Frugal Living Benefits Our Planet Too

Frugal living can also be about living a life that makes your impact on the natural resources of our world as minimal as possible. By reducing consumption of goods, you reduce the materials taken from the planet to produce such goods, the oil used to transport those goods and the impact of disposing of products when they are no longer needed or have been used. When you switch to using low energy light bulbs or using alternative forms of transport you can help to reduce the energy consumption that causes climate change and of course you are saving money too!

Cut Transport Costs and Use a Bicycle

Cut transport costs easily and use a bicycle! Yes, sounds obvious but you can significantly reduce your outgoings by choosing a bike over buying bus tickets or using a car that costs money in petrol, insurance, tax and maintenance. As more and more towns and cities around the world become increasingly bike friendly, use this as a way to reduce costs and keep healthy.

Are Energy Saving Light Bulbs... Really Energy Saving?

This question came up at my work. The initial answer was,,, well obviously, they use less energy than standard light bulbs, that's the whole point of them. Then the following was said... standard light bulbs give off a LOT of heat into the room they are in, energy saving light bulbs do not give off heat. Using energy saving light bulbs may well mean that central heating is turned up (to keep the room warm). The increase in energy used (and increased cost) of turning central heating up may mean that in fact MORE energy is consumed (and money spent) by using energy saving light bulbs than by using standard light bulbs, that give out both light and heat.
What do you think?

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Basic Savings

OK... this may be obvious to many people, but I reckon in life it's best not to assume anything.

Here is a simple way to save money quickly...

Use supermarket carrier bags as rubbish bags (therefore you spend no cash on rubbish bags and the carrier bags have a double use, saving the earth's resources).

This may be a small saving, however small savings (like the ones you can read about on this website) soon add up to one big saving...and this means extra cash in your pocket, without extra working hours.