Greeninteractshere

Get stains out naturally with a combo of lemon juice, baking soda, and white vinegar.

Take your workout outside.

Get coffee stains out naturally with cold salt water.

Rarely do I ever feel humbled. But I've finally come across someone who makes even a man as important as myself feel small.

I'm talking about true American hero, Army Captain Joe Kobes, who appeared on last night's show and won $78,000. While I'm never happy to see a contestant leave with my money, I can honestly say there isn't a more deserving player than Captain Joe Kobes, who has put his life on the line in Iraq to defend our freedoms.

Thank you Captain Joe Kobes for your bravery.

The Banker

I think one problem with "going green" is that it's too easy to think, well what difference does my one cup a day make, or my using disposable packaging? After all I'm just one person, right, tossing just a few items? It's really hard to get a bigger picture on what consumption and waste means on a grand scale.

To get a good (and somewhat frightening) idea of the amount of stuff Americans consume on a daily basis, photographer Chris Jordan "ran the numbers" with actual objects used over various short periods of time. Definitely worth a long hard look: http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

Robb Fritz
NBC.com Homepage Editor

Our office relies heavily on paper coffee mugs and plastic water bottles. So, as an experiment for Earth Week we (meaning I) decided to remove all paper cups and plastic bottles forcing people to bring in a ceramic/insulated coffee mug and use actual glasses for water consumption. So far so good, but its not quite 11am here in Los Angeles. Perhaps in a few hours my crisp white shirt will be covered in coffee from unhappy people who had to search for a new way to drink their morning cup of joe.

Here’s the deal, it’s not easy to change when the convenience of paper cups and bottles are constantly in front of you. Sometimes it takes removing the enticing items to not use them. We are in a mode of training here at NBC.com…training the staff to think GREEN, training the staff to consume less, training the staff to embrace the simple and easy changes they can make.

They use about half the power of plasma TVs.

Increase your fuel efficiency by removing excess weight from your car.

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Save water by using the same set of hotel linens for your whole stay.