I've been asked to let you know about a new initiative from The Guardian called "Tread Lightly":Guardian Tread lightly is a new community site, which aims to encourage online communities into reducing their CO2 emissions through making weekly pledges and recording their actions against their pledges. The idea is that every pledge is simple, straightforward, and something that everyone can do, so that people who are normally put off doing environmental things because it sounds like a lot of effort will find Tread Lightly a good solution to easing their carbon conscience.
I've had a look and there's some interesting stuff on there. For example there's a chance to win an electric car, and if you complete 12 pledges you get a free eco shopping bag. Why not go and check it out, and maybe pledge to make some reductions in your CO2 footprint.
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I haven't been able to complete any pledges yet. I can't. I already have a house full of eco-bulbs, I switch off at the wall everything I can, and I can't turn the thermostat down any more!
That looks like a cool site! I recently went through the house and changed all the light bulbs to eco ones and I'm trying to turn everything off at the socket when I remember but its always good to find other things to do. :)
Hiya
This is probably a similar initiative to the Carbon Reduction Action Groups or CRAGS that are popping up all over the country. I'm in the middle of monitoring our household consumption to see which areas might achieve greater rein tightening before I sign us up to our local one. (Redland, Bristol) We've been as economical with resources as we can for quite a while now so it's not going to be easy!
Incidentally, I went to a brilliant meeting last night, a joint event hosted by Transition City Bristol and one of the local Sustainabilty groups, and Patrick Holden from the Soil Association gave a talk. The whole Peak Oil/Climate Change issue is starting to be more widely publicised now but I feel that we're needing to think about damage limitation rather than averting the problem. Oh god, sorry, I'm really full of gloom today and Transition's all about a positive solution!
Best wishes
Nicky
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