Ecofrugal Living

For a few years now, I've been buying organic, Fair Trade certified coffee in bulk from a supplier in Massachusetts called Dean's Be...

The Washington Post has an article today about a subject that's long been a pet peeve of mine: "Christmas creep." This phrase...

Recently, the blog at GreenAmerica.org ran an entry about the evils of plastic. Most of it was stuff we've all heard before—it's ub...

The latest batch of supermarket fliers to arrive at my door included one from A&P that prominently advertised frozen whole turkey at an...

The latest Dollar Stretcher newsletter had a story in it I thought might be appealing to parents who read this blog: " A Frugal Money L...

This weekend we went to visit a friend whose house has lots of what can only be called "character." I mean this in both the best a...

If the beginning of spring—or at least the beginning of the end of winter—is marked by First Washday , then I guess we've just hit its c...