Category archives: Our Green World

There was an exciting event today at Standard Auto Wreckers where a check for $10,000 was donated to a fantastic local ‘green’ charity, 10,000 trees! The funds came from OARA where members of the association have agreed to pay an extra $20 per vehicle they acquire though the Retire your…

I really loved this analogy, it is very pertinent to us here because we are currently working with about half a dozen auto recyclers, upgrading their websites. A user won’t wrestle with your site. Web design, particularly navigation, is not the place to get clever. Web design should be no…

The ARA conference this year was a great success and a lot of fun for all those that attended.  With a tag line like “Experience the Horsepower Driving the Industry” most of us took the challenge quite seriously. It seems the entries for Standard Auto Wreckers and Car-Part exchanged a…

I wanted to make a contribution for Blog Action Day and the topic is climate change so I thought I would let some of those folks far wiser than I make the contribution: Here are some of my all-time favorite quotes on the topic. “I think the environment should be…

Instead of going for fun this Friday I thought I would go for flat-out amazing with a story of William Kamkwamba, a young boy from Malawi that builds windmills from junk.

This piece of news is quite funny and probably falls into the area of weird.  It seems in Sunnyvale the adage ‘finders keepers’ does not count when it is public servants finding cold, hard cash!  because amid the crushed soda cans, plastic bags and soiled cardboard, a shower of $100…

This one is both cool and environmentally friendly – I think they will have to give out free samples to convince folks though! The convenience of a disposable baby wipe is now available in a natural, biodegradeable and renewable alternative! Our Bum Boosa™ Bamboo Baby Wipes are made from renewable…

Here is my chat with Joe Bessler of Bessler Auto Parts, a great interview with lots of clever insight from Joe who is a really nice guy that is willing to share his success with others, including the lord. Q. Hi Joe, can you please give us a brief history…

Here is some Friday humor that is more ‘smile and grin’ than ROTFLMAO. Police in Florida are using the promise of a stimulus checks (similar to cash for clunkers) to make some arrests. Authorities in Fort Lauderdale say they sent letters to fugitives offering them stimulus money. The suspects were…