Better Me, Better World

Have joined the ranks of the unemployed--by choice. Anxious to craft a life full of meaning. Need to review the Ben Franklin tenets & go...

oh, boy, I think I've hit the motherlode! How could I ever have neglected my crockpot...especially when it comes to saving time and mone...

Maybe you already knew this, but I just found out that you can get a reusable coffee filter for 10-12 cup coffemakers. Imagine not having to...

If you knew that you were going to lose your job in the next month...even six months, what could you do without in order to save some $$ bet...

It's a constant struggle to stay focused on simple living, on consuming less while enjoying life's simpler pleasures more. I vow to ...

From Sunday's appetizer to another night's meal, I filled leftover baked potato skins with bacon/cream cheese/horseradish dip for a ...

I accepted the challenge of http://www.dothegreenthing.com/ to take shorter showers, which has become sort of a test of my mettle. Can I we...

Less consumption - less waste. Better for my wallet BUT ALSO better for our planet. For yet another reason to buy less, read "Spending ...

The less we can spend on the things that are of no lasting value, the more money we have to spend on things that are important to us. What w...

In the book Microtrends , author Mark Penn contends that it would take only 1 percent of people committed to a single idea to change the wo...

The last green peppers and tomatoes from the garden filled two large grocery sacks. After keeping a few for our use, I took the lot to my fo...

I can still picture Elaine on Seinfield going on and on about BIG SALAD. Folks seem willing to pay big bucks for those big salads, because t...

I have decided to dedicate this site to the frugality aspect of good ole Ben Franklin's virtues, so here goes: The No Impact Man websi...

I offer the following website in keeping with Ben Franklin's "RESOLUTION.Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail wh...

Fall 2002 Issue: Living Economies YES! But How? –Repost of article by Anna McClain: Anna McClain - I am stymied by the new-age-old quest...

Ben Franklin had a pretty good PLAN; I keep thinking I need to incorporate some of his, copied here without changes to original spellings:1....