Not sure whether you would consider this a dream come true or not, depending on the hit your bank will take, but Utah has become the first US state to make it mandatory to take a three day weekend. Their guise is for environmental friendliness, but I think we can all see through that.
Governor Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, has introduced the change, which will affect the majority of state employees, in an attempt to reduce the state’s carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, improve customer service and provide workers more flexibility. “The reaction (from the public) has been very much a willingness to give this a go,” he says.
The four day work week is not as uncommon as I first thought, with forms of it popping up all across the US. The USA Today article notes that “The four-day work week is fairly common among city and county governments…” and it continues:
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Fabulous Fabrics: Harmony Art Organic DesignFrom: feeds.greenoptions.com
Post Date: 2008-03-11 17:48:18
Designer Harmony Susalla has created fabrics for everyone from Target and Costco to Hot Topic and Tony Hawk. In 1998, she co-founded Harmony Art Organic Design and launched her own line of organic fabrics.
The current line of fabrics includes 28 fabrics in a variety of solids and prints in sateen, twill, denim, interlock, and [...]
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more Score One for the FrogsFrom: feeds.greenoptions.com
Post Date: 2008-03-11 14:15:46
Scientists on a Conservation Leadership Programme expedition have recently discovered a critically endangered frog species that hasn’t been seen in nature for 14 years. The Carrikeri Harlequin frog was found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia.
Photo courtesy of the Conservation Leadership Programme.
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more 2008 Eco-Marathon Car Gets 7,148 MPGFrom: feeds.greenoptions.com
Post Date: 2008-03-11 13:27:50
Just to mix things up a bit, take a look at this car from the 2008 Eco-Marathon, registering at a whopping 7,148 MPG (via Autopia):
Looking like one of those space caskets from Star Trek, the single-seat racer you see to the left, constructed by a team from the French technical school St. Joseph La Joliverie [...]
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more First Chicago-Based Grocer Adopts BiodieselFrom: feeds.greenoptions.com
Post Date: 2008-03-11 13:12:46
Dominick’s grocery stores, which operates 99 stores in the Midwest, announced in January that it will become the first Illinois retailer to convert its entire truck fleet to biodiesel. By converting 78 tractors and 350 refrigerated trailers to B20 biodiesel, the grocer projects a 1,457,256 pound reduction in its yearly carbon emissions.
For many Chicagoans, this announcement [...]
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