Tuesday, March 23, 2010
How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Video
Here's a link to some good tips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7zwrzEyzkA&feature=fvw. Just click on the black screen.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Carbon Footprint
Have you heard about carbon footprints? Have people asked you what your individual carbon footprint is?
Carbon is a significant contributor to global warming through the greenhouse effect. An individual’s carbon footprint is defined by looking at how much of what we do in our lives contributes even a small amount to global warming. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that we each create and use with all the things we do in our lives.
We have been reducing our individual carbon footprint through our recent awareness and efforts here at Commerce and at home - by using CFL lighting and energy efficient appliances, adding insulation, turning off lights and appliances when not in use, walking or biking rather than driving, all the things we have worked on through our monthly campaigns.
Carbon Calculator: There is a cool website where you can calculate your carbon footprint and measure it against the average person in the U.S. Go to http://www.employeegateway.utah.gov/, login with your regular LAN password, click on the “Energy” tab at the top right, scroll down to the “Energy Information and Resources” section on the right column, and click on the first bullet - the “carbon calculator”. Those who complete the calculation and send me and email with their calculations (and how they compare to others) from the page titled “Your Carbon Footprint Result” will have their name in the March drawing of prizes, and THE FIRST TEN people to do this will get a little BONUS.
46 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - I found this great article from the Chicago Tribune, which lists a whole lot of things we can do in our daily routine. We already know a lot of it through our campaigns, but I found some really good ideas that I had not thought of, like did you know that using the microwave to cook and heat meals rather than the oven will reduce cooking energy by 80%? Did you know that heating the water for a washing machine uses up 90% of the energy needed to run the machine, while the other 10% goes to power the motor - so just switching to a cold wash saves more than $400 each year. Go to this site for the complete article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/home/stories/DN-nhg_wire50greentips_0418liv.ART.State.Edition1.3442c4.html.
Recycling the Unique - thanks to Rick at DTS for giving me a link to this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/proper-waste-disposal-pho_n_491672.html. I think you will enjoy it. Make sure to scroll through the various pictures as each one has more ideas and links. Lots of information for the avid recycler, and we do seem to have some of those folks in our Dept!
Battery Recycling Here at Commerce - thanks to Maxine McBurnett at Corporations who has been the recycler of batteries for her group at Corporations. Maxine has a box in her cubicle for all who bring their dead batteries, and she takes them to a local recycler when the box is full. I started taking my batteries to her, and she is kind enough to agree to take yours too. Now that we know Maxine is collecting batteries, I am sure we will all think twice before throwing a battery in the trash.
Okay, get those carbon footprints done and send me a note - hope you are one of the first ten to send me an email and get the bonus. If you are not one of the first ten, no worries, you will still be eligible for our end of the month drawing.
Happy calculating!
Carbon is a significant contributor to global warming through the greenhouse effect. An individual’s carbon footprint is defined by looking at how much of what we do in our lives contributes even a small amount to global warming. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that we each create and use with all the things we do in our lives.
We have been reducing our individual carbon footprint through our recent awareness and efforts here at Commerce and at home - by using CFL lighting and energy efficient appliances, adding insulation, turning off lights and appliances when not in use, walking or biking rather than driving, all the things we have worked on through our monthly campaigns.
Carbon Calculator: There is a cool website where you can calculate your carbon footprint and measure it against the average person in the U.S. Go to http://www.employeegateway.utah.gov/, login with your regular LAN password, click on the “Energy” tab at the top right, scroll down to the “Energy Information and Resources” section on the right column, and click on the first bullet - the “carbon calculator”. Those who complete the calculation and send me and email with their calculations (and how they compare to others) from the page titled “Your Carbon Footprint Result” will have their name in the March drawing of prizes, and THE FIRST TEN people to do this will get a little BONUS.
46 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - I found this great article from the Chicago Tribune, which lists a whole lot of things we can do in our daily routine. We already know a lot of it through our campaigns, but I found some really good ideas that I had not thought of, like did you know that using the microwave to cook and heat meals rather than the oven will reduce cooking energy by 80%? Did you know that heating the water for a washing machine uses up 90% of the energy needed to run the machine, while the other 10% goes to power the motor - so just switching to a cold wash saves more than $400 each year. Go to this site for the complete article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/home/stories/DN-nhg_wire50greentips_0418liv.ART.State.Edition1.3442c4.html.
Recycling the Unique - thanks to Rick at DTS for giving me a link to this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/proper-waste-disposal-pho_n_491672.html. I think you will enjoy it. Make sure to scroll through the various pictures as each one has more ideas and links. Lots of information for the avid recycler, and we do seem to have some of those folks in our Dept!
Battery Recycling Here at Commerce - thanks to Maxine McBurnett at Corporations who has been the recycler of batteries for her group at Corporations. Maxine has a box in her cubicle for all who bring their dead batteries, and she takes them to a local recycler when the box is full. I started taking my batteries to her, and she is kind enough to agree to take yours too. Now that we know Maxine is collecting batteries, I am sure we will all think twice before throwing a battery in the trash.
Okay, get those carbon footprints done and send me a note - hope you are one of the first ten to send me an email and get the bonus. If you are not one of the first ten, no worries, you will still be eligible for our end of the month drawing.
Happy calculating!
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