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Everything from the educational system to urban planning...reducing our dependence on oil requires a wide array of strategies. This article explains the Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society.

Tom Benson's "World's Largest Laundromat" has gone green...not once, but twice. Benson added solar panels in 2001, only to have a fire destroy the building in 2004. What to do? Build it again...and this time make it even more environmentally friendly!

Answer this question: Who would want a solar panel?

Chances are your answer was "Everyone."

One common obstacle is start up costs for the equipment required to run your home on solar energy. Sundays Energy offers a "rent-a-solar panel" program for select areas.

For anyone who feels inclined to reduce the amount of junk mail their home or business receives...there are solutions. One company, "Green Dimes", poses just one of many answers to the epidemic of paper waste. For just $36 a year, they will reduce junk mail instances AND plant one tree per month on your behalf. If you use the following link, Green Dimes they will contribute an additional 100 trees to the "Trees For the Future" organization. Another solution is to visit reduce.org for a free way to diminish your junk mail pile.

Recently Julia Roberts signed on as Earth Biofuels' newest board member. The Texas producer is famous for being the distributor of "BioWillie," Willie Nelson's brand of biodiesel. Roberts and her husband have dedicated their time to being the spokespeople of biodiesel for Earth Biofuels, making the face of biodiesel just a bit more attractive...although many already know how beautiful biodiesel is. Roberts described her program "Schoolbus America" on the November 28, 2006 Oprah show.