Three Easy Ways to Save Money and Trees!

Short on Cash? Three Ways to Trash Fewer Trees and Save Money!

Updated Feb.1,2024. 23 Shevat 5784

There is a First Nations saying that is very true- take care of the earth and it will take care of you. Last week was the 15th of Shevat also known as Tu BiShvat. TuBiShvat is known as the New Year for Trees, when many Torah observant families around the world plant trees and celebrate with gratitude the wonderful foods that come from trees. I had intended to try to plant some fruit trees from seeds I had saved, but I was under the weather.

So this is abit of a late Tu BiShvat post dedicated to trees.

 I have been through some pretty tough times, over the past few years, just like some of you, and I have discovered that there are all kinds of things that I previously bought that I thought were absolute necessities, but I was able to cut out. This post has three things I used to buy a lot more and had to stop buying out of necessity. Not buying these things may have cut down on the number of trees being forested too. Perhaps you will look at my list and think- oh, this is nothing new, I did that ages ago. On the other hand , you may think- man , I think she may have gone over the brink!

This post also has a bit of a bonus too - an online daily habit I've changed that has helped me easily plant a few trees. Now - THAT might be new to you! 

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Save Money By Saving Trees These Three Ways

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Using Smaller Appliances May Make You Greener!

 Smaller Appliances May Decrease Electricity Costs

When I was in Germany, I was very surprised to see the family I stayed with only used a very small bar fridge. At the time I had never seen one used outside a hotel room before. Since that time, I have found in frosty climes that at times I needed no refrigerator or freezer at all in the Spring, Winter, and Fall..

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Conservation Events Highlighting Indigenous Stewardship

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Indigenous Conservation has too long been ignored. The colonialist attitudes have been given too much latitude so now it's time for a change of attitude! This post will host information and links to First Nations land stewardship conversations about conservation. Do you have any info on Indigenous land stewardship? Please pop a note in the comments below.

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Starving musician? Cash-strapped choir director? Need sheet music, but your pockets are empty? Here are some resources that you might find useful. Do you know of any other free sheet music resources? Please pop a note in the comments below.

Save Green through Fabric Upcycling!

 Fabric Upcycling More Than Quilting!

Each year tonnes of fabric are thrown into landfills. How do you reuse fabric? Do you quilt or upcycle fabrics?  Please drop a note in the comments below and share how you use fabric that would have been tossed to make a new creation.

Quilted Goose Image by VictorianLady from Pixabay

This post is about reusing leftover pieces of material- that would have been scrapped to make something new. 

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