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Editor’s Note: Today’s post is from Kristine Munroe-Mahoney. Kristine is the Community Manager at KeenForGreen.com. She is passionate about going green along with her son, Isaac, and her husband, Matt. She lives outside of Boston. While I try hard to conserve water year round, it can sometimes be difficult during the warmer months. Between watering … Continue reading
Today’s post is from Kristine Munroe-Mahoney. Kristine is the Community Manager at KeenForGreen.com. She is passionate about going green along with her son, Isaac, and her husband, Matt. She lives outside of Boston. I’m a big fan of ways that I can go green and be frugal. Luckily, going green in the kitchen is easy … Continue reading
Brrrrrrrrr! (That’s the state of things this morning in Minneapolis, MN, where we’re headquartered.) After months of winter being seasonally unreasonable, it’s starting to feel a little reasonably seasonal up here. So, if you’re like some of us Minnesotans who were enjoying a second fall all the way into the New Year and skipped a … Continue reading
Today’s post is from our fabulous guest blogger Kate, from Perpetually Nesting. As a young adult, I was the girl who would search high and low for the most perfect, usually expensive, gift on the market. I prided myself on finding the absolutely perfect things for the people on my list, at the absolutely perfect … Continue reading
What do you call a guy who professionally helps families save money, and personally spends time raising money for refugee families? The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal calls him CFO of the Year. We call him John. John Gappa has been Chief Financial Officer here at Malt-O-Meal since 2005. We’ve been a family-owned company for 92 … Continue reading
Today’s post is contributed by a guest blogger, the lovely Kate from blog Perpetually Nesting: Times are tough. Our financial landscapes are more ragged than they have been in a very long time, and many of us (myself included) are learning a whole new set of skills to stay afloat. I have been thinking a lot … Continue reading
Food: it’s not a luxury item—we all need to buy it, and for most of us we need to find the most affordable food choices available. Malt-O-Meal is proud to offer Less Spendy cereals on an everyday basis, and providing special offers and coupons whenever we can. But even we know that having a budget-friendly trip … Continue reading
Post contributed by TerraCycle CEO, Tom Szaky Halloween is about disguise, and a lot of what we do here at TerraCycle deals with disguising trash, making it more appealing and actually useful! Halloween, and the following holiday season, are great times to really rethink what we do with our trash. Halloween provides the incentive and … Continue reading
Sometimes, it seems like “doing the right thing” when it comes to society or the planet also comes with additional cost. Some call it an “altruism tax.” This just doesn’t seem right. It only makes sense that making better choices should save on all valuable resources: including money. Thankfully, the great folks at Kiwi Magazine … Continue reading
Today’s post is contributed by Kate, from the fantastic blog Perpetually Nesting. I am not a parenting martyr. Even though I gave birth, my needs still matter. Having the time and space to look good and present myself with dignity goes a long way towards preserving my sanity as a parent. Having the chance to … Continue reading