The holiday season is here, and most of us are franticly running around in preparations for the biggest holiday of all. As you get ready for the holiday cheer, keep in mind a few tips that will make your holidays even more meaningful, while you make environmentally cautious choices.
Send e-mails, not cards. You don’t have to send a mass e-mail, a personal Holiday greeting will be as heart-warming as any …
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I have a mental image of my family’s living room the moment after every Christmas gift has been unwrapped. Strewn across the floor are heaps of colorful wrapping paper, some with little bears printed on them, others with dancing candy canes. Hours were spent making sure every fold was tight and every cut was even, but in the end it’s all bundled up and sent away.
I know this isn’t a phenomenon …
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Cash for carpooling? Getting commuters to go green as they earn some green is the purpose of the ‘Pool Rewards program launched last week by Commuter Connections.
A program of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Commuter Connections is hoping to alleviate traffic and pollution by incenting carpoolers in three of the metro area’s most congested corridors.
The three-month pilot program offers …
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If you think about the sheer quantity of goods that local governments and schools procure – ranging from pencils and printers to computers and cars – it only makes sense to examine the eco-effects of such purchases. Last week, FairfaxCounty Executive Anthony H. Griffin signed a memorandum directing county departments to do just that.
The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing policy aims to help purchasing decision makers buy products …
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Virginia is for (Energy-Efficiency) Lovers
As promised, I’m continuing my coverage of the initiatives that the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are undertaking to help residents green their dwellings without de-greening their wallets. Covering the District last week, I cross the bridge to Virginia this week… and the state line to Maryland next. (Note: these are in no particular order, so please put any state pride aside).
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