Author: Jen Biederman
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Author: Megan Brown
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This green office supplier is engaging its customers to reduce the impact of shipping orders.

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/16/get-your-next-paperless…

Two new itinerary tools are aiming to make travelers’ trips a whole lot easier.

From laptops to iPhones, travelers can compile and organize their travel itineraries in real-time, while actively sharing their scheduled adventures with others.

Not only are these travel solutions paperless (good for the planet), but they won’t cost a dime.

Kayak Trips

Popular online booking search aggregator, Kayakcom, has recently announced its latest travel-tech tool: Kayak Trips – a free itinerary management tool that easily consolidates travel plans from multiple travel sites.

Sounds complicated, right? Not so much. Basically, all a traveler needs to do is forward their booking confirmation emails from travel suppliers (like Expedia, for instance) to the Kayak Trips user account.

The free service instantly and securely consolidates flights, hotels, car rentals, maps and other events into a single itinerary.

“We’ve already made it simple to compare hundreds of travel sites at once,” said Paul…

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/16/how-are-marriotts-green…

Over the next 5 years, hotel giant Marriott International, Inc. is planning to expand its “green hotel” portoflio by 10-times its current size by introducing a “green hotel prototype” that will be LEED pre-certified.

Beginning in 2010, the prototype model will save hotel owners arpound $100,000 as well as six months of design time, while reducing energy and water use by almost 25%.

LEED, which if you don’t know by now stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an internationally recognized green building certification system designed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the “gold standard” of environmental stewardship for the hospitality industry.

“Marriott’s’ commitment makes it among the first in the world to commit to implementing green buildings on this scale,” said Doug Gatlin, Vice President, USGBC. Marriott was the first hospitality member of the USGBC, and has more than 20 LEED accredited professionals on staff.

The green hotel prototype has…

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Author: Jean-Paul
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/11/remove-indoor-toxins…

Results based on studies by Stanley J. Kays of the Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia – studies on phytoremediation;
Kamal Meattle’s 15 year Indoor pollution studies at the at Paharpur Business Centre in Dehli;
NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) Sick Building Syndrome pollution-absorbing studies.
Resources:
http://www.mnn.com/the-home/gardening-landscaping/stories/can-houseplants-save-your-life
http://greenupgrader.com/6600/green-plants-for-fresh-air/
http://greenupgrader.com/1408/plants-for-health-improve-your-indoor-air-quality/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/science_museum.php
http://www.zone10.com/nasa-study-house-plants-clean-air.html
http://awesome.good.is/marketplace/010/010plants_for_health.html
http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20051107/english-ivy-fix-allergies

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Gas prices are on the way up. It is logical that living in a city would reduce transportation costs compared to living in the suburbs.  You could ride mass transit, walk, or bike to work or to errands and restaurants.
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