Right now a lot of industries are discussing how hard it is to be a  business owner. And why not? This economic recession is hitting all businesses alike…. big box stores to mom and pop shops. There is only so much you can do when consumer spending and confidence are bottomed out. The obvious consequence here is that if spending is down, so are sales, and thus profits.

Can’t run a business without profit.

So, what do we do? Well, if Plato is correct:

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

When a problem is presented, we will figure out a solution. So what is one thing businesses can do to help out their bottom lines? One way is to adopt environmentally friendly policies.

How can spending money on environmentally friendly policies increase your profit?

Welcome to the 64th edition of the Money Hacks Carnival!

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I come from a family of mostly women. I have three older sisters and two younger nieces that are close in age. My oldest sister and 2 nieces didn’t live with us, I just wanted to give you a little incite into the troubles I went through ;)! Needless to say my house was always full and always had a queue for the bathroom, especially since only one bathroom had a shower! Even with this sibling conflict over shower time, one of my sisters regularly took 2 showers a day and sometimes even took 3 showers. She was a germ freak and also played sports throughout middle and high school. I didn’t think anything of it, really. It just bugged me that she was always in there.

Now that I have gone through college and lived on my own I have a different outlook on utility bills. I guess you could say that I have walked a mile in my parents shoes since I have been paying my own bills for the past seven years. All I really have to say is that my parents were either saints or incredibly naive for letting their children do things like that!

Bible Money Matters recently wrote a great series called “In the Event of an Emergency.”

This series inspired me to write a few posts that I thought would be beneficial towards emergency situations, too. Last week I wrote my first article that I thought would be applicable, Spring Cleaning Checklist: Medicine Cabinet. The article went over a few of the dangerous items in your medicine cabinet that you may not be aware of and what you should always keep on hand.

This week I am writing about something that most people I know don’t have… a roadside emergency kit. What should go in it and why? You will notice that this emergency kit strongly correlates to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. More specifically, the physiological needs which constitute the base of the pyramid.

This week you can find me in 4 different carnivals:

• Weakonomics hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance and included HLR’s article on The Savings Account, The Spending Account & The Charity Account.
• Always the Planner hosted the Festival of Frugality and included my article How to Obtain Your Free (Government Mandated) Credit Report.
• EDITORS PICK: I Pick Up Pennies hosted the Money Hacks Carnival and included my article 6 Signs That the Recession is Ending.
• Greener Pastures hosted the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights and included…