Eric Leech
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5 Stupid Celebrity "How to Save the Planet" Quotes of the Decade
As we get closer to shutting down the first decade of the millennium, we have many fond celebrity comments that have echoed across the headlines and made us all laugh (at least a few of us anyway). While these quotes
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Freeplay Foundation Brings Light to Rwanda
Freeplay Energy has been developing some great consumer products over the years, such as the Lifeline Radio, Jonta "human-powered" Flashlight, and the Indigo Lead Lantern. But there is an offshoot of Freeplay we
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Move Over eBay... HandMeDowns.com Has Your Babies Needs Covered!
As their website says directly on the front page:
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Save The Planet And Win: Save What... Win What? Let's Find Out, Shall We...
Save the Planet and Win is a new website which launched last Friday. It is basically a social network, environmental website, and "Price is Right" all in one. You can participate in this worldwide collective in a variety of
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The Gas Price Limbo: How Low Can it Go?
What a ride it has been folks... The price of gas in the U.S. was teetering on the $4 mark just a short few months ago, and here some states stand today with $1.90... $1.70... $1.60... dare we say soon to be $1.50. We are
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Dealing with Holiday Home Office Blues
Working in a home office environment is great from a green perspective. It eliminates the necessity to drive to and from work, it limits the immense energy usage typical for a large office building, and reduces your own personal
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Green Ergonomic Office (Part 2): Voodoo Ergonomics, Advice from Tony Biafore (a.k.a. The Ergoman)
A "green ergonomic office" can refer to several different things. Today, we are looking at salvaging and reusing your current office equipment, rather than purchasing a whole new set. You may think
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Green Ergonomic Office (Part 1)
Setting up a green office has less to do with buying high tech ergonomic equipment, and more with using what you already have correctly. Buying less office equipment, means less chance for your old stuff
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Performance Tuner Modification for the Smart Car
Performance modifying your green vehicle just might have been one of those things that made the C + C Music Factory exclaim, "hmmm" back in 1991.
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Two Universities Taking the Initiative to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
Good news travels in pairs and today we have two stories from two separate universities who have taken the steps to reduce their carbon footprint through various program initiatives. The first
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Honda FC Sport Concept: So Funky it's Actually Cool, or Just Plain Funky Ugly!
The Honda FC Sport Concept was shown at the LA Auto Show this past week, and as the funky sports car spun around its tier, the dazed onlookers had only one thing to say, "... Chirp... chirp... chirp...chirp... burb!"Many
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Sometimes the Combination of Beer and Bikes Can Mix
It is not a natural relationship, beer and bikes, but New Belgium, a beer brewing company located in Fort Collins, CO, has made it one. New Belgium's Tour de Fat announced this week that they reached a million
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Universal Studios Hollywood Gets a Little Bit Greener
Golf carts have long been associated with either business men with really bad taste in clothing (khaki pants and a gator/polo shirts), or important,
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Put Up Your Dukes: It's Björk vs. a Slew of Burly Icelandic Aluminum Exporters
They're big, they're burly, and they may have deep pockets, but the popular singer Björk plans to limit their destruction to her home country, Iceland, by supporting a current project in the works called, Náttúra.Náttúra and
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Chalk One Up for the Ugly Fruits and Vegetables Crew
A few months ago we reported that the European Commission (a.k.a the parliament of Europe and arbiter of standards), was discussing the possibilities of scrapping the current strict standards of some 26 varieties of fruits and
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Salt vs. Brine: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The magic elixirs of salt and brine are certainly nothing new, they have been used on our roadways for awhile now. Salt is of course used during the winter in certain areas to clear off roads and provide more traction for drivers.
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Listen... The Roads Could Someday be Speaking to Your Vehicle
At least they could be, if a few high tech companies get their way when it comes to an idea they are working on that will enable vehicles to monitor the roads as they drive over them. These vehicle reports would then be relayed to
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Piaggio Scooters Gone Green: 141 MPG Hybrid
The well crafted Piaggio three-wheel scooter has gone where few scooters have gone before... totally green!
