• Home
  • Start here
  • Sustainable Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Low Spend Year
  • Financial Wellbeing
    • Saving money
    • Earning Money
    • Overpaying a Mortgage
    • Financial Independence
  • Mindset
  • About
  • Nav Social Icons

  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Start here
  • Sustainable Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Low Spend Year
  • Financial Wellbeing
    • Saving money
    • Earning Money
    • Overpaying a Mortgage
    • Financial Independence
  • Mindset
  • About
  • Mobile Menu Widgets

    Connect

    Search

Home in the Green

Our family's journey to living more sustainably and working towards financial independence.

October 5, 2022 · In: Low Spend Year

Low Spend Year: 6 Month Update

In April I started a Low Spend Year and shared an update after three months. After tracking my variable expenses for a while I had learnt a lot about my…

Read More

September 30, 2022 · In: Eco Tips for Cost of Living Crisis, Food, Saving money

6 Ways Our Air Fryer Saves Us Money: Or, How I Found Love in My 40s

Just when you think there’s no romance or excitement in your life…we jumped on the air fryer bandwagon and couldn’t be happier 😉 We’ve been flirting with the idea of…

Read More

August 23, 2022 · In: Investing

Tulipshare Review: Activist Investing App (with a £25 sign up bonus)

Up to now my approach to investing ethically has been to either avoid the companies that are perceived to make a negative impact on the world – through using ESG-screened…

Read More

August 19, 2022 · In: Overpaying a Mortgage

Best Tools for Tracking and Making Mortgage Overpayments

With mortgage rates rising, making overpayments seems more attractive than ever.  If you’ve made the decision to do this, you don’t need extra tools to do so.   To be in…

Read More

July 10, 2022 · In: Low Spend Year

Low Spend Year: 3 Month Update

In April I started a Low Spend Year.  This is my update after three months sharing what I’ve learnt so far, how I’m doing towards my financial goals and how…

Read More

March 27, 2022 · In: Low Spend Year, Saving money

The Ultimate Guide to Doing a Low Spend Year

With the cost of living creeping up, now is the perfect time to take action by starting a Low Spend Year. I’ll be doing one myself, starting in April. In…

Read More

March 7, 2022 · In: Overpaying a Mortgage

Honest Review of Sprive: An App to Help You Overpay Your Mortgage Faster (Updated in 2022)

This post includes a referral code. If you choose to use it, you get a bonus when you sign up to Sprive, and I also receive a commission.  This hasn’t…

Read More

February 25, 2022 · In: Financial Independence, Investing, Wellbeing

You might as well face it, you’re addicted to saving, investing, or overpaying your mortgage?

I know I’m not the only one around here who gets a huge buzz from working towards my financial goals. It’s not just about what having more security means to…

Read More

February 17, 2022 · In: Earning Money

How To Ask For And Get A Pay Rise

This week I found out I was getting a 9% pay rise, compared to the usual 2% I’ve automatically received each year.  Why did I get more this year? Because…

Read More

January 27, 2022 · In: Low Impact Living

Eco-friendly Gift Ideas – Perfect for Valentine’s

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click on the link and then decide to buy the product, I will receive a percentage of the sale at…

Read More

  • ← Previous
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 8
  • Next →

Primary Sidebar

hello!

I'm Annie. I'm a mum of two living in Scotland. I also work in the field of business ethics and sustainability. On Home in the Green I share our family's journey towards financial independence and living a lower impact lifestyle.

Read More

My mission, with Home in the Green, is to show that you do not have to pay a premium to live sustainably.

In fact, there are many ways that we can have a lower impact on the planet, and these can also help us to build wealth.

In this blog I share the strategies I have found to do this, from embracing minimalism to ethical investing.

Search

join the list

Sign up to my mailing list for a free decluttering tracker to declutter 2023 items in 2023

Privacy Policy

Pages

  • About
    • Disclosure and Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
  • Start here

Recent Posts

  • 5 Ways To Build A Lego Collection On A Budget
  • 5 Ways I’m Improving My Quality of Life on a Budget in 2023
  • Low Spend Year: 9 Month Update
  • Money-Saving, Eco-Friendly New Year’s Resolution Ideas
  • Topia App Review: Get to Financial Independence Faster With This Free App

Connect

Featured Posts

Looking back at 2021: Beyond the numbers

Asking Yourself: Is FIRE Worth It?

Why taking care of our home will get us to FI faster

Archives

Footer

as featured on Sovereign Quest

Copyright © 2023 · Theme by 17th Avenue