Green Gets Festive in Maryland

EnviroRide is happy to announce its sponsorship of the 1st ever GreeNEWit Festival on Saturday July 19th. The festival is an outdoor celebration of all things green. The event will be solar powered and feature food and beverage from local Maryland vendors.

The festival is being held to raise funds for the Green Building Institute. The Green Building Institute located in Jessup, Maryland is an institute which teaches its students how to build, modify and maintain structures to be environmentally friendly. Homes and buildings that save and conserve energy not only protect the planet, but your wallet as well.

In addition to EnviroRide being a sponsor of GreeNEWit Fest, it will be spotlighted as one of our Toyota Highlander Hybrids brings the headlining band, KB Drive, to the stage for the concert portion of the event.

Booths will be setup for various green vendors to showcase their businesses. The businesses represented range from Real Estate Agencies and Home Builders to Mechanics and Solar Energy companies.

If you have been looking for a green event this summer, this is the place to be. Do you know of any other events going on this summer centered around being Green? If so please feel free to post them.

GreeNEWit Fest 2008 will be held Saturday July 19th from 12 noon-5PM at

Alpha Ridge Park Pavilion
11699 Old Frederick Road
Howard County, Maryland



For more information visit: http://www.greenewit.org/events.html and http://www.greenbuildinginstitute.org/index.htm.

Goodbye Gas-Guzzler

Earlier this month General Motors announced that it will be closing four of its truck manufacturing plants in North America. The largest car manufacturer in the U.S. made even more noise when they announced possible plans to sell its Hummer brand.

Apparently only getting 13 mpg/city is finally beginning to drive both off-road enthusiasts and suburban commuters away.

GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner feels poor fuel efficiency may be the straw that breaks the Hummer's back.

"High gasoline prices are changing consumer behavior rapidly," Wagoner said. "We at GM don't think this is a spike or temporary shift. We believe that it is by and large permanent."

GM is making plans to reallocate funding toward sub-compact vehicle production as well as the manufacturing of the "Volt", an all-electric vehicle set to release in 2010.

This could mean a larger shift for all auto manufacturers to push efforts even harder to produce more Eco-friendly vehicles. Going Green seems to be a lot easier for companies when they're seeing red.

The possible end to a gas guzzling era comes with a high cost: lay-offs. Hopefully, the shift in production will mean that the 10,000 GM employees who lost their jobs in the truck plant closings will soon find work.

(quotes attributed to Reuters)

Memorial Day Weekend Woes

With gas prices at $4 a gallon nationwide and air fare rising, it was predicted that many Americans would stay close to home this Memorial Day Weekend. AAA even predicted that some hotels would be reducing rates of up to 7% in efforts to lure guests.

Now that the chracoal briquettes have cooled and the ice in the cooler has melted, did the rise in gas prices have any effect on how you spent your holiday weekend? If they continue to rise, are you going to scale back on summer vacation plans?

How are you going Green?

I always find it interesting the countless number of ways there are to protect the environment. There are always the obvious: take shorter showers, unplug electronics not in use, and recycle, but what intrigues me are the lengths some people go to do their part. A past work associate told me they drive twice a month 60 miles to farm country to get their eggs from an independent farmer in an effort to not support mass food production and all the harmful pollutants that go along with it. A friend of mine also rides his bike to work 2 days out of the week 7 miles each way! (thankfully there is a shower at his office).
So I am wondering, what do you do to protect the environment? What have you done or heard someone doing that is above the norm to be eco-friendly?

What is EnviroRide?

We are a team of individuals passionate about solving problems and doing our part to make the world a better place. We care about green living, renewable energy, consumer safety and practices that produce tangible environmental results. In the beginning of 2007 we came together to act on our beliefs with the launch of a company that helps people live healthier, and sustain an eco-friendly lifestyle in harmony with our planet. We are starting with EnviroRide: environmentally responsible personal transportation in Washington DC Metro area. With time the entire EnviroRide fleet will be fueled by alternative fuel with the first cars using electric hybrid technology. As other options emerge we will assess each one and add them to fit our company's profile. We intend to earn an honest living by providing business travelers with prompt, professional transportation in meticulously maintained vehicles with courteous drivers. At the same time, we intend to use EnviroRide as an independent fundraising engine by redirecting a portion of the profits to organizations and programs supporting environmental protection, fight against global warming, and sustainable living. Part of our goal is to demonstrate how responsible corporations can achieve commercial success while protecting the environment and consumers. We believe we can create a better future while still making a profit. We will do this by operating a commercially viable business that respects future generations and consumers who ultimately support such operations. The EnviroRide team possesses a wealth of business know-how combined with service industry knowledge. The staff is dedicated to understanding the needs of transportation customers, and delivering reliable service to address their diverse requirements.