carbon neutral on a shoe string???
November 26th 2007 06:15
As you know I firmly believe the key to our own little battle with Climate Change is to generally consume less and do all the little things and not spend huge amounts of money on Carbon Offsets.
I was sitting talking to a friend the other day and we were trying to work out if it would be possible to actually go a day with zero impact on the world, her and her boyfriend had been trying and found it exceedingly difficult. Think about it, no take away coffee cups, walking to work, taking your own containers to the Butchers, carry bags to the super market (easy in the fruit department) but no buying any packaging at all etc etc...Then you get to electricity usage; we can sign up for Green power but there are no guarantees of the percentage. …and even unpackaged food has a Carbon Footprint
I was going to ask if any Orblers had come close to achieving but then realized we all use computers all day every day so are blown out of the Water immediately unless we hook up Solar Panles at great expense…..So I guess some investment is involved if you want to have zero impact but it can't hurt to try, every little bit will count. Her and her boyfriend have taken to planting trees all over the place, which may have draw backs but if you use cuttings its a cheap and Great way to ensure you give back…I am a fan and am trying my best every day…the coffee is a hard one to give up when you are in a hurry tho 
Cheers
Louie
I was sitting talking to a friend the other day and we were trying to work out if it would be possible to actually go a day with zero impact on the world, her and her boyfriend had been trying and found it exceedingly difficult. Think about it, no take away coffee cups, walking to work, taking your own containers to the Butchers, carry bags to the super market (easy in the fruit department) but no buying any packaging at all etc etc...Then you get to electricity usage; we can sign up for Green power but there are no guarantees of the percentage. …and even unpackaged food has a Carbon Footprint
I was going to ask if any Orblers had come close to achieving but then realized we all use computers all day every day so are blown out of the Water immediately unless we hook up Solar Panles at great expense…..So I guess some investment is involved if you want to have zero impact but it can't hurt to try, every little bit will count. Her and her boyfriend have taken to planting trees all over the place, which may have draw backs but if you use cuttings its a cheap and Great way to ensure you give back…I am a fan and am trying my best every day…the coffee is a hard one to give up when you are in a hurry tho 
Cheers
Louie
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