Plan It Green is excited to see these new busses implemented into the San Diego MTS fleet. Mass transit is taking on new a new shape and in GREEN fashion! San Diego MTS purchased 26 of the buses using Federal dollars and State Proposition 1B funds, which was approved by voters in November 2006. Manufactured by North American Bus Industries (NABI), the 26 buses cost $20.4 million and feature wide doors, low floors, a wheelchair ramp, seating for 57 people, and two places for people using wheelchairs.

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Do your bit to reduce pollution, traffic congestion and help the environment. One of our many challenges planning events is the effort to get people to and from the locations of an event, lodging and airports. We look at public transportation to reduce event costs and the next option is always a transportation vendor that will have an effect on the bottom line. However, with the economy on everyone’s mind and the ever tightening event budgets, we suggest really looking at the effects of carpooling.

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Mitsubishi Solar looked to walk the walk with their trade show booth at the recent Solar Power International Conference. The trade show booth was designed by Jenean Smith, Marketing Communications Manager at Mitsubishi.

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What are the impacts on Event Planning?

A recent article by By P.J. DICKERSCHEID, Associated Press Writer the bottom has fallen out of the recycling market place.

We have listed the article below and we are evaluating waste options with vendors for green that reconcile recycling options with these new economic realities.

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Laura Bush announced she is trying to do her part to green up the holiday events at the White House this year.

In addition to reusing ornaments from prior years, she also said the lights on the trees in the White House will have low-energy LED bulbs, and she encouraged Americans to use them when their holiday lights wear out to save energy.

More than 60,000 visitors are expected to visit the White House for tours, with 25 holiday receptions and seven dinners planned.

Do you travel? Are you planning to travel? Maybe you have friends that are globe trotters? Well, check this out! When you travel and stay at hotels, please remember you have GREEN options. This information is out there and we find it for you! We discovered another website to help you get started on your Green Travel Planning. Check out www.istaygreen.org ! Visit their About Us page to read how your involvement is very much needed.

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