I have often fondly talked about my experience with biking in the Danish capital Copenhagen, but a the Crowne Plaza has come up with a great idea to take this to a new level. They have installed two bikes in the hotel lobby that are used to generate electricity. This by itself is a brilliant idea, not [...]
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I have railed on Starbucks (and all the other coffee stores) in that past over all of the wasted paper coffee cups, but after a long time coming, the company has joined with the Betacup program and decided to make some improvements. The Betacup program initially asked for sugestions from customers on how to fight the [...] Well, the trend is catching on and it wont be long before it sweeps the nation. We told you when D.C. started the plastic bag revolution by putting a $0.05 tax on every bag used and now California has gone one step further: they have banned plastic bags all together. Last week, the California general assembly banned [...] It has been a beautiful spring here in Colorado, and my garden has been growing like crazy. Since my last garden post, I have planted cilantro, basil, swiss chard, summer squash, spaghetti squash, beans and black eyed peas to go with my tomatoes, potatoes, onions, peas and spinach. We also have eaten our first salad from the [...] This weekend, we had some beautiful weather here in Colorado and my wife an I took advantage of it. In Colorado we had snow last week, so we are just getting around to doing our “last frost” plantings. It is a little later than most parts of the country, so if you are waiting to get started [...] Last week at work, I had a great surprise during lunch. When I finished my lunch, I started to throw out my orange peal and found a new trash can. But this one wasn’t going straight to the landfill. We have recycling bins at work, but this latest effort is an industrial composting program. These [...] |
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