Insulation presents a significant opportunity for your carbon footprint reduction, but that’s not the real reason to do it. It also improves comfort and lowers your energy costs. With 90% of US homes under-insulated, enhancing insulation can reduce energy use and carbon emissions dramatically. It also offers additional benefits like increased home value.
If you want to save money switch to LED lighting, insulate your home and buy energy-efficient appliances. If you want to keep carbon dioxide out of the air the single biggest thing you can do is switch to alternative energy. That’s the “shocking truth”. Why shocking? Because no other single thing you do as an individual will have as big an impact on climate change. In this post you will see the huge impact you can make by switching to alternative energy and how to get it for your home. You can save money, prevent carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere, and… Read More »The shocking truth about alternative energy!
Today, just a quick post to say that Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Day has begun. So why not take a look at your investments and see if you can switch to something less destructive. Even if you are not an investor, there are still ways you can help. Check out these posts… Why Divest From Fossil Fuels – un-burnable fossil fuels, stranded assets, and corporate welfare Carbon Budgets Explored – how much can we safely burn? I made some easy to look at graphs to help visualize this. Peak Oil Predictions — Only 50 Years Left?! – thoughts on fracking, Saudi Arabia, and just… Read More »Divest and have a Happy(er) Valentine’s Day!
(This post I owe to my mom. She gets emails from the organizations discussed below, and was kind enough to send them to me. I have digested them into bite sized chunks for your amusement, my faithful readers. Enjoy!) The White House announced Wednesday that President Obama had engaged in top-secret negotiations with the Chinese about reducing carbon pollution. President Obama was in China, November 10th to the 12th for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. According to The White House Blog… “After 2020, the United States will reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to 26-28% below 2005 levels by… Read More »Sweet and Sour Carbon for you America!