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FRIDAY, AUG. 8, 2008

Cool Ideas from the Community

The best ideas come from you.

So we got this email a few days ago:

Here are a couple of tips, mixed into my daily routine that I thought you guys might want to use. Most of them came from your daily emails to me, the rest are from me changing my way of thinking.

My husband and I have have taken to driving our old 1994 Toyota (only) over driving both it, and our 2003 Lexus to save gas, wear and tear and pollution. We carpool with each other most of the time. It's liberating and fun to drive something less fancy and know I am helping got save the earth AND caring less about appearances. My 120lb Bull Mastiff, Easy, gets to ride along more now, as she can drool all she wants in the Toyota with out us worrying so much about her messing up the interior!

In choosing to drive the "beater" we have found ourselves with old and broken built in cup holders. I found myself constantly asking for drink holders when I would hit Starbucks. Due to CoolPeopleCare reminding me every day to think differently about my carbon footprint, it dawned on me not only to keep an extra drink holder in the car so I never have to ask for a new one, but I also keep a set of CoolPeopleCare mugs in the car for coffee runs. Today I am ordering my first set of CoolPeopleCare water bottles. I have vowed to refill, refill, refill. Thanks for making me think differently.

No...thank YOU for telling us (and now the rest of the world) how and why you care. Stories like this are inspiring and informative to a whole host of world changers out there, looking to make a difference in ways big and small.

We're currently working on ways that all the Cool People out there can share their own stories of change, can connect with one another digitally and in person, and can continue to spread the hope and inspiration that comes from living a changed life.

While we're still tweaking a few things, you can get started on that here. Check it out and get connected by sharing your stories.

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