cheap and green

I live in south carolina and we are experiencing a 10 year drought with small amounts of rain every now and then.  We have had to start regulating or water usages.  No washing cars or watering lawns, which is fine by me I don't like washing my car and I live in the middle of a pasture, my lawn gets bush-hogged not mowed so no watering there. I say all this to say that I have had to revert to doing a navy shower.  Get wet, cut off water, soap up, and rinse.  Quick and less water used.  Our water usage has gone down a good bit doing this and the bill is coming down too.

Green is becoming so popular now.  I was green many years ago and we were called hippies not eviromentalist.  I grew up with carpooling and recycling and reusing.  Not only because it was good for the environment, but because we were poor.  My parents grew up during the depression, got into the groove with the hippie movement, and raised my sisters and I to love the land, save what we can, and do it as cheap as we can.

Being green can be the ultimate in frugal.  I like to read Pam's Pennypinching blog because she is green.  She buys vintage (with style of course) and she keeps things out of landfills by reusing and repurposing.  That is awesome.

I used to drive to work, back home for lunch, back to work, then home again in the evening.  That wasted so much gas.  I live less than 5 miles from work.  I realized that 1. I was hurting the environment and 2. I was spending a lot of money on gas.  I now stay at work during lunch.  I also do not drive my car on Sundays.  I have cut my gas bill from $120 per month to $90.  I did a green thing by reducing my carbon footprint and I put more green in my pocket.

See how you can reduce waste and increase cash.

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