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Well, hello and welcome back.

My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode

423 of sustainable minimalist.

And this is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.

On today's show we're discussing eco-friendliness and budgeting.

How on earth do eco-conscious families spend their money?

I received this exact question from a listener who lamented essentially

that buying the eco-friendly items with the small-ish price tags like perhaps a bamboo toilet paper

or perhaps a silicone bag instead of a plastic bag in the kitchen. So those smaller price tag items on the market,

they add up fast, don't they? When we're spending a couple dollars extra here, a couple

dollars extra there, all those couple dollars extra there all those couple dollars they add up and then

there's the big items the heat pumps the solar panels the EVs the electric bikes you name it for many of us these big ticket items take years to save up for and so how our families like yours and mine how are we managing our money?

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