The Budget Ecoist- Eco Living on a Budget

The Budget Ecoist links you to the best eco buzz from around the web:

Recycled Glass from Pier 1 via Sprig - Glass vases are like a blank canvas: fill them with flowers, sure; or perhaps some sand and seashells for that longing-to-be-at-the-beach look, or fill it with bright green apples for a simple, pop of color. Pier 1's prices for these great recycled pieces are so good, you can let your imagination go wild! And seriously...the recycled glass head, at $15, is the perfect gift for the person who has everything. Because we bet they don't have a recycled glass head!

Cooking with Kids via Culinate.com - Teching kids to cook is important for a variety of reasons, chief amongst them, spending time together. But cooking is also an important skill that teaches self-reliance, it helps to set a precendence for eating and appreciating real food, as opposed to store-bought frozen or pre-packaged. Cooking also teaches children a valuable lesson in budgeting. The cost of prepared food exceeds the cost of cooking your own. As the boy-turned-man featured in the article says, “My minestrone costs me less than $15 and I can get at least three big meals out of it. And that’s shopping at Whole Foods.”

Public Transit Looking More Attractive in the Face of Record Gas Prices via TreeHugger - If your not from a city that is famed for its great public transit system, you have most-likely been clinging to your car. But as prices have climbed to daily record highs, more and more people are finding a way to get around without their car. Read this article, get inspired, and map out your new route.

Small-town America's Green Lifeline via Mother Jones - These small towns were dying. Then alternative power reenergized them. Please note, Politicians: tackling our environmental woes does not mean we are going to sink into some scary Great Depression and cause the manufacturing industry to turn on its belly and die. So stop with the lies, already.