Urban Ecoist

“Carbonfund.org and Volkswagen are glad you’ve taken an interest in the Carbon Neutral Project. It’s an initiative that’s making it easy for Volkswagen owners and friends to take action toward offsetting their carbon emissions right away. And to kick-start the project, Volkswagen will offset the carbon emissions for one year of every new Volkswagen purchased in the U.S. from September 1, 2007 thru January 2, 2008. The contributions of the Carbon Neutral Project will be put toward the re-forestation of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, a.k.a. The VW Forest. Thanks for checking us out. And we hope you’ll join us.”

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Like a scene right out of Little Shop of Horrors, botanicals have just made a leap forward on the evolutionary food chain. Well, not really. But with the technology provided by Botanicalls, your very own Audrey II’s can call you when they are thirsty. And even better than your teenager, they’ll also call you to say, “Thank you.”

Check out the video here. And this is hilarious.

Want to ‘green’ your life, but not sure where to start?

Green Options’ free e-course will teach you how to lighten your environmental impact, without sacrificing comfort or breaking the bank.

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In the UK? Need help making the change to green???

Sign up for Green reminding (aka Nagging) over at The Nag. They’ll help you make the change. All you do is provide a little information and then they will make one nagging suggestion a month of something you should change. They’re fairly simple (like switching to CFLs) and at one a month it shouldn’t be too overwhelming.

Unfortunately, for the folks here in the US, we’ll just have to fend for ourselves for the moment. B over at The Nag tells me that they are starting to form partnerships with agencies in different countries who are interested in taking the Nag, adapting the messaging and advice and running it in their own countries in some shape and form. So, there is hope for us yet. =)

A couple of interesting facts before I go from the Nag website: 116 people have switched to green energy with The Nag. Together they are saving about 232 tons of CO2 every year.

For a lot of people, a computer is the main tool they use at work. Optimizing the energy settings for computers and other devices can be more than a modest energy saver. With this in mind, here are a few applications/tools/widgets to help you.

So I received an email from Snap today. I use their product on my other blog ‘Hand Cramp Crochet‘. In this email was a link to CO2 Saver. It’s a small, Windows based program that help you manage the amount of energy you are using. The less electricity produced, the fewer harmful emissions and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) are released into the atmosphere. (And that’s a good thing!)

Another interesting little tool/widget I found is the EcoWidget. It looks like a nifty little tool. Right now, it’s availability is a little skimpy, and really only available to Yahoo! widget user… however it will provide you with up-to-date Green News, daily tips and tricks to help you become more green. Also included is a local search functionality. You can input your zip code and find out where the local coops, and such, are located.

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