Vermont has beat out Oregon in becoming the first state to allow people creating their own renewable energy to be paid competitive rates for the energy they are putting into the grid. Vermont’s feed-in tariff legislation passed May 27, 2009, and is a breakthrough in the energy world, which has been dominated by large utilities [...]
Entries Tagged as 'thrift'
Getting Paid For Home-Grown Renewable Energy
June 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · energy, lifestyle, sustainability, work
Tags: green living·Oregon·renewable energy·technology·thrift
Saving Up To $12,384/Year Via Vanpooling
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, energy, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation
Watching General Motors going through its tortured downsizing, bankruptcy and reinvention of itself makes me think of how bloated our relationship to cars here in the U.S. has been for decades. (And I wish with all my heart that every laid-off employee will find a new job soon.) What all of us need and have [...]
Tags: carpooling·cars·General Motors·green living·happiness·Oregon·thrift·vanpooling
Conscious Frugality by Katy Wolk-Stanley
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · money, simplicity
The other week I had the pleasure of taking Katy Wolk-Stanley of The Non-Consumer Advocate, out for coffee. She lives in Portland, Oregon like me; we’re even both in Southeast! We talked about our shared passions for blogging and reducing consumption, and we decided to do guest posts for each other. Here is Katy writing: [...]
Tags: consumption·frugality·green living·Katy Wolk-Stanley·The Compact·thrift
Good Potluck Dish: Curried Tuna Salad
May 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · food & drink
I like potlucks (community! sociability!) but have little time to cook, between my long commute, full-time job and my blog. And I feel, like, so tacky if I bring chips and salsa when everyone else has managed to make some real food. Hence my invention of curried tuna salad, which I made last night for [...]
Tags: cooking·fun·potlucks·thrift·tuna salad
The Best $400 We Spent This Month
April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, money, transportation
It’s the last day of the month, a good day to look at household finances and where money was well spent and less well spent. You know me; I embrace thrift. I continued my theme of drinking less alcohol, including in social settings where ‘everyone’ is drinking, and it’s been wonderful. It saves money but [...]
Tags: alcohol·bicycling·Fred Meyer·Oregon·relationships·Somalia·technology·thrift
