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Finite Resources

Finite Resources

We may indeed live in a world in which we can get whatever we what whenever we want it, but there’s a problem to such instant (and incessant!) gratification: Resources are finite.

On today’s show, a conversation with blogger and author Liz Frugalwoods about how to teach our children that money doesn’t grow on trees and buying new isn’t consequence-free.

 

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[4:30] Getting our kids on board: How to reframe eco-frugality as a game

[11:00] Proaction as a handy Waste Not, Want Not tool

[20:00] The why and how behind early financial education for our children

[24:00] Real-time financial literacy: How to kick off a chore routine for kids

[32:00] Liz’s thoughts on normalizing secondhand as a means of preserving finite resources

 

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We may indeed live in a world in which we can get whatever we want whenever we want it, but there's a problem to such instant (and incessant!) gratification: Resources are finite. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: How to teach our children that money doesn't grow on trees and buying new isn't consequence-free.

 

We may indeed live in a world in which we can get whatever we want whenever we want it, but there's a problem to such instant (and incessant!) gratification: Resources are finite. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: How to teach our children that money doesn't grow on trees and buying new isn't consequence-free.

 

 

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In fact, unhappiness is your brain's default state.

On today's show Dr. Loretta Breuning argues that you can manage your happy chemicals when you know how they work in the state of nature, and she's here to show us how.

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