Green gifts!

Happy holidays everyone!

The Story of Cap & Trade...

An interesting and unique take on one of the more plans to control carbon emissions:

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Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

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Wrapping paper. It's hard to fold, it's heavy, it's overpriced and it's not very environmentally friendly. Sure, there is wrapping paper out there made of recycled paper, but it's hard to find and still pretty energy intensive for something that's going to get torn up and thrown away. Solution? Try wrapping your gifts in old newspaper. It won't look so pretty -- in fact it will probably look downright strange, but it serves its purposes: to hide whatever the gift is and to give the receiver something to viciously tear apart.

The "Climategate" Scandal

Recently the University of East Anglia, which investigates climate change, had thousands of emails leaked, supposedly disproving the existence of global warming. Here's the nation's most reliable news reporter discussing it:

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Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

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If you need an ice pack, instead of buying one from the market, just freeze water in a water bottle. You should be avoiding bottled water when possible to begin with (it is less strictly regulated by the FDA than tap water is by the EPA) but we all know that, sometimes, it's a necessary evil. So when you do have a water bottle, instead of recycling it immediately, try bringing it home, filling it with tap water and freezing it to use as an ice pack for lunch boxes and whatnot. If/when the plastic cracks or the bottle becomes unusable, just recycle it like you normally would! It's all about making the most of what you buy.

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Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

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DO NOT print slides on powerpoint! Very rarely should you ever feel compelled to print powerpoint slides as one slide per sheet of paper. Most people don't even mean to -- they just print without thinking about it. Make sure you make a habit of printing handouts NOT slides! And if you accidentally do print slides, cancel the printing job ASAP! I made this mistake early Friday morning and I managed to cancel the job with only one sheet printed. One sheet too many. Don't make this mistake!