We do this too!

I do alot of these that were mentioned.

I pledge.

I grew up with recycling and thriftiness instilled in me by my parents. We never had to do these things out of necessity as we were always fairly well off, but I was taught to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Food was never thrown out, and weekly meals took leftovers into account. We reused old clothing for various purposes, and traveled miles to recycle bottles and cans (in the mid 1980s) before curbside recycling was ever thought of in my area. I was taught to shop sales and use coupons. The money saved allowed us to take many family vacations without having to worry about budgeting. We always had the view of "spend the money to do things now, because you never know if you're going to be back here again" when vacationing. My parents also saved well for retirement, and are now thoroughly enjoying it. I hope to be able to instill the same values in my family, and I hope any children I may have will grow up as lucky as me.

makes sense