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...Colangelo, an occupational therapist, helped launch the "Green Team" about six months ago. The team's first task was to do a "waste audit" in order to tally unnecessary expenditures, says Colangelo. She found that the hospital's heart department was churning out 20 pages of patient-identification labels per patient, but using only...
...record surge in membership - which, you guessed it, is free - as people look for new and innovative ways to tighten the belt. Worldwide, Beal says Freecycle is adding 30,000 to 60,000 members each week. And Martinez says that in Tucson alone, the average number of new members per month has jumped from 250 to 450 - an increase of 80%. She also says she knew the economy was reaching a new low last month when she posted that she was looking to unload a few extra sweet potatoes the day before Thanksgiving. Within minutes, she got responses from more...
Cheney Country. If you feel more connected to the outgoing Administration, try Spring Creek Ranch (800-443-6139), a spa-resort located in a wildlife refuge. The hotel provides skiers free lift tickets to nearby Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee, plus complimentary breakfast. Rates start at $87.50 per person per night. If you want accommodations closer to the slopes, the Grand Targhee Resort (307-353-2300) is offering slopeside rooms as cheap as $89 per person, including lift tickets. If you can round up three other ski bums to join you, rooms at Jackson Hole's Village Center Inn cost...
...hours from Chicago, there's Canoe Bay, a Relais & Chateaux resort located on 280 wooded acres. The "Personal Bailout" package includes two nights in a deluxe cottage, a lodging upgrade and dinner for two at the hotel's restaurant over looking Lake Wahdoon, for $830 for two per night. Upgrade to the "Personal Stimulus" package, which costs $200 more per couple, and you get two 60-minute massages and free breakfast. Through April 30, 2009. Chetek...
...just around the corner, but if you haven't booked a special table yet, not to worry: The online restaurant reservation service OpenTable.com says there are still a few deals out there. New York City's Aureole is doing an early seating with a prix fixe starting at $95 per person; San Francisco's Andalu has a three-course menu for $49; the dinner at Catch in L.A. includes dancing and a balloon drop at midnight for $170; and Zaytina in Washington, D.C., has unlimited meze and a DJ for $100. (See 10 things to do in Washington...