Transportation consultant Eric Kocaja offered a few tips on how to maximize fuel efficiency if your lifestyle requires you use a car. Check out these links for more information on maintenance and efficiency:

http://www.eartheasy.com/live_fuel_efficient_driving.htm

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/Feg/drive.shtml

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/list/top10/103164/article.html

Landscaping consultant Ladd Smith urged – and we mean urged! – viewers to avoid using pesticides on their landscapes. Why? Because storm-water run off delivers these poisons to our water supplies, lakes, rivers and oceans with significant negative impacts to the environment and our health. What to use instead of pesticides? Here are a few links to check out:

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2008/07/alternatives_to_pesticides.html

http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Yard/Natural_Lawn_&_Garden_Care

http://www.pesticide.org

http://www.panna.org

http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/1314.htm