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One for All NO MORE dragging wet

laundry from one machine
to the other with an
LG Electronics washer/dryer
combo. These models
save space and surpass
Energy Star’s highest
efficiency standards.
They wash up to fifteen
pounds of laundry
but dry only eight pounds
at a time—which
means you’ll need
to keep up the
clothesline for now.

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iPod to Go BEFORE YOU hit the road with your iPod, consider bringing along a 5-inch fan-like Solio Solar Charger (above) to keep it juiced. And download metro maps for Hong Kong, New York, Paris and other cities at subwaymaps.com.

^{L BEGINNING IN July 2006,} new homes will face much tougher

Energy Star requirements, including
higher standards for insulation, framing, windows, heating, lighting
and appliances. The Department of Energy estimates that these
changes, to be made over 20 years, will save homeowners
$2 billion in utility bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ^{OFF THE SHELF A German publisher is}
_{seven million metric tons.} releasing the entire Brockhaus encyclopedia
set on a USB drive with two multimedia DVDs.

Forget about saving a tree; this will save an entire forest, and a lot of bookshelf space.

Desktop Pals

FLOWER CUBES are made
of plastic—not the most
environmentally friendly
material—but these modern
bobble-head dolls are solar
powered. Their perpetual
motion helps to de-stress
desktop laborers…
like yourself.

Book It

SONY TAKES the eco-friendly nature of digital cameras one step further with its Cyber-shot Camera. It allows storage of more shots at a lower resolution and offers a three-inch LCD screen for easy viewing of your paperless photo album.