A faithful friend is hard to find.

It’s Earth Day and another time to remind ourselves about what we can do to be kinder to our environment. I actually asked my 8 year old about Earth Day and what suggestions he had in mind, to take care of our planet. He said: consume less, don’t throw bottlecaps and plastics in the wrong bin, recycle more. Pretty good answers! As for me, here’s my favorite thing to do: grow trees. I’ve done a bit of this as I live in the country (e.g. wooded area), and I’m pretty happy about how well my greening efforts have worked out around our house.

There’s also something more recent I’ve written on this topic, which you’ll find as a guest post over at the PerkStreet blog. It’s on how we can work to save money while saving the earth. I gave my response to the question: what is it that we can do to cut down on our carbon footprint while also being kind to our wallets?

Here’s a quick aside though: while you visit the PerkStreet blog, you may also want to check out what PerkStreet Financial is about. They’re an online bank that offers an online checking account with a twist: while they’re not an interest bearing account, they give you 2% cash back for the first 6 months of being a customer, then 1% cash back thereafter through their Visa Debit Card. You’re account is also FDIC protected and their ATM network is the largest one around that’s free of charges