Cortney
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Post by Cortney on Apr 18, 2010 9:20:42 GMT -5
www.fouryearsgo.org/These things, they can has sound familiar? 4YG is something I just discovered (honestly, it was about 10 minutes ago) and I automatically wanted to share it with you guys. It's basically "a global communication and awareness campaign to energize a worldwide movement of imagination, enthusiasm and action to shift humanity to a sustainable, just and fulfilling path by 2014." Ya, sounds pretty sweet. Check out the website, guyz!
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Post by Ferrrrrre on Apr 18, 2010 9:36:07 GMT -5
I just :OOO'd
It does indeed sound pretty sweet and exactly what I was looking for =D
*has been given hope for mankind*
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Post by RabbitWho on Apr 18, 2010 10:11:56 GMT -5
It's just twitter with a cool video intro?
Does anyone know a free site where I can calculate my carbon footprint?
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Post by Breepop on Apr 18, 2010 11:33:08 GMT -5
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Post by TheIslander on Apr 18, 2010 13:04:10 GMT -5
Very inspiring, nice find.
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RabbitWho
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Post by RabbitWho on Apr 18, 2010 13:30:34 GMT -5
Flights 4.72 metric tons of CO2
Bus & Rail 0.04 metric tons of CO2
Secondary 3.40 metric tons of CO2
Darn.. the house is zero because bills are included so i've no idea how much electricity i burn.. shower.. oven.. lightbulb.. computer.. microwave.. fridge... washing machine.. who knows how much that costs.
But so many flights a year Is the real problem, that's what happens when you want to go home for the summer and Christmas and you have to take connecting flights to get there.
I could travel for 4 days by bus and boat to get home.. but frankly I'd rather live with global warming.
I just realized I counted the flights too many times by accident so my real total is
Total = 5.32 metric tons of CO2
plus electricity and natural gas costs which i can't calculate.
The target is 2.. the only thing i can see myself doing differently is buying local food and buying things in season.
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Post by Jake on Apr 18, 2010 16:29:27 GMT -5
Anyway, the site looks awesome. I don't understand what to do though. I need a quest, not just "go." XD This is was I was thinking! They should have put in something about what specifically we can do and a realistic goal to be set. But I guess what it does do is give the idea of acting now. We all talk about it but most people aren't going to get hybrids, use wind power, do something about where our waste goes or anything like this until everyone else does. We kinda need to "Go" otherwise we'll just keep waiting. |
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Rebecca - How 'bout we all put or real names somewhere in our signatures or titles? [SKB:]
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Post by RabbitWho on Apr 18, 2010 17:45:55 GMT -5
Hee hee. The fact that no one else uses wind power isn't what stops me doing it.. it's the fact that it costs thousands of euro and would take years and years to pay for itself.. and the fact I don't own a house. I think most people are in the same position.
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Post by VampiricPadraig on Apr 19, 2010 5:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by FranticProdigy on Apr 21, 2010 19:50:11 GMT -5
I posted my goal on the big map!  |
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Post by jamiepaulcash on Apr 21, 2010 20:30:51 GMT -5
It's a very inspirational project, if not very vague. I posted my goal for the next 4 years on there anyway~
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Post by zAkAtAk on Apr 23, 2010 8:38:45 GMT -5
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#cookies.. 
