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26 Green Websites that Save You Money

Posted August 26, 2009 - 11:00 by Elizabeth Sanberg

Green Living

Green Websites

There are countless green websites on the internet today, ranging from tips about green parenting to business ideas for eco entrepreneurship. But, what if you're looking for ways to save and even make money by going green? These websites will show you how to get free (used) stuff, save on travel, reduce electric bills, and more.

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10 Tricks to Save Money with Credit Cards

Posted August 24, 2009 - 06:11 by Silicon Valley Blogger

Credit Cards

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The most credit savvy among us have been able to use credit cards to their benefit in order to wisely and optimally save money even while charging on their cards. If you are careful about how you use your credit cards, you may actually come out ahead by using them. So what are some of the things we can do to get the most out of our credit cards?

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Best of Personal Finance: Go Forth and Save Edition

Posted June 12, 2009 - 16:25 by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

This week, we look at way to prevent identity theft (do they work?), saving money on utilities with rain barrels, saving money on meds, how to prep for job interviews whenever the economy recovers, how to buy a used car, and more.

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Lower Your Credit Card Interest Rate and Reduce Your Phone Bill, Immediately and Easily

Posted February 2, 2009 - 13:11 by Nora Dunn

Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Shopping, Lifestyle, Budgeting, Credit Cards, Consumer Affairs

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Are your credit card interest rates getting to you? Are those monthly cell phone bills a pain in the wallet? How about cable TV? Internet? Even the power bill? Would you like to reduce these charges without the hassle of changing suppliers? Read on, my frugal friend.

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Biggest Money Saving Tip: Move Far Away from the Joneses

Posted July 5, 2008 - 14:44 by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Lifestyle

I have to admit that while many people in the U.S. talk about “Keeping up with the Joneses”, I spent the first 20 years of my life never knowing what that meant. My rural lifestyle kept me somewhat content with the things I had. I quickly learned, however, that being “well-off” has a lot to do with “location, location, location.”

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How Wisebread helped me get 45mpg out of my 28mpg car.

Posted May 23, 2008 - 09:25 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Cars and Transportation, General Tips

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There have been several great articles written by my fellow Wisebread writers on gas efficient driving , slowing down and hypermiling . I think the sign of a good blog is that we take our own advice, and in the case of gasoline, I’ll take all the help I can get. But even I was shocked at the amazing results I got.

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The one site you must visit before buying anything online. Period.

Posted February 28, 2008 - 09:35 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Deals and Coupons, Budgeting, Consumer Affairs, Deals, Coupons

Buying online

Friends, deal hounds, bargain hunters, lend me your ears; if ye don't know about the best coupon site on the web, bar none, then this will indeed be a most glorious day for thee (sorry, I'm really not Shakespeare). But in all seriousness, there is one site I have bookmarked that I visit before I buy anything online, ever. And you should, too.

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Living Without Air-Conditioning Can Save Big Bucks This Summer

Posted 2 years ago by Linsey Knerl

Filed Under: Green Living

 Living in 90 degree weather with over 70 percent humidity the past few days has not been easy here in rural Nebraska. Hearing others complain about it only makes it worse -- especially knowing that they probably have air-conditioning. My family and I have gone without it the past two summers, and I have learned a thing or two about foregoing a very expensive luxury that most people really can live without.

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The Toyota I-Unit; would you drive it?

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Personal Finance

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We've been talking a lot about gas prices recently. That's no surprise considering we're paying almost three times more for gas than we were six years ago. The problems of oil refinery shortages, devaluation of the dollar and higher costs of extracting oil will not go away. So, what do we do?

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Do you have what you want… and do you want what you have?

Posted June 7, 2007 - 00:30 by Ed O'Reilly

Lifestyle

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Sometimes, being frugal means not just saving money; sometimes it means not spending any at all. There’s been a growing preoccupation with working more to earn more--to buy more; yet, it never seems enough. A cursory glance at a landscape of malls, fast food chains and airplane hangar-sized clubs for buying sugary snacks in a container the size of an oil drum implies that this condition of over-consumption is reaching epidemic proportions.

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