What is the best way to push electric and hybrid vehicles to the mainstream level? Provide the infrastructure. This is what the west coast governors are doing. Governor Christine Gregoire (D-Washington), Governor Ted Kulongoski (D-Oregon) and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-California) are working together to turn Interstate 5 into the U.S.’s first green freeway. This is great news, as I-5 is one of the most traveled freeways in the nation, serving the most populated cities on the left coast…Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego, with easy access to San Francisco and the Bay Area. They want to turn the 1,381.3 mile highway into one that accommodates drivers of alternative-fuel and electric vehicles, by providing bio-diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and natural gas filling stations, as well as battery charging and replacing stations that are conveniently located along this main interstate highway (EcoGeek).
I-5 North through Sacramento, CA
Don’t get too excited. This plan still faces many rounds of approval. But, if it is approved, Washington will start converting its 276.62 miles of I-5 ownership to a green freeway as early as (more…)
No, I’m not talking about dying beer green with a few drops of green food coloring, or filling an empty laundry detergent canister with beer from the refrigerator in the basement at a random house party. I’m talking about organic beer. I have had the privilege of growing up in the Northwest, a region that is rich in local, organic beers, but nowadays there is an organic beer for all regions and tastes.
According to a new 
They launched a “Recycle Caps with Aveda” program, that will collect bottle caps through Aveda stores, beauty salons and schools. The company started this recycling program by first collecting caps from employees and their families, which were made into tops for the limited edition retro Clove shampoo. The shampoo’s bottle will also include 96 % 
It’s been a couple of months since our last Green Crawler update, so here is what we have been working on. Last time, we introduced the key to our new website…our data feed process with Google Base specifications.