Oregon Tree Huggerearth day » Oregon Tree Hugger http://oregontreehugger.com Sustainability, Greenery, and Insanity Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:33:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Earth-Friendly Project for Kids http://oregontreehugger.com/earth-friendly-project-for-kids/ http://oregontreehugger.com/earth-friendly-project-for-kids/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:31:22 +0000 Nikole http://oregontreehugger.com/?p=180 Planting Strawberries with Kids – written by me and posted at Nature Moms Blog.

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]]> I stopped by Eugene’s Earth Day 2009 Celebration with my family, where I met the makers of this cool little car:

BugE Electric Vehicle

While this kind of car is totally impractical for a mom with 2 small kids in the car (aka me), I could totally see my parents driving such a thing, or my husband commuting to work. Besides looking like something out of the movie Wall-E, it can go about 30 miles without a charge and costs you a penny per mile to drive it for "fuel" (according to the BugE web site). And now that Lane Community College won EWEB’s $100k grant to build a solar-powered EV charging station, your fill-ups might just be free!

To learn more about the BugE, check out some of these links;

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