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title: 31 Tips for Saving Money While Keeping Your Organic Lifestyle
date: 2009-02-27T16:01:06Z
modified: 2009-02-27T16:01:06Z
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categories:
  - Living Naturally
  - Nutrition in the News
  - Recommended Products
tags:
  - bpa-free water bottle
  - coffee
  - Natural Solutions magazine
  - Nikken water filter
author: Elizabeth
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This came across my Twitterstream recently and I thought it worthy of sharing. Meghan Rabbit gives a boatload of ways you can [trim your budget without sacrifcing essentials](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/articleSearch.article/articleID/15206/ "Natural Solutions") in your lifestyle such as organic foods, workouts, or massages. (Meghan is a senior editor at [Natural Solutions magazine](http://www.naturalsolutionsmag.com "natural solutions magazine").)

Some of my favorites include:

– Barter for goods. Meghan trades writing a monthly newsletter for unlimited yoga classes at her local studio.

– Stop buying bottled water. I fully agree. I live for my [Nikken water filter](http://elizabethyarnell.com/effortlesseating/2008/12/why-drink-water-lose-weight-save-money-save-the-planet/ "Nikken water filter") and use it fill PBA-free water bottles. I just found some great new, shatterproof pba-free water bottles at King’s Soopers for 15% off. I got one for each family member for only $3-5 each.

– Make your coffee at home. I don’t know about you, but I gave up my $4/day Starbucks habbit years ago, early into the budget crisis. Either I bring my own coffee (organic, free trade, of course!) in my travel mug, or I get a small cup of decaf (less than $2) and savor it. Sigh. We must all make sacrifices in these times.