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Jen N.

For those of you with yards, check out your city's department of public works for extremely discounted compost bins and rain barrels. I know that both Cambridge and Arlington have programs and you can get bins/barrels for approx half of their normal retail prices. We compost as much as possible and it's reduced our garbage to less than a bag a week, plus it's great for the garden. And the rain barrel is an easy and smart way to water your garden without using the public water supply. It just hooks right to your gutter and collects rain from the roof.

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Shannon B.

Zipcar is offering a public transit pass and and a free one year membership to car owners who are willing to give up their car for a month and use public transportation instead. They call it the Low Car Diet!

http://www.zipcar.com/lowcardiet/join/

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Shannon B.

Do you guys have a method for offsetting your carbon omissions? I was testing out Terrapass http://www.terrapass.com/
and BeGreenNow http://www.begreennow.com

I live in Boston and don't own a car but I Travel a couple of times a year, so I'm trying to offset those trips. Does anyone have any experience working with the companies listed or do you prefer to choose Green Charities to donate to on your own?

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