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Ecotality-BestBuy Deal for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Ecotality will be installing electric vehicle charging stations by 2011. The company has announced a deal with electronics retailer Best Buy. As per the agreement, Blink EV charging stations will be installed at twelve of the Best Buy locations in Arizona, California, and Washington by March of 2011.
Clothing Swaps to Cut Carbon Footprint & Aid Domestic Violence Shelters
Here’s a great idea. Clothing swaps can prove to be a move towards going green, and the effort could also help endeavors to raise money for a charity initiative. Swap for Good, a grassroots, volunteer-led campaign aims at encouraging people to host clothing swaps, as a way to raise money for local domestic violence shelters.
WWF’s New Green Roof for its Washington HQ
World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) latest green architectural innovation has reached completion. The organization’s headquarters in Washington D.C. features this which is in fact a green roof atop the building. This is considered as the third largest in the city.
Washing Car at Home : Possible Ban in Washington
Washington officials are already discussing a possible ban on washing cars at home on the driveway, for environmental reasons. Apparently they're really concerned that the shampoo or whatever cleaning products people use, are going into the storm drains and then off into the rivers, seas, oceans where it poisons aquatic life and wreaks other ecosystem havoc. Though it sounds like a ...
