The Budget Ecoist- Eco Living on a Budget

If you thought that avoiding harmful pesticides was all you can do to make your yard green, you've been wrong. And so have we. This video by Howcast enlightens us on how to transform your yard into an eco-friendly, carbon footprint-shrinking paradise just by using trees, flowers, and your coffee grounds (!). By making a few changes in your gardening habits, your house, lawn, and plants will benefit. And consequently, so will the environment.....

We all have board games that are missing pieces. If you have an unplayable domino set, don't throw away the plastic pieces into the trash. Instead, watch this video and learn how to create a coaster out of them. All you need is scissors, a hot glue gun, the dominoes, and felt. Your tabletops will thank you, and so will the environment. Just make sure to put them out when your guests arrive so they'll ooh and ahh all over them.

If you're looking for a fun and eco-friendly project, why don't you learn how to recycle paper? It's not as hard as it sounds -- you'll need a a mortar and pestle (or another way to mash up shredded paper and water), water, a frame, a sieve, plastic sheets, and thumbtacks. You can send off your paper to be recycled in factories, but what's the fun in that? This way, you'll feel as if you're more directly contributing to the effort to save the....