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Vanpool As Study Hall

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · community, sustainability, transportation

I’m back after a week-long break from Diamond-Cut Life. I’ve been reading Bill McKibben’s excellent book Deep Economy . . . . . was delighted by President Obama’s speech last night (clean energy, what a concept!) . . . . . attended a good Illahee lecture about desire . . . . have been organizing [...]

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Top Ten Tips For Carpooling, Part II

January 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · sustainability

I have a 100-mile commute here in Oregon, from Portland to Salem, the state capitol, that I do three times a week with a congenial carpool (six of us in total). Carpooling is saving me $6,800/year, using this cost calculator. I also telework two days a week, and teleworking will be the subject of a [...]

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Top Ten Tips For Carpooling, Part I

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · money, simplicity, sustainability, work

Coming up on my one-year anniversary in my carpool, I recently wrote a post about how it is saving me $6,800/year according to this cost calculator. (I have a 100 mile round trip, and five carpool partners). I’m also saving a lot of carbon emissions, and arriving at work and back at home sweeter and [...]

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Carpooling Is Saving Me $6,800/year

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation, work

Next month I’ll celebrate my one year anniversary at my job — and my carpool will have saved me $6,800. To figure that out, I used the calculator at Carpool Match Northwest, which is also where I found my congenial carpool (six of us now) in the first place.
My situation is actually both better and [...]

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Our New Honda Hybrid

May 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments · sustainability, transportation

We researched ad nauseam what fuel-efficient, low-emissions car we should buy. We finally chose the Honda Civic hybrid for its great ratings all around, plus its state AND federal tax credits. We waited and waited for it to arrive at the dealership. Last night we finally brought it home.

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