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Carrot Mob, a new non-profit based in San Francisco, is using group activism to create positive change by voting with dollars. Carrot Mob is getting businesses to change their practices not with the stick, but with the carrot. Check out this post on Triple Pundit about the organization and their first (very successful) campaign.

Ever wonder how many Huggers it takes to change a light bulb? No? Well, ever wonder the real cost difference between incandescent, CFL, and LED light bulbs? Here's a wiki article that looks at the cost of ownership of these different light bulbs that takes into account the initial cost of the bulb, its energy consumption, its light output, its lifetime length, and the cost of electricity.

This is a fantastic wiki about finding a solid used car and getting it to run on a green fuel (one that is both reliable and preferably free). Oh, and it's doing all that on a budget! So here's to driving a sweet car, saving the world with green fuel, and keeping cash in your bank account.