“Go Loco” Really Isn’t Crazy–It’s Just Good Green Sense

The “greening” of America is finally catching on…and I love it!  Recently, I stumbled across a neat idea for transportation…an online community where you can hook up with others for similar destinations and share the cost.  You can carpool to school, to church, to sports games, or even find someone to share longer distance travel across the U.S.!  It’s a great concept. The GoLoco (www.GoLoco.org) folks make their money by charging 10% of the travel costs, so if 3 people (2+ the driver) decide to go see the Mavericks play, the mileage is determined and then a cost of 50 cents per mile is calculated. If two riders participate, then 1/3 of the trip is charged to each of them, with 10% of the trip cost going to the GoLoco folks.  I think it’s a great idea.  And I bet more of these communities will be popping up.  If you know of some other  GREEN ideas like this, please share them!

And in the meantime, Live Fit, Live Strong, Laugh Often.  Happy Monday!

Last week, I came home from work to find a couple of plastic bags containing two huge phone books. Typically I recycle the bags, then bring in the latest books inside and swap them out for whatever ones are in the house.  I throw the older versions into my recycle can.  This time, I stopped. I never use the things. Between the internet and 411 Free Info. (If you are not familiar with this resource, RIGHT now enter 411-FREE into your cell phones 1-800-373-3411.  After a brief commercial from the sponsor of the day, you get a free directory assistance. It works about 90% of the time and you can have them tell you the info, get details like phone # and address, or have that same info texted to your phone!  We rarely use our phone books–yellow pages or residential.) So back to the yellow pages, I decided to do a little research and was pleasantly surprised to find the Yellow Pages gang is on top of it.  You can go to www.yellopagesgoesgreen.org and get your name removed from future telephone books. Sweeeeeeet!! They’ve got a pretty nifty little site set up and they also have an option to opt out of catelogs, as well.  See how simple it is to make a difference?  Just one small act, every day. Tell your friends. Together, we CAN make a difference!