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Credit cards offer a great level of protection against fraud, and they can provide you with amazing benefits like extended warranties and cash back.
They were designed to make you spend more, so if you are susceptible to spending more than you can afford you should stick to using cash or some alternate method, maybe a pre-paid credit card. Many people prefer debit cards over credit cards but this is not a great idea from a security point of view and you miss out on many of the other benefits. One of the world's best scam artists turned FBI agent won't let his kids use debit cards - video link You might already have a credit card with rewards, but unless you took 10 minutes to seek out the best reward program for your situation you can probably double the rewards by switching. The benchmark for a good rewards card is 1.5% cash back on every purchase. In Canada the Rogers World Elite Mastercard has this. You can click this link to get to a spreadsheet I made which will compare all the best cards out there (in Canada). Just make a copy of the spreadsheet and fill in your monthly expenses and it will show you the best 1 card option, 2 card option and 3 card option. Link If people are actually using this put a message in the comments to let me know and I'll update the spreadsheet with the latest cash back rates. And if you're in another country let me know and I can try to help with a spreadsheet for your options. In terms of sign up offers, do not take them into consideration for your long term solution. You can sign up for them and get them for short term solutions but that is a totally different story. I can write about that if you want, just let me know.
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We can very easily raise money to make the world work for 100% of humanity by buying just about anything.
This site exists to help you find the best products and solutions but while we ramp up to finding them and creating an easy to use app/website, you can raise money by buying just about anything. Here's How: 1. We will set up an amazon affiliate account once we get more established. For now use the links found on our affiliate link page to get to Amazon every time you make a purchase so we can see if people would actually use these. On your phone you can set up a button on your home screen with the link (here's how), or on your computer you can add the link as a favourite. Here are the links to use: Amazon.ca - http://bit.ly/3E0saUA, Amazon.com - http://bit.ly/3AwDNlt 2. Use a cash back credit card and donate that money to this site once we establish a transparent accounting system. Click here for help finding the best card. 3. Check out our affiliate link page for all of the specific offers - Link We all know clothing production is linked to poor working conditions and environmental degradation, but it doesn't have to be.
Everlane clothing company set out to make the perfect white T-Shirt. One people would love and one that provided good jobs and didn't negatively impact the environment, and they did it. They not only solved white T-Shirts they have an entire line up of clothing for everyone now, and they pride themselves on being radically transparent. https://www.everlane.com/r/alangerth You can use this link for your first purchase to help us raise funds. The referral deal is a $25 credit when a person uses the link to make their first purchase. All the money will go towards helping this site in some way, we'll vote on it when the time comes. If you have another favourite ethical clothing companies post it in the comments. The goal of this site is to make the world work for 100% of humanity by making it easy to do things that help.
An easy way to fund this without costing you any money is to simply buy some gift cards to stores you already shop at through a fundraising app/website. The app is called FlipGive and we've already set up a team called Coordinated Cooperation. This team was set up in Canada, let us know if it works in the United States or if we need to make a second team for people in the USA. https://flipgive.app.link/teams/join?joincode=KQS4PV Once you click you can make an account and see all of the Gift Card options and how much cash back we'll earn for each one. Some of the best ones are: Under Armour - 12% Nike - 8% Ultimate Dining Gift Card (Swiss Chalet, Harvey's, and many more) - 7% Old Navy - 5% Esso Gas - 1% You can also top up your coffee shop apps with gift cards: Starbucks and Tim Hortons - 0.5% Test out which ones work best for you. Personally the Ultimate Dining Gift Card is my favourite. It's simple, easy and has a big 7% cash back. For some purchases like electronics you may prefer to use a credit card that extends the warranty so be aware of that. 
Coming in 2023 there will be a 2 seater EV called Aptera. It has a similar height and length to a Prius, but is so efficient that the optional solar cells are able to provide up to 40 miles per day, and the range options will go from 250 miles to 1,000 miles. The body is made from a composite so in addition to the low maintenance of normal EV's this will not rust. If you need more than 2 seats this is not for you, but if you don't this has as much cargo space as a large sedan, is as fast as a sports car, has more range than just about any car, has a low initial cost and the lowest cost of ownership around. Here are some configurations for comparison: Entry level, 250 mi range, 0-60 mph 5.5 sec - $25,900 Sports car, 250 mi range 0-60 mph 3.5 sec - $28,400 Mid-level, 400 mi range, 0-60 mph 5.5 sec, level 2 autonomy, full solar upgrade - $32,000 Top-tier, 1000 mi range, 0-60 mph 3.5 sec, level 2 autonomy, full solar upgrade - $49,600 The company is called Aptera and they are located in California. You can use this link to explore the website Aptera.us You can use this link to get a discount on the refundable deposit, and if you buy the car this site will get a $1,000 credit towards future car purchases https://lz953.isrefer.com/go/preorder/a30117 
DuckDuckGo is a great search engine. It has essentially taken over the old Google mission of not being evil now that Google has officially removed that from their mission statement.
So simply replace the default google search engine with DuckDuckGo, and when talking about looking things up just say "search for it" rather than "google it". There are many internet search engines out there that provide great results and other benefits. There is one that will plant trees with their profits, there is one that helps clean the ocean, but the one being recommended here is one that protects your privacy. Privacy is not about 'them' wanting to discover thing you did wrong. It's about 'them' wanting to discover what it would take to get you to buy something. Their motives are profit, but once they have the information to sell you some products they will also know how to sell you on a political candidate. The goal isn't to find all the bad guys and lock them up. The goal is to be able to sell you on anything they want, so they can continue reaping the benefits of your labour. So as the first step in protecting your privacy use DuckDuckGo for your default search engines in your browsers, and try out the DuckDuckGo browser (desktop and mobile). duck.com We all need exercise to stay healthy but we don't always do it, and when we do it can cost us money, create pollution and take time away from family and friends, but it doesn't have to.
Here are 12 things you can incorporate into your exercise if you want. Don't feel like you need to click the link in the brackets, those are just there if you're interested in more information. 1. Go for a 30 min walk everyday (GirlTrek site, or their TED Talks) 2. Do the walk outside (natural settings have health benefits) 3. Go with friends (Secret to living longer may be your social life) 4. Do some citizen science while out there (Try the iNaturalist app or search for others) 5. Take along reusable water bottle and healthy snacks (less waste is good for everyone) 6. Take some gloves and a bag to pick up litter (A TED talk on making it fun) 7. Share the idea with others (The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it) 8. Try to avoid having to drive to the spot in order to save the cost and pollution. 9. Support local conservation areas rather and maybe cancel your gym membership. 10. Don't feed animals or drop food waste as you go (here are 19 reasons why) 11. To help make sure you do it, do it after an existing habit. (TED Talk of examples) 12. If you find you are putting it off just commit to putting your on your shoes. Once you get your shoes on your momentum might get you out there. (Video summary of the Tiny Habits book) If your natural gas provider is Enbridge, you can pay an additional $2 per month flat rate for renewable natural gas.
https://www.enbridgegas.com/sustainability/optup If not with Enbridge look for similar options in your area. If you're worried about air pollution you can pay a few dollars a month to make sure the amount of electricity you use is generated by a renewable source.
In most areas all of the electricity generated goes into a common grid, so even if you have a solar roof you'd sell that energy back to the grid at one price, and buy energy back from the grid at a different price. Bullfrog Power will let you pay into one of their systems generating renewable electricity so you don't have to build and maintain one on your own property. This makes it easy for the customer and easy for the provider. Zero effort for the clients, and low to no risk for the energy producer since customers are willing to pay the premium. https://bullfrogpower.com/who-we-are/ |
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