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Live like you teach

Posted by admin Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:04:00 GMT

In our neighboring country, Sweden, king Carl Gustav has publicly been a proponent of sustainable living. Aftonbladet has earlier reported that the king is recycling and offers rather tap water than bottled water. As he likes his cars, so far he has had 9 gas-guzzlers in his garage. However, today Aftonbladet reported that the king has been seen driving a Volvo S30, a compact car with fairly good exhaust values. I'm happy to see that people don't just talk anymore, but also act. Especially it's important that public figures show a good example in this.

By the way, if you are interested in the exhaust values of cars, have a look at the Ekoake search service by Finnish authorities. You can search for cars with the max CO2 emissions or gas consumption. If you see such services in English, please let me know!

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Climatecars

Posted by admin Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Learned from my colleagues in London: there's a taxi service called climatecars that aims to make taxi services as environmentally friendly as possible. They use hybrid cars for low emissions, and also offset the carbon. At the same time, they try not to sacrifice any of the standards of taxi ride, like comfort, punctuality, security,

They also have a service for bicyclists who want to get a ride back home after a day gone too long.

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