Green MoneySaving Welcome and Introduction

derrick

This might seem a daft question, I have only just seen this board and the suggestion from Martins sticky is that it has only just been set up, if so how come some of the threads go back to 17/05/04 ?

gromituk

Good question - perhaps someone's been transferring threads from other Boards?

Can I add my thanks for this Board too? Sometimes it's depressing seeing the rampant consumerism in places like Grabbit - people buying 14kW patio heaters just because they are cheap, without a thought for the consequence of their use for the environment and even for their own pockets. I hope people around here will be slightly more enlightened.

november

Great idea thanks Martin :j

beer2006

gromituk wrote:

Sometimes it's depressing seeing the rampant consumerism in places like Grabbit - people buying 14kW patio heaters just because they are cheap, without a thought for the consequence of their use for the environment and even for their own pockets. I hope people around here will be slightly more enlightened.

I really agree, its horrible to see some people just not care, this can only help.

beanielou

Great idea, many thanks!

honey

Icemaiden wrote:

Glad to see this board up and running, also thanks I think to Starlite & Stormshelterdave for drumming up support:T

Ditto

Great idea.

pollys

A great idea for a new board.

A big Thank You

gritts

Excellent.

I was going to suggest this ........beat me to it.

Shaunus4

Brilliant - I also should have suggested this. I think MSE is brilliant for educating people as to how to make the best use of their money, but things like promoting super-cheap flights sit uneasily with me..

HugoSP

This is a good idea.

Martin makes a good point that moneysaving can sometimes hurt the environment, but we should also be aware that moneysaving and helping the environment can sometimes go hand in hand.

A few examples are on the other threads.....

2nd hand presents http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=195161

Recycling in schools http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=195738

I could go onto list more, but within these threads contain examples of how saving our resources adds value to them - value that equates to the financial saving we make when we decide to re fill that ink cartridge, or spend less money on a 2nd hand gift from the charity shop.

Whist sometimes money saving and the environment to conflict with one another, making it a difficult choice. I suggest that we make the easy choices first - the ones that save the envirnment and save us money!

H