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Learning about the smart car: save gas, space, clean air and money
'œI know that I am partly to blame, by insisting that cars run on trash.' '“ Al Gore on SNL Last weekend after touring the Project 7 Ten house (a…
Light Bulb Laws: The CFL Lobby vs. Personal Choice
If you read any personal finance blog, you will eventually come across a post recommending you save money by switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescents (CFLs). It's a…
Blog Action Day: The Toilet will Teach Them
If it's yellow, let it mellow If it's brown, flush it down. This saying was believed to have been started by former (75-83) California Governor Jerry Brown as a way…
Blog Action Day: Stop Using Plastic Bags
'œUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.' '“ New England proverb About a year ago, I wrote a post called Making Peace with Plastic Grocery…
Buy Local Foods and Reduce Carbon Footprint
'œIn the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature.' '“ Mollie Beattie I admit…
Congestion Pricing: $8 per day
"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." -- Marshall McLuhan Have you heard the buzz about congestion pricing? If you live in New York or study…
Reduce Junk Mail: Five Money Saving Tips
"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees." -- Dr. Seuss The Lorax tells the story about the plight of the environment and how we need to shift our…
How Gays Go Green- And Save!
Everybody's doing it. Installing bamboo flooring is beautiful and sustainable and on Earth Day, many websites were touting ideas like this one and energy efficient metal roofing to help you…
Coffee Grounds in the Garden
"A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper…
Grass: Wasting Money To Keep Green
"Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind." -- Author Unknown This weekend as the temperatures moved above 80 degrees in…