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This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series all things eco

Will, who submitted an article to this carnival, has a great idea. What if all the participants, including myself, gave each others' posts a thumbs up on StumbleUpon (or submitted them to other social bookmarking sites)? I think it's great way to promote each other, as well as the carnival, thanks Will! Samir presents The Yellow Rubber Ducks Now Live Down On the Farm posted at Samir Bharadwaj dot Com. Samir said, "Every environmental lesson is better learnt through a story, ...

With the warm weather here, many of us will be washing our cars a lot more (if it's not raining constantly, like it has been here for awile!) Believe it or not, washing your car in your driveway is one of the most eco un-friendly chore that you can do. Not only does task waste A LOT of water (about 150 gallons of water), but most of the soaps we use to wash are cars are terrible for the environment. Think about it: you're washing your car outside, and ...

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series all things eco

Welcome to the June 2, 2008 edition of All Things Eco. I'm still excited about the outcome of last week's blog carnival, since it was our first! On a side note, is anyone else having problems with Blogger websites today? They seem to load forever only to deliver this message "Server Error - The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds." I keep trying... but I keep getting that message, with the website only ...

I just came across a green car insurance company in the UK. The Green Insurance Company promises that they will offset your cars carbon emissions by planting trees. I think it's a pretty amazing idea, and I wish more companies would offer something like this. I would personally be happy to pay a little more if I knew my money was going to bettering the planet. From The Green Insurance Company: Our offset project Our initial project is a new forest ...

So that is the Tesla Roadster, a new electric car in the US. It can supposedly travel from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds and and up to or more than 200 miles on one charge. I would assume that if you are continuously driving it in the fashion many people who would buy a car like that would (FAST!), it probably will not be as efficient as 200+ miles per charge. Anyway, it apparently has zero emissions, which is something that caught my interest. Unfortunately, at $100,000 USD, something tells me I won't be ...