Appliances and Electronics, Kids & School
RE-GAME
By: SYHBuy used video games instead of new ones. Save up to $350 per year or more compared to buying two new games per month.
Family, Kids & School
CRAFT SERVICE
By: SYHSAVE $50 For any gift your child has to give, skip the expense of buying stuff and select a homemade craft that your child can help create. Save up to $50 or more compared to a conventional gift. Conserve the resources used to manufacture a new product by choosing to make a craft out of [...]
Family, Kids & School, Lifestyle
WATERING HOLE
By: SYHSAVE $20 Whether you’re at an amusement park, ballgame, or county fair, don’t waste money on overpriced bottles of water. Instead, bring your own bottle and refill it at the drinking fountains. Save up to $20 or more for a family of four per event. Reduce bottle waste and conserve the fossil fuel resources used [...]
Family, Kids & School, Lifestyle
JOIN THE CLUB
By: SYHSAVE $300 For the cost of two or three general admission tickets to a museum, you can become a member and get unlimited family admission for the entire year. Most museums display traveling exhibits, so you can see something new each time you visit. Save up to $300 per year or more compared to buying [...]
Family, Kids & School
DO THEM A FAVOR
By: SYHSAVE $50 Scrap the plastic-bag party favors filled with cheap plastic toys and candy in exchange for something kids make as a party activity. You can save up to $50 or more per year, depending on the number of party guests and contents of gift bags and prizes. The contents of party favors are usually [...]
Family, Holidays, Kids & School
BAG IT
By: SYHGive your kids a reusable canvas bag instead of buying them a new plastic pumpkin pail every Halloween and save up to $10 per year.
Family, Kids & School, Work
USE BOTH SIDES OF THE PLAIN PAPER
By: SYHUse both sides of your plain paper, and recycle
Family, Kids & School
PLAY IT AGAIN
By: SYHBuy used sports equipment instead of ordering everything brand-new.
Family, Kids & School, Lifestyle, Transportation
GET ON THE BUS
By: SYHInstead of driving them yourself, have your kids take the bus to school
Family, Kids & School
THE BORROWS
By: SYHSAVE $ 200 Borrow books from the library instead of buying them from a bookstore. Save up to $200 per year or more for a family of four while conserving the resources—mainly trees, water, chemicals and energy—used to produce and transport new books, reduce air and water pollution from paper mills, and diminish the waste [...]