The Brown is Green
I've decided in an effort to alleviate the gas crunch in my purse and on the environment, I will now only shop online. Of course, that means someone has to bring me my stuff. I feel much better knowing it's going to be UPS in their big brown, yet now green, vehicles and those sassy brown shorts.
UPS calls their collection of eco-friendly delivery trucks the Green Fleet and they are expanding from 50 hybrid electric trucks to 250 (the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company) and the CNG-run fleet will increase from 800 to 1,100 as well. Additionally, UPS is ordering 500 more hybrid and compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery vehicles.
This will save 176,000 gallons of fuel annually and 1,786 metric tons of carbon emissions each year--the equivalent of removing almost 100 conventional UPS trucks from the road for a year. That's no chicken scratch.
"Alternative fuel research and development is just one of the ways that UPS is mitigating climate change risks," said Bob Stoffel, UPS's corporate sustainability officer. "We also are focused on aggressive conservation programs and improving network efficiency to cut fuel use."
To learn more about UPS and they're eco-fuzzy policies, go HERE. And go ahead, spend the afternoon on eBay...UPS is on the job.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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