A Potpurri of Eco Ideas

I've been so busy getting our annual report together that I have been unable to update this, my faithful blog. Here are some of the most fun ideas that have flown by my desk in the past few weeks:

Sanitation District No. 1 has rolled out the rainbarrels. You can conserve the water runoff from your roof to water your flowers and at the same time, reduce your water bill, keep water away from your building foundation, and do your part to cut down on water pollution and flooding. It sounds all-around wonderful.
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Have you heard of Ecofont? Those crafty Dutch have developed a font that uses 20% less ink but looks almost identical to your standard Ariel. The secret? Little empty dots in the letters that are unnoticable at your standard typeface size. See if you can tell which of the quotes below were printed with Ecofont:



Give up? In the top quote, the second was typed with ecofont and in the bottom quote, the first was the environmental verbiage.


It's hard to tell a difference at all...


...Even up-close.


But when you look at it on the computer screen, especially in a large size, it is pretty obvious.
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Finally, on a (somewhat?) lighter note, a short film on the horrendous karma that can result from environmental indifference can be found here: It All Comes Back to You