toilet paper

"Can you spare a square?" 5 quick tips on toilet paper usage.

Posted May 20, 2008 - 08:02 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Shopping, Green Living, Consumer Affairs, General Tips

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That classic scene from Seinfeld got me thinking over the weekend. Is there a strategy for using toilet paper? Is it worth our time? But when I spend money to literally flush the product down the drain, I often wonder…how much should I be flushing? Am I wasting money?

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A year without toilet paper - The Interview

Posted August 16, 2007 - 15:16 by Andrea Dickson

Green Living

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You wouldn't necessarily know it from watching him on his appearance on The Colbert Report. He comes across as a soft-spoken, good-natured guy, for sure. But he must have a very impenetrable hide to still be blogging after being on the receiving end of the recent Gawker snarkfest about his family's infamous experiment, a year of extremely low-impact living in Manhattan.

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Life Without Toiletpaper - Bum Deal?

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Lifestyle

How far would you go to save the world?

Upon reading the New York Times article about the Beaven-Conlin household in Manhattan, I started to get a little queasy. The article delves a bit into the lives of a couple and their young daughter, yuppies who live affluent lives in New York City. They've taken the idea behind The Compact, and then taken it a LOT farther. They are trying to live for one year with absolute minimal impact on the environment.

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Do You Need a Disaster Survival Kit?

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Life Hacks

I've always thought of disaster preparedness as something for the highly paranoid or mildly insane. But something about today's news (coverage of a Mid East weapons bazaar, heat beaming guns, Iran not backing down from its nuclear program, and my general feeling about our federal governments' competency in the face of major disasters) has made me a little spooked and slightly morbid. If nothing else, it has led me to believe that better safe than sorry is a mantra that I should be chanting all day.

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