I started this blog in 2010 after reading an article by the National Academy of Sciences reporting results from a study indicating 33 specific household actions that will cut US carbon emissions by 123 million metric tons. I was inspired to step up to the plate and wanted to challange our family (and inspire others) to do our part. We made it only 17 days and then life ...(you know the story).


Fast forward three years: It's 2013 and I am re-inspired after attending three very eye opening films featured in our community's One Earth Film Festival. Our family is kicking off a new challange (more broad and perhaps less defined by a carbon metric) - to pursue one new action a day (for 365 days) that will positively affect climate change and sustainability. Let's see how far we make it!



Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Day 7 thru 14: Execute transportation goals all week

Boy I created quite the challenge for us here and realize after a super busy week last week how difficult it is to add a new eco-friendly routine daily. Not just to execute it but to research it and understand it from a carbon footprint perspective.  So I cut us some slack and we spent last week just keeping up with our new goals.  Here's a recap: we have been able to use alternate transportation to and from preschool a minimum of two times a week, the pole/bike extension has worked out brilliantly as we can do more errands via bike with our toddler, grocery shopping via carpooling is great...got some new meals ideas from my wing-woman, I've been 100% more aware of idling and have started to curb the habit, we changed our oil sooner than we would have in the past but driving 55 miles per hour especially when running late to an interview is not so easy!
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