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In my opinion this is not going to solve a single problem. Perhaps prohibiting the sale of vehicles over a 2 would help?

Source: Newser

Toyota has not confirmed or denied these plans, but given the state of the economy, fuel prices and overall green thinking thanks to global warming, you can only assume this will be a home-run.

Quite the interesting concept, and I would love to see this come to life: Click Here to Read More

Future City really takes this to the next level. This artist rendition of a massive metropolis shows how we could make the most of everything we sit on, drive and walk on and even eat.

Click Here to see the Plan and you will see exactly what I mean. How inspiring is this? Extremely, in a word.

I’ve been seeing people take a couple bites of something and toss it for far too long, and I need to just yell from the top of a mountain about it.

When people start complaining about the rising cost of food, I can only smile and reply “well it’s your fault.” That never gets the reaction in should. When I explain what I mean, people tend to nod their head but I can see nothing has stuck - they won’t be changing their ways. Imagine the money you would save if you only ate what your body needed. Imaging ordering only what you knew you would eat - that goes from lunch at the office to grocery shopping at a local Whole Foods (or other organic/trendy store).

So how can you help the Earth and your wallet at the same time and stop wasting food?

1. Purchase only what you know you will eat. That means planning meals, or ordering food from a menu you know you will like, and be able to eat all of. If you DON’T eat it all, take the leftovers home and eat them as a snack or a meal.
2. Don’t order food just because it is free. An example is I went to Rain Forest Cafe and I got a free appetizer. I knew I wouldn’t be able to eat it, so I ordered it but bagged it right away and ate it as a snack that night. Most people would just nibble at it and toss it because “It was free so who cares?”
3. If you eat out more than at home and you keep tossing out veggies, just stop buying the things you waste. Don’t double up just because you think you MAY need it.

The benefits of wasting less food will come back to help your wallet and on top of it all stop the vicious cycle of throwing away Earth’s blood, food. A nice bi product of all of this is you’ll probably drop a few pounds if you start watching your food intake. So we really hit a 3 in one with this idea. So go do it!

A side note you should consider is that about 25% of all food produced is WASTED and sent to a landfill. This not only fills up our landfills but when the food decomposes it emits greenhouse gasses.
Also be aware that some of the food we consume such as SEAFOOD is not so easy to produce. Some of the stocks of seafood have been shrinking for a hundred years due to overfishing/catching. Who knows, maybe eating 25% less seafood would mean we’d end up having crabs for awhile which would be nice.

I had a thought about 2 years ago where we would work an initiative to stop bulk junk mail. Who loves getting tons of paper in their mailbox daily that you never even look at? I hate it, and I thought if we could eliminate the BILLIONS of pounds of junk mail waste that we produce yearly, we may be able to make a dent in the clear cutting and absolute decimation of our world’s forests.

Today I was browsing for some tips on how to make a service like this, when I ran into Green Dimes which is a service that takes local area junk mail providers and allows you to remove yourself from their lists for up to 5 years.

This takes some time with their FREE service. You may want to set aside 30-60 minutes to complete all of the opt-out processes but I can assure you it is worth it if we can help reduce waste even a fraction of a percent.

This service really will help if we can spread the word. So if you liked it, tell a friend.

Note: Go to the biggest culprit directly and remove yourself to stop 90% of the BS in your mailbox. Click Here Now.

1. Carbon Footprint Calculator find out how much you damage and where you can save.
2. 30 gas Saving Tips that really work
3. Make your own Diesel and save $3+ per gallon in fuel
4. Recycle regularly because the amount of glass we toss into landfills is disturbing.

These are just 4 of thousands of sites and tools out there to help you get going. Next I am going to catalogue a bunch of very small changes you can make in your life to make a MAJOR impact. I want to share my day to day ideas on recycling, saving money on gas and electricity and much more.

I think we need to begin adopting more ideas like this to place green ideas inside of people’s heads without them thinking about it.