Living Green on the Cheap | The Cheap Life with Jeff Yeager | AARP
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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You hear it all the time: "Sure, I care about the environment, but it costs so much more to live green." But the truth is an eco-friendly lifestyle can actually SAVE you money...if you do it the Cheapskate Way. Cheap Life host and Ultimate Cheapskate Jeff Yeager shows you how living green can be easy and it can save you a whole lot of moola too!
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Cheapskate Guide to Saving Money on the Web
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Each week Jeff shares tips and tricks for how you can pay less for just about everything, reuse just about anything, and get the most out of life and your hard earned cashola.
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The Cheap Life with Jeff Yeager is all about living the good life, only at a fraction of the cost. It's not just about spending less, it's about spending smart. It's about deciding what you want out of life, and how you can afford to make it all happen.
Each week Jeff shares tips and tricks for how you can pay less for just about everything, reuse just about anything, and get the most out of life and your hard earned cashola.
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Your kind words have warmed my heart, talentlover2. Thank you for saying that, we here at the show are so honored to be sharing this information with you all, and we're so happy it's being so well received.
Stay cheap!
Thanks soooooooo much! Stay Cheap, Save Green and Live Green!
Very smart to teach kids about ways to save energy early. You're a good dad and a friend to Mom Earth!
Awww... You made this Cheapskate's day! Glad you are enjoying the Romaine. Thanks so much for being a fan. Hope you come visit us on Facebook and Twitter, too!
Hey, For house-heating in the winter time there's a solar air heater you can make to attach in a window. I haven't done it myself but what you do is make a rectangular box (Arching to the ground) that has a sheet of plexiglass on the top which is painted black; Have the box so cold air comes in from the room and hot air comes out. I saw that in an old Mother Earth News magazine. (Speaking of which, They're also great to pick up if you can find them. They have issues dating back to 1970!)
I ABSOLUTELY L O V E THIS SHOW. I'm learning so much that is valuable to know. I am totally surprised to find my my Romaine lettuce IS growing like you said it would. Your show puts a smile on my face and gives me a good hearty laugh! Loved the comment: "Could be a pain in your assets.!" regarding solar energy windows. Thank you for the GOOD YOU ARE DOING FOR EVERYONE FOR FREE TOO! You're going to Heaven for sure! And you're making life more heavenly for ALL.
Thanks for your green tips, folks. Keep 'em coming!
Good for you! And amen, amen, amen!
Great point. Room-darkening shades can help keep the sun out and the cool in as well.
Jeff you are the chps8t King! I've been posting money saving ideas on my Facebook page for my friends and family to see and I've definitely shared your page. I pegged you as hilarious and a money saving genius. My hat's off to you Jeff. Love your You Tube channel.
Amen to that. Exactly why there are so many hoarding shows.
Over the course of the early spring, I collected well over 150 bags of already bagged leaves that were going to landfill. I have used the leaves in flower beds and areas of my yard where grass will not grow because of trees and low light conditions. My lea f island is an interesting addition to my landscape and will cut down on the cost of watering. Seems like a win/win situation all around for the environment and my checkbook.
Instead of paying someone to cut down 2 trees in my yard, and even worse, paying to have the stump removed, I enlisted the help of a few family, friends and neighbors to help cut them down, and then decided to repurpose the stumps. One of them became a birdbath, and the other became a flower planter. All it cost me was a little time and a meal to compensate my helpers, and it saved me hundreds of dollars that I would have had to pay a tree service!!
Your idea is good in that it eliminates hot air current between the reflector such as aluminum foil and the window. This saves energy. However, the foil does get hot and can radiate heat energy into the room from the back side of it. So a good tip is to put some kind of insulation on this side of the foil. Paper will work, a layer of foam paper is better.
Yes indeed!
My son stretches out the metal spiral backbone on an old notebook to use as a tv or radio antenna.
If you just have regular windows that let heat from the sun in, which wastes teh cooling effect of your air-conditioner, wasting energy and money, you can tape some kind of reflective foil (available at some stores, for windows, semi-opaque from the back), or a very light colored paper on the windows. It also helps to seal this up with tape all the way around to prevent any "heat/hot air draft"
Jeff- I kinda like to think I'm doing my part in keeping green. I added mulch blades on my mower and leave the grass on the ground, instead of throwing it in the trash. But to tell you the truth, I didn't want the hassle of picking up the grass, so I think it's more being lazy than green. So never mind.
You can also used dish soap, a bit of water and sponge if you're doing it with cooking foil and just stick it to the window like wall paper. Then if you live in a hot temp area like me you don't have to clean of the marks tape leaves behind
Smart. 4 paws up!
Neat idea, good for some folks, but if you want the sunlight in, need "opaque" or "frost" effect paper.
"There are some things you can do without, And That's Good" (pop)
I've been listening to DEVO again...
That suggestion about car-sharing programs is nice. I'm still thinking of buying an older Hybrid car though, As I'm hoping to also modify it for even higher fuel economy, Maybe 100+ on some trips.
Teach your kids to turn off the lights in rooms when they are not using them. We have a central heating source (not central heat) and closing doors to rooms you don't use helps cut down on the work the heater has to do to keep the house warm.
We started a small garden along with eating more vegetable, legume based meals and it's filling, nutritious, stay fit AND keeps the doctors away. I watched the movie "Food Matters"
It talks about how food industry sells "food-like product" and average Americans are overweight, malnourished, thus feeling tired and depressed, and relying on expensive pills to solve their problems. We are tricked by the sensation of conventional food (wait, it's not even food, it's empty calorie loaded crap!)
dollar store x-mas or b-day gift idea use laundry basket fill it with shower curtain throw rug matching bath accessories. Large basket fill with kitchen towels etch
Use cloth diapers for the baby. Use cloth rags and towels for cleaning instead of paper towels. Wash and reuse. Save a tree. Bring your own cloth bags to the supermarket and leave the plastic bags there.
Amen, Katiek329! And you can also cut up worn-out clothes to use as washcloths instead of buying new.
Sure does.
I agree going green is often cheaper.
Lazy + green works too!
"Stick a carrot here, A potato there, A hambone and this and that... Sooner or later you got a stew going."
Yes, definitely green. Tell your wife we approve. But if she's scared you'll end up on hoarding show, you might need to agree on a number. ;-)
I'm a scrapper and when I come across lamps with bulbs in them I test the bulbs. If the bulbs work I use them vs buying m new ones.
I'm trying to save as many vintage synthesizers as I can from ending up in landfills, so I buy lots of them. That's "going green," right? If so, please tell my wife. She just thinks I'm a crazy synth collector!
i see people getting mugged when they go slugging
Where did you find a copy of Sixty, Sexy, and Successful?
This is brilliant...nice work mate!!!...hey our green home project in Australia is aimed at dispelling the myth that building 'green' homes is more expensive. Check it out if you're interested. Thanks!
Smaller cars. Keep them longer.
LOL!! Someone who is wackier than this Cheapskate!
do more with less...
It Save My Home in 1973 Iearn To Do it Self
um no u don't just hop in someone u don't knows car WTF just to save money and get in with the wrong person! no😬😬😬
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Cheap is the way to go.