Article: HUG TREES ON SUNDAY, SELL CARS ON MONDAY; The Escape Hybrid shows how green Ford's future is.(News)

Byline: MARK VAUGHN

** The guy at valet said that to get to the Ford event we should go down the stairs and to the right. So we went downstairs and to the right and wound up in a hallway packed with Hacky Sack-playing, hemp-wearing, yoga-practicing peaceniks drinking (we are not making this up) organic lactose-free milk shakes. Maybe this is some new image Ford is cultivating. It is trying hard to be seen as the "green'' car company, and the guys in the hemp outfits and beards saying, "Alright'' and "Cool'' might have just been actors. Hmmm...

Ford likes to beat into the ground (some say "tout'') its Earth-friendly corporate outlook. It boasts of the "living roof'' ...

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