I recently read this great article on MSN.com (of all places!) regarding the new way to calculate a vehicle’s gasoline efficiency – not the Miles Per Gallon we’re all accustomed to but Miles Per Dollar. Writer Lawrence Ulrich admits that this fluctuates more than mpg since the price of a gallon of gasoline changes daily, but perhaps it would be [...]

A few weeks ago I did a post on ditching both paper and plastic bags to go reusable to which Matty, from Green Eggs & Planet, left this comment: Excellent post — I too am trying as hard as possible to get into the comprehensive habit of ALWAYS having a bag with me. Maybe a post about how to establish [...]

Being kind to the environment (and your wallet!) is so much easier than you think, especially if you are in an apartment. Why especially? You are already living in a smaller space with less stuff and by definition should be consuming less energy than the person who lives in a house (think of the heating bill, which is a great [...]