Welcome to the fifteenth edition of Tips for Green Living! We have so many good submissions, so let’s get started!.

dining & entertaining

Sam over at Best Cheap Weddings shares some ways to save cash and the planet with the post Best Cheap Green Weddings. Romance and Memories on a Green Budget. I am all for the “recycled” estate diamond ring! (Remember that, Mr. Green Your Apartment!)

MyMaria makes the case that “consistent menu planning means my family wastes less food, eats at home much more often and saves both money and gas in …

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of Tips for Green Living! We have so many good submissions, so let’s get started!
dining & entertaining

Surbhi Bhatia talks about how to Dispose Mind Waste, Not Food posted at The Viewspaper.

for the greenhorns

You more East Coasters – winter has been pretty harsh for you this year. So Guffly shares How to Stay Warm This Winter the Eco-Friendly Way posted at Guffly.

Gracyqueen presents 50 Big Ways that Schools Are Going Green posted at Associate Degree – Facts and Information.

Luke Spencer wants to demystify your electric bill …

Late? Yes. Unfortunately, allergies have been running amok with all this rain at the Green Apartment so last week was awful and this week was catch-up. Oh the joy!
But, I do have a fabulous carnival for you!
dining & entertaining
Mrs. Green presents Price vs principles – 6 tips for eating organic on a budget posted at Little Green Blog. It’s funny, I already implement a lot of these tips but I just can’t find a co-op we’d really benefit from yet. Ideas?
Mrs. Green also gives us another post, 11 reuse ideas …

We wrote about the chemicals in your beauty products and why reusable shopping bags are the way to go. See the post for the goods!

When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter two years ago, I made my green stance clear that I wanted to do cloth diapering. Little did I know the commotion this would cause. My mother, normally a calm and composed woman, looked at me with panic in her eyes.
“You want to WHAT?”
Immediately she set to discouraging me. “The endless laundry!” she exclaimed. I shrugged it off and said I’d be home with the baby anyway. “But the cost!” I explained I had calculated it out and figured it …

Does it matter if the scientists and liberal media et alii are wrong and the climate is just doing its thing? What would be wrong with conserving your (I’m assuming) hard earned money and the resources we have? Abundant or otherwise, shouldn’t we wisely use as little as comfortably possible so we do not tax our resources unnecessarily and spend more of our personal resources (time, money, energy) than necessary to live a comfortable life?

Many apologies to my fair readers: after an unexpected illness (aren’t they all?!) and the craziness of the holidays, things got out of hand. But I’m back, we’re here and the carnival is back on schedule!
for the greenhorns

Autumn Beck presents New to Cloth Diapers? Part 1 posted at All About Cloth Diapers. Such a great post, especially since there are so many options now!

Heaven forbid we be left out of the iPhone obsession: Gracie Turner presents 100 Best iPhone Apps for Students Going Green posted at Online Courses.org.

jerklogic presents …

No one really knows how to talk about toilet paper. Those of us in the modern world think of this as a simple necessity while many of those around the world do not have such a luxury (ever wonder why you’re not supposed to shake with a certain hand in some countries?). But why spend lots of money that you are just, er, flushing down the drain anyway?
Well, recycled toilet paper to the rescue! What a great idea! Recycle all the paper we use anyway and recycle it into something …

Welcome to the November 9, 2009 edition of tips for green living. We have some great submissions that I hope you’ll enjoy!
for the newbies

Condo Blues gives us 8 Steps to Reducing Household Trash posted at Condo Blues.

Chris presents Green homes explained posted at Home I Own. While a little out of our usual prospect, I did find Australia’s take on greening homes fascinating and thought it was too interesting not to share.

June Tree talks about Green Living: Ways To Recycle And Buy Used posted at The Digerati Life. Always a …

Once upon an early-90s jingle, kids were taught to “Reduce, reuse, recycle and don’t pollute!” by a singing cartoon. It was cute and kind of clever, but it may not have quite hit the message home. What that catchy tune didn’t explain was the importance of doing things in that order – reduce, reuse and then recycle.

But why that order?