Just before you go off and enjoy your hard-earned weekend, we’d like to tell you about these…

Lifehacker is keen for us to save a little money by powering down our computers  – and they recommend using Edison (free, 45mb) or Local Cooling (free, 4mb) to do it.

As Greenthinkers reports, the internet show EPIC FU is going plastic free for a week. (They should check out Envirowoman‘s blog. She did it for over a year!)

If we’re really going to slim down our possessions, we need to learn the art of gently letting go. Blog Nosh has a few thoughts they’d like to share with us.

More techno-cleverness. Are you the proud owner of an iPhone or other brand of smartphone? You may want to try out Fuelly, a cunning new way of keeping track of your mileage. (Groovy Green is giving it a run round the block).

Hats in the air for Oregon, which is installing 8,000 square feet of solar panelling to help light the I5 & I205 interchange (spotted by Ecogeek). Let’s hope everywhere else takes note – highway lighting is long overdue an eco-makeover.

Spend money on the green products you love, earn more ecopoints – redeem as shopping vouchers or carbon offsets. Participating products include my favourite chocolate in the world! (Thanks for the link, EcoStreet).

"All you ever need to know about clothes"? Our fashion team might beg to differ – but The Ecologist’s A to Z of Eco Fashion is certainly an impressive list.

Next up on the frontline against plastic: Stephanie at Eco Chick. She’s looking at ways to reduce plastic usage in your regular beauty routine (and doesn’t believe it’s possible to go entirely plastic-free: here’s her insightful article on the subject at Earthfirst).

Diet soda is eco-friendlier than the "full-fat" variety, yes? Erm…well, go and have a read of Umbra Fisk’s piece over at Grist. Unless you’re overly-attached to your soda, in which case, have a stiff drink first.

It had to happen. We already have bamboo bicycles and now, it’s time for the fully-working wooden car. And boy, does that Cadillac look gorgeous. (Not entirely sure about the half-and-half car, though). But I have a question – what happens to a wooden car in the rain?

Enjoy your weekend!

Image: jkohen