Posts Tagged ‘money’

Saving Green by being ‘Green’

// July 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // Life

An article I read on Cookie has some great tips on saving money while living green.  Your kids model their conservation habits after yours, so when you make an effort, the whole family does.  The article included a great chart outlining things you can do to live eco-friendly while saving money at the same time.  These little changes don’t add up to much savings by themselves, but when you implement all of them you can have a nice little yearly savings account.

Energy Savings Chart from cookiemag.com

These six actions are ones that most of us probably do already, but it is nice to see what kind of sizable impact such simple choices can have. “And for those of us who haven’t tried them yet, putting these six ideas into practice may leave you feeling virtuous and just a bit thrifty, always a good combination.”

Click here to download a printable PDF of the chart.

My Two Cents

// May 7th, 2008 // No Comments » // Life

I just came across this article from the Associated Press on the CNN website this morning.

Skyrocketing prices for copper, zinc and nickel has Congress trying to bring back the steel-made pennies of World War II and maybe using steel for nickels, as well. Copper and nickel prices have tripled since 2003 and the price of zinc has quadrupled.

It costs 1.26 cents to make a penny, and to make a nickel…7.7 cents! This can’t be good. Times are tough right now.

Pennies, nickels cost more to make than they are worth

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