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18 Nov 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Soon it will be Thanksgiving, a long weekend that marks the beginning of the holiday season in the US. It's a safe bet that most of you who are reading this will be traveling to go celebrate with family and friends, so let's take a moment to think a little bit about ways to make these trips less...+ READ MORE
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18 Aug 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Here's how to win the eco-argument when you don't want to fly on a trip and they counter with "The flight is happening whether you're on it or not, so just fly".+ READ MORE
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26 Jul 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
People on long layovers get into survival mode.Bottled Water Since folks can n't bring a thermos full of water past security, people buy enough bottled water once they are inside the airport to cross the Sahara.+ READ MORE
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23 Jul 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
OK, well maybe not that much, but if you're the average resident of the United States it was just under 15% of your entire carbon emissions for the year.If you want to take the great American road trip all by your lonesome, driving straight across the entire continent, and have a car with average...+ READ MORE
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6 Jul 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Over at TreeHugger I have been a big proponent of the idea that "Flying is Dying", as George Monbiot put it. Flying puts a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and because of radiative forcing, it causes just about twice as much damage as it does when emitted at ground level.+ READ MORE
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25 Jun 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
So, you've checked yourself and figure you're a pretty green globetrotter. You know all about how flying creates some serious carbon emissions, and that offsetting your carbon footprint is a big part of being an eco-friendly traveler.+ READ MORE
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5 Jun 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
I think it was Little Orphan Annie (who had horribly reptilian eyes in the newspaper comic) who said, "When you gotta go, you gotta go." For the most part, that's an all-around truism. If you have to go to the bathroom, you should make an honest attempt to use the bathroom. Otherwise, you'll end up...+ READ MORE
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30 May 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
We all know that flying in an airplane takes a terrible toll upon the environment. Skipping one flight saves as much CO2 as going vegetarian for an entire year. And going vegetarian is one of the greenest things you can do in terms of CO2 savings.+ READ MORE
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28 May 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Slate.com has an article about dating locally. It's a good article, full of facts and figures that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that dating someone who lives far away is bad for the environment. Airplanes pollute a lot. I guess we'll all have to end our long-distance relationships and settle for...+ READ MORE
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22 May 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
The list of things you can do to reduce your negative impact on nature is very long (that's what Planet Green and TreeHugger are all about), but certain things are easier to do than others and can have just as big an impact as some of the harder things.+ READ MORE
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18 May 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Another summer is set to kickoff. If you are like a lot of people, you have already settled on your vacation plans, but have you thought about how green they are? You aren't alone if you haven't. There are a lot of steps that go into planning a trip, which is why we have made going green easy for...+ READ MORE
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30 Apr 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Switzerland already has so much to boast. Nice people, the Alps, chocolate and now according to [Yale University's Environmental Performance Index (EPI), green prowess. EPI measures environmental health, air pollution, water resources, and productive natural resources.+ READ MORE
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22 Apr 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
If you're like me—trying to minimize the impact your electricity use, your diet, your daily transportation and your things have on the planet—and have analyzed the carbon footprint of your whole life using a tool such as WattsOn, you very quickly see that one or two trips a year by plane can...+ READ MORE
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17 Apr 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
American Airlines added the first of 76 new Boeing Jets this week to its fleet. The Boeing 737-800 is set to replace about ¼ of the old and increasingly dilapidated McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets. What these new jets means for you:+ READ MORE
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16 Apr 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
If you have the itch and the dough to travel, now is certainly the time. Costs are low as airlines scramble to fill their seats in this terrible economy. But don't leave your true eco-self at home when you're away, bring it with you. Visit countries that have the same green philosophy as you. Which...+ READ MORE
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