How You Can Earn Green by Being Green

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Many people still think that living & loving the green life costs money, plenty of it. Well, nothing can be farther from the truth. Obviously, you will spend money when you replace your incandescent bulbs with fluorescent lights, when you install residential solar & wind power facilities & when you install low-flow faucets, to name a few examples, but all these cheap green investments will pay for themselves sooner than later.

You can actually earn green dollars by living & loving the green side of things. How cool is that for loving the environment & loving your pockets simultaneously?

Recycle & Resell

This is by far the fastest & easiest, not to mention probably the most profitable, way to earn green dollars. You look through your attic, basement & garage to decide which of your junk items you can sell for profit over plenty of venues. Don’t worry about not selling any of your junk for indeed the adage about one man’s trash being another man’s treasure is true.

* Recycle no longer used computer games, CDs & DVDs, which will definitely diminish the 2,500 tons of discarded similar items each year filling up the landfills. Again, your earnings will vary depending on the recycling site’s policies.

* Recycle your no longer used mobile phones through various independent recycling programs on the Web like Fonebank & Envirofone. You can also ask the manufacturers for their recycling programs. Your earnings will be contingent on the method although $20 is not bad for an unused item.

You will find that not only did you diminish the clutter in your home but you also earned bucks in the process. Not bad for a day’s work!

* Recycle your old books, clothes & other stuff through yard sales & online auction sites like eBay.

Grow & Sell Your Own Produce

Organic backyard gardening is the way to go in reducing your food costs & your carbon footprint. You don’t even need a huge backyard since you can always try growing fruits, vegetables & herbs in pots & containers as well as go into hydroponics gardening. Now, if you have the backyard for it, you can always sell your excess produce & earn. You may either set up a stall in front of your house or sell at local events or contact local farmers.

Earning green bucks for your efforts in green living is but a welcome bonus. The most important thing is that you are doing your share of protecting & preserving the environment that, admittedly, you are but a caretaker of for future generations.