pie.gifEnviroStats! is a great site that pulls different eco-statistics from various points on the web. Every green blogger should have it in their RSS feeds. Here’s a few stats I pulled from it recently…

45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks were tossed in China in 2006, 25 million trees were cut to make ‘em

50,000,000,000 square feet of drywall was produced in the US in 2006, creating 51,000,000 tons of greenhouse gas

The US spent $50,000,000,000 on bottled water in 2006

American buildings are responsible for 48% of all US greenhouse gas emissions

Swing over to EnviroStats! to grab their feed and read more green stats.

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Noelle dEstries

Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.

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