When I logged into my Bank of America account today, a screen prompted me to "go paperless". I just did and it took me all of 30 seconds. From their website:

By going to online statements, you are already helping the environment. Plus, when you stop your monthly paper checking or savings account statement, Bank of America will acknowledge your efforts by donating $1 to The Nature Conservancy's reforestation programs.

Why isn't every corporation in the world offering the same option? Most companies use paper for no reason other than tradition. Can we get other corporations to join them? Email or contact companies you deal with and tell them to "go paperless". Excellent work, Bank of America.

Just by brushing your teeth without having water running, you will save 150 gallons of water each month and 1800 Gallons every year.

If you have a water leak, that's another 300 gallons each month. If it's fast 800 gallons and if it's streaming then it's 4000 gallons. It all adds up.

Every little bit helps.

Interesting article from St Lucie, FL submitted by Carol Jenson (Sister-in-law & aunt of the bloggers).

St. Lucie County has plans to ditch its dump. It plans to generate electricity by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than the sun.

This $425 million facility will use lightning-like plasma arcs to turn trash into gas and rock-like material. It will be the first such plant in the US operating at such a massive scale and the largest in the world.

The gas produced will run turbines to create electricity and the slag will be sold for road and construction projects.

Central Iowa has been chosen as the site for a $155 million massive indoor rain forest and environmental learning center that organizers hope will be as successful as its predecessor in the United Kingdom.

Earthpark will feature an indoor rain forest, a 600,000-gallon freshwater aquarium, an exterior prairie and wetland exhibits. The main dome will enclose about four acres and stand more than 150 feet in the air. The park will feature alternative renewable energy systems such as wind and solar power.

Groundbreaking will begin in 2007 with completion in 2010 and is expected to generate $130 million of economic activity annually.

The 70 acres set aside for Earthpark is part of a larger 240-acre residential, recreational and retail development. It will include condominiums, a resort hotel, a restaurant, water park, cabins and a marina.