When it comes to your automobile, you have lots of nice green options currently available, and I don’t mean you have to invest in a hybrid or corn oil run car either.

Try these tips to green your ride:
Ditch the car: Of course, ditching your car is the greenest way to go. Not all the time, but at least some of the time try the following – walking (huh – you remember walking right?), biking, car pooling, public transportation, or roller skates. I know, skates, not so realistic, but the other options are good to go and greener than your car. …read more

Today we’re looking at car-pools. So far we’ve covered how to start organizing a car-pool and rules to follow.
There are alternatives to the tradional car-pool that you may want to consider as well. Not everything has to be about driving. You might consider a…
Walking-pool – where parents set days to walk a group of kids to and from school or other activities.
Bike-pool – same as walking, but of course on bikes (or scooters).
Long-term pools – a long term pool might be that one or two parents handle transport for a week at a stretch. Then new parents take over the …read more

In the previous post we looked at how to start organizing a car-pool. In this post we’ll continue with this; looking at rules and information you’ll need to discuss at your car-pool parent meeting.
Information to discuss: All parents need to know the following about the other parents; someone should keep notes and then make up a chart for the other parents.

Full name of parent driving
Home, work, & cell number
Address – home and work
Available days and times to car-pool
Number of kids in family who will be included in the car-pool.
Size of car – i.e how many kids will safely fit in …read more

Now that the school year is here, many parents will join up with a car-pool, or create a new group. Today we’ll be looking at car-pool basics, rules, and alternatives to the traditional car-pool.
If you’re considering organizing a car-pool, here are some tips:
Plan for diligent or casual: A diligent car-pool means parents pick up or drop off kids no matter what; even if their own kids are sick. Usually someone in this car-pool group has an official list created with dates and times. A casual car-pool is, well, casual. In casual car-pool groups I’ve seen, parents sometimes put planning off …read more