Three new articles

Three new articles of mine have popped up in the past week — two on Money Crashers and one at Perch Energy. Two of them fall squarely in the realm of ecofrugality, and the third is only loosely related, but still interesting.

Let's start with the Perch Energy piece: Pros & Cons of Renewable Energy: Advantages Over Fossil Fuels. Anyone who reads this blog knows that renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydropower have many advantages over fossil fuels. They’re cheaper, they’re greener, and they’ll never run out. Transitioning from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewable energy is essential to stopping climate change and building a sustainable future. 

But to meet this goal, there are certain challenges we need to overcome. In this article, I outline the most common renewable energy sources in use today, as well as others that show promise for the future, and explore their pros and cons. I conclude with some practical tips (again, probably already familiar to regular readers) on how to be a part of the clean energy future.

Moving on to the Money Crashers articles, the one more directly related to ecofrugality is Buy Nothing Project – What It Is, Rules, How to Start and Participate in One. The Buy Nothing Project is a lot like Freecycle, but with a different platform and different rules about who can share what with whom. And the nice thing is, there's no reason you can't be a member of both. Check out the article to learn how the Buy Nothing Project was founded, how it works, and how to try it for yourself. 

The other Money Crashers piece is Market Economy – What It Is & Characteristics of Free Enterprise Systems. It's not related to ecofrugality as such, but it does provide context for the system within which we make our ecofrugal choices, and how it can work for and against us. It's a basic primer on how markets work, what they do well, what they do poorly, and how they compare to the alternatives.