During Earth month – and every day of the year – we know you want to stretch your fuel to get the most out of every purchase. We found a fun collection of money-saving tips and advice at Shell.com and thought to share a few of them with our AskPatty readers.

It's only been a couple weeks since Blogger Bossy waved goodbye to her husband, kids, and an enormous breed of canine she calls her "lap pony," and embarked upon a stunt titled "Bossy's Excellent Road Trip." (http://www.iambossy.com/i_am_bossy/bossys_excellent_road_trip/index.html)

A recent Toyota advertising campaign touts their "zero emissions vision" and acknowledges the company's drive towards zero waste in all of their plants. In fact, in the spring of 2003 Toyota's Huntsville, Alabama, plant became the first of eight Toyota plants in the United States that are "zero landfill producing" facilities.

I had been shopping at the local Fry's Computer store recently, buying a new flat screen computer monitor and various other supplies to assist running some of the day-to-day tasks at AskPatty.com. I was walking through the parking lot on my way back to my car when I saw something very rare parked among the vehicles there.

While most of us are inclined to decorate in red, pink, and white for Valentine's Day, M&M's offers a different perspective, saying that green is actually the color of love.