Ecofrugal Living

One problem we frugal folks often struggle with is being dismissed as "cheapskates" or "stingy." Cracks like these can r...

I'd like to start off with an apology: this post is going to be a bit off-topic. It's not directly related to ecofrugality, though i...

Normally, I believe in the principle that good fences make good neighbors. Take the case of our resident groundhog, for instance. Back when ...

The latest issue of the InBalance newsletter from the Center for a New American Dream contained several articles that tie in with with topi...

This just in: since my last post about the difficulty of finding more sustainable treats for Halloween, I have received word that Hershey h...

September is drawing to a close, and that means that stores are beginning to gear up for Halloween, with prominently placed displays of cand...

So, for the past year or so I've been boycotting Hershey's chocolate because of its use of forced and child labor on cocoa plantatio...

Well, it's official: I don't hate Bill Gates anymore. I was already on the fence about him, because on the one hand, he turned Win...

A recent article in the Dollar Stretcher newsletter about " Frugal Ethics " inspired me to resurrect the "Tightwad Ethics Qu...

First of all, apologies for the lack of posts this week. I've been rushing to try and get ten pieces published at Associated Content be...