebook Page, Manuel Costa.

Eric
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Every little bit doesn’t really help

By Marq De Villiers, Ottawa Citizen May 25, 2011

Every little bit helps, no?”

Well, no.

The notion that “every little bit helps” is just a comforting illusion.

One of the main dissonances in the climate change debate, on the increasingly rare occasions we are now having a debate at all, is that between the cheerfully mundane remedies pressed on us all, and the sheer scale of the problem to hand: if we all did a little, such as cutting back on standby power, using a clothesline instead of a dryer and so forth, the cumulative effect will add up to a lot, won’t it? But this is, to use a cheerful quote from Cambridge physicist David MacKay, “crazy innumerate codswallop.”\

Read more: Every little bit doesn’t really help.

File:Make this bag last.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The promotion of waste minimization has existed for decades, as evidenced by this paper department store bag which urged shoppers to reuse their bags as part of the World War IIwar effort

Featured on CBC radio 1 overnight this morning…  Rubbish sorting robots.

ZenRobotics robot recyclers go for green in the CleanTech Open | VentureBeat

For such an essential part of the green economy, recycling remains a dirty, messy business. Enter ZenRobotics, which adds artificial intelligence to industrial robots to enable them to recycle construction waste. The companyrecently won Finland’s CleanTech Open competition and will represent the country at this week’s Cleantech Open Global Ideas Final.

Here’s a follow up idea for repurposing and reusing discarded wooden pallets.  This is an idea we first came across 5 years ago in 2006.   We posted the idea as an “OFFER” on FullCircles Ottawa – OFFER: FREE Compost bins (some assembly required) – Tunney’s Pasture.  VERY appropriate this time of year when yard clean up is underway, and compost season is just starting!

Thanks for the prompt, Sara!

Eric Snyder
Team FCO
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Wooden Pallet Compost Bin

A very inexpensive compost bin can be made using wooden pallets. These bins cost almost nothing and you divert pallets that might otherwise end up in the landfill. This design includes a removable front to make it easy to turn the compost.

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