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Mercedes is now moving into the luxury hybrid market, a space that has been decidedly Lexus' up till now. While the S 400 hybrid has been a fast seller in Europe (accounting for almost 20% of S-Class orders since June), it has only just rolled into U...

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Electric Car Future May Power A Charging Industry

As makers from Tesla to Nissan Motor Co jockey to dominate the next generation of electric-powered cars, a fight on which companies will control the lucrative market to fuel them is just getting started. And with U.S. President Barack Obama wanting t...

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Car Fuel Made From Old Beer, Leftover Wine, & Other Waste Products

The MicroFueler makes ethanol out of organic waste in minutes. It can be installed at individual homes, and companies are eager to supply owners with garbage.

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Who Needs Gasoline If You Have Old Beer?

The MicroFueler makes ethanol out of organic waste in minutes. It can be installed at individual homes, and companies are eager to supply owners with garbage.

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article published 366 days 17 hrs ago in Cars and Transport

IZIP Trekking Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike

First impression of the first ever electric bike.

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article published 367 days 14 hrs ago in Cars and Transport

BMW Unveils Advanced Plug-In Sports Car

It's the BMW Vision, a car that has an ultra-efficient turbo-diesel engine and two electric motors that could combine to make it the greenest sports car.

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Guest Editors

Kim Carlson

Kim Carlson is an author, columnist and the founder of five successful companies that use earth-friendliness as their driving force. Carlson's book, "Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Eco-Footprint"explores the many advantages of being an environmentally responsible business. Her latest venture is the development of the EarthSmart Consumer Certified, a retail product certification program devised in collaboration with the country's leading scientists, academics and environmentalists that will prove to be the most innovative environmental screening process to date. Kim Carlson is the January guest editor of Start Green. For more information on Kim, please visit her site http://www.earthsmartconsumer.com

Jaclyn Mullen

Jaclyn Mullen has one foot on the "green" carpet and one foot on the red carpet. She contributes for Your Daily Thread.com and Hollywire.com on all things "green and on the scene" in Los Angeles, CA. She is an avid social activist in her community, she belongs to Step Up Women's Network and is a 2009 Commitment To Philanthropy Award Winner. As a youth advocate, Jaclyn's main initiative is to simplify going green for kids and their families. She will be a recurring guest editor and contributor for Start Green.com

Green Tips

Green Your Closet

Make a few simple changes to your clothes shopping habits and your wardrobe will be green in no time: choose natural fabrics and organic cotton while accessorizing with vintage.

Green Your Wash

Find a less toxic dry cleaner and avoid the toxic chemical percloro-ethelene (PERC) which can cause cancer and contaminate water supplies.

Treat Your Pet With Green Loving Care

“Human quality” pet food is all the rage these days including meats that are raised in a humane and sustainable manner.

Use Common Sense Pest Control

Seal up holes and cracks around your home’s foundation and cut off a pest’s food and water supply before reaching for the poison.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Plant a Tree

Trees capture and hold carbon dioxide (a green house gas that is in a large part responsible for global warming) and provide shade that decreases the need for air-conditioning.

Go Green Within Your Network

They say there is strength in numbers for a reason. So grab a green buddy, whether it's your friend, mother, father, sister, co-worker of brother. Review the simple things you do to go green, search the net for green news and tips. See what you can do in your community to make things more eco efficient.

Recycle, recycle, recycle

If we are going to consume materials, let's make sure we explore ways for them to be repurposed and reused. Plastic that does not get recycled ends up in landfills and our oceans. More and more recycle centers are popping up and there are even a ton of recycling incentive programs (such as www.recyclebank.com and Think Green Rewards brought to you by Greenopolis.com

Get involved in your community

A big part of the green movement is volunteering. There was the whole "Green The Block" day, community gardens are sprouting up allowing people of all ages and from all walks of life to go green together. Look up Tree People, Heal The Bay or on a more local level, hit the web and research green groups you can join in your area.