100 things to save the planet 004

According to tests cited in The Ten-Minute Activist, the most efficient highway speed is 55 miles per hour. That'll save you up to fourteen percent of your gas, if you habitually drive faster than that. Driving more safely—slower acceleration, slower braking—could save you more than thirty percent. And if you expect the car to sit still more than a minute, turn it off; that could save you up to nineteen percent. I don't know where they're getting their numbers on the gas mileage bit, but the rest makes sense. And saving gas saves money as well as CO2 emissions. So, drive safe!

100 things to save the planet 005

Apparently a vendor of cloth menstrual pads is having a sale. (Link to post where I learned of this, which has link to sale.) Users of cloth pads: pros, cons? Because reusable trumps disposable, which is what I'm using now. One definite con: disposable pads are on the list of 'things Mom won't ask me to pay her back for' and cloth pads wouldn't be.

The same vendor has a free sample program, and if you move quick enough today you get free shipping. I figure it's worth a try, right?

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So many people needing help, so little money, so far away from anywhere that sweat equity might be useful. Not that it'd be useful in this particular instance.

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I'm participating in my first Crowdfunding Creative Jam. Come play too!

ETA: Also here.