Slate and fellow green blog TreeHugger have just launched an eight-week Green Challenge carbon diet. The goal: to get readers to cut their carbon emissions 20 percent through the usual variety of actions. The kicker: an interactive "my emissions" evaluation tool that friends can use to challenge one another. Nothing like a little competition to spice things up.
(I'd love to share my results, especially since this week's theme is transportation, but it's not yet working for me. Anyone else?)
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chelsl Posted 8:59 am
23 Oct 2006
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claxton6 Posted 9:06 am
23 Oct 2006
Egad! I even bike everywhere.
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claxton6 Posted 9:13 am
23 Oct 2006
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Biodiversivist Posted 9:25 am
23 Oct 2006
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com
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EcoSpeak Posted 10:55 pm
23 Oct 2006
And I drive a Prius!
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JMG Posted 12:35 am
24 Oct 2006
One of the easiest things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is simply to stop flying. Say no. Take the train/bus.
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bookerly Posted 7:29 pm
25 Oct 2006
It never asked me the size of my house/home. It assumed a dishwasher (I don't have one).
It didn't allow for shopping options available in other countries.
The power options did not include the idea that people don't have their own meter (me) or include all the heating options.
So, as a non-US resident, it didn't work very well (my number was low, but is it accurate? I wonder).
Still, I approve of the idea in principal!
patrick
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