To Borrow a Word on Going Green...

We have some very good neighbors who are also great friends of ours. We share quite a few meals and fun times together. We also borrow things from one another, which not only saves money, but saves resources. You see there are things we both need, but not necessarily all of the time. Trading off and borrowing saves the resources it takes to produce new items.
For example, this spring, our neighbor purchases a wood splitter, a great tool that would help us in getting our heating wood chopped much quicker - and with less effort. We were able to borrow his wood chipper when cutting the wood for this coming winter and this week, he is borrowing our trailer.
Jodi Helmer gives the same recommendation in her book "The Green Year." She advises to make a list of the tools and other things you can borrow. As well, you can rent most tools you may never use again at home improvement stores. "Borrowing will save you a lot of money and help conserve resources."