- Make your own bath & body products. This is a great way to help the environment and help with consumerism. By making your own bath and body products you can reuse containers cutting back on waste and also all homemade soaps are chemical free and much healthier for your hair & skin. They are also much cheaper more like $1 for 24oz bottle or less. This is something that helps in 3 major ways and when you make your own products you are control of what goes into them meaning you can adjust it all for your skin and hair types and if you want you can add something extra like avocado oils and such to help fight aging and promote healthy skin. 

For recipes and more info check out this site http://www.pioneerthinking.com/beauty/

-Grow a garden. I know this seems simple but when you grow your own veggies and fruits you are getting chemical free fresh produce. You be amazed how much a few plants in a garden will yield maybe enough to share with your neighbor. Go to the store less eat from your own garden and reap the wonderful benefits that healthy foods can offer and of course mother earth loves when something is planted it is a win win!

-Repurpose and reuse ad recycle. It is the 3 R's and they are oh so important to keeping our earth on track and litter free. As you know I talk a lot about where waste is going and how landfills are showing up in our backyards. It is important to remember these three R's, you can help with the environment and you are going to save money:)  Take items you dont like anymore and see if you can turn them into something that can be repurposed, from clothes to furniture you be surprised what a little repurpose facelift can do for something. You resources are endless, google has made it to where we dont have to leave our home to get any info we need. Need help repurposing something try google...if that doesn't work write me I am always up for a challenge!

If there is something that you absolutely dont want either recycle it or take it good will the old saying i, one mans trash is another mans treasure, you never know who will love what you donate and it keeps it all out of dumps which is the most important part. 

Other quick tips!

-Make your own laundry detergent, easy peasy and oh so cheap

-Make your own house hold cleaning products 

-turn cardboard, bags and scraps into art projects with the kids.

-Shop your local thrift stores you would be amazed what you can find...dont be scared I buy all my clothes second hand I bet you would never know:)))

Ok folks that is all for now!! I hope you like the new blog I did a makeover on it and I have added a personal section talk about my life.....Go check it out!!