Want to start 10 Ways to Become Green and Save Money at the Same Time , but not too sure on all of the costly suggestions floating around?

1. Safety Razors - The multi-packs of flat razor blades are not only cheap, they come without all of the extra plastic that ends up in land fills. Flat packs of blades store very well in a minimal amount of space.

2. Mineral Salt Deodorant Sticks - They last an incredibly long time, don’t contain any harmful ingredients, and as with the safety razor idea listed above, don’t come with a ton of plastic packaging to throw in the land fill once the product is gone. My husband and I used this product on a recent six month trip around the world. It lasted during the entire trip and is still going strong.

3. Use Green VPS Hosting - Just think of all the power a datacenter consumes, find a green VPS hosting provider to host your website!

4. Give Up Paper Towels - OK, to be honest. The trick is having a simple, workable system for having clean rags on hand. I hung one in each place we used paper towels. I used these to fill up each of the disposal “sleeves”.

5. Recycle Old Athletic Socks - Impossible I beg to differ. Cut each old sock off just above the ankle, and below the ribbed leg. These are great for getting around banister railings, gripping table and chair legs to dust . . . you won’t go back, this I promise you! The ridges give you extra cleansing power too.

6. Shopping for Second Hand Goods - Anything you are comfortable buying second hand keeps that same item from ending up in a trash dump. This personal finance procedure goes a quite a long way to helping out the planet and your pocketbook at the same time.

7. Think Before You Print - Save money on ink and paper by checking to see if you have to have a paper copy of a certain document before pushin the print button.

8. Celebrate the Power of Tie-Dye - Some ideas? Old sheets, curtains, pillow cases, socks and T-shirts to name a few.

9. Find a Second Use for Those Plastic Grocery Bags - These really can help out a time or two more after making it home from the store.

10. Consider a Personal Filter for Your Kitchen Faucet - This will allow you to skip the extra packaging that comes with cases of bottled water and cut some extra cash out of your personal budget at the same time.

There you go. Shoot me a line, I’d love to hear about it!