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Coming up on Earth Day this Friday, April 22, everyone who brings in a reusable mug or tumbler gets a free brewed coffee or tea!

Bring in travel mug for FREE coffee Friday!

If you don’t have a tumbler or travel mug, Starbucks will be offering some for sale at 20% off on Earth Day. And FYI, ANY time you bring in your own tumbler or mug, you get 10 cents off your drink EVERY time!

As part of its Shared Planet initiative, Starbucks has set a goal to serve 25% of beverages sold in reusable containers by 2015. Last year 1.2 million people participated! Still, reusable serveware still accounts for only a small percentage of total beverages served. But the impact we could have if we carry in our reusable tumblers (and reusable bags into the grocery store and other stores) is huge when we ALL do it. Starbucks customers bringing in their own tumblers 32 million times (as they did in 2010) keeps nearly 1.45 million pounds of paper out of landfills!

Visit Starbucks near Abberly at West Ashley:

Fuel up on some delicious liquid energy for FREE on Friday—but don’t forget your travel mug!

photo: Starbucks

If you’re really serious about going green, then why not try to make your own deodorant? It’s a simple recipe that promises to give you the same dry, odorless feeling that you get from the store-bought variety. The instructions on how to make it can be found here.

GE has done something cool and developed an all-electric version of Santa’s Sleigh. The sleigh uses LED lights, a holographic list of Santa’s list, and all the bells and whistles. Check out the Sleigh of the Future.

I don’t know if anyone knew that Hanukkah could be considered as a green holiday. The principles of Hanukkah include conserving resources, uniting nature and humanity, and the memory that a community can work together to overcome a great empire. Find out more information about green Hanukkah here.

Combine your two loves, technology and the environment.  There ARE cool techie gifts for those who want to go green and like technology. Cool things like cell phones, e-readers, and battery chargers. Here’s the full list of green gadgets. Are you a techie?