Ellen Dunham-Jones of Georgia Tech speaks about the movement to make the suburbs more sustainable.
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The Deadly Greenhouse Footprint of American Consumers |
| By: organicconsumers Wednesday February 17, 2010 12:58 pm |
We all know in general that cars, trucks, coal and power plants, household heating and cooling, and manufacturing industries spew a majority of the greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and the oceans. But did you know that U.S. household use of fossil fuels (housing, transportation, and food) accounts for 67% of total energy consumption and 67% of GHG’s emitted?
Slide Your Mouse to Calculate Your Carbon Use: Easy, Quick, Simple |
| By: readerOfTeaLeaves Wednesday October 21, 2009 7:34 am |
In less than one minute, you can slide your mouse to get a sense of how your lifestyle and your choices affect the global environment — check out the Guardian’s new Interactive Carbon Calculator.
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