carbon footprint

Carbon Footprint: How big is yours?

Wondering about your carbon footprint? Want to know how you can reduce this? Here's a calculator to get you started.
To use this calculator you will need to get your electricity bill and natural gas bill and figure out yearly use of these. But it's a great place to get a handle on your household impact on the climate:

Carbon Calculator

Ways to Combat Human Induced Global Warming

While lightblueline focuses on generating public awareness and commitment to action against human induced climate change, we look to other partner groups to guide the way to a carbon-neutral lifestyle. Here are some links to organizations that are proposing measures you can do to help:
The Community Environmental Council has a "Fossil Free by '33" campaign with advice for companies and individuals:
Fossil Free by '33
The Union of Concerned Scientists have 10 personal solutions to global warming:
Ten Personal Solutions
The David Suzuki Foundation offers a range of actions you can take at home, at work, or to influence policy decisions:
Climate Change: What you can do
You company can become "climate neutral":
Improving the climate of doing business
L.A. Magazine has 25 ways to go Green:
Twenty-five ways to go green without going insane
General policy recommendations:
USA Today: 6 ways to Combat Global Warming
Wikipedia has a whole site on mitigation of global warming: from the planetary to the personal--
Mitigation of global warming
The National Geographic has a list of 10 things you can do:
Top Ten Tips to Fight Global Warming
The US EPA has a page on "What you can do" at home, at work, on the road, and at School:
What You Can Do

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Woodstock, New York is working to eliminate its carbon footprint

CNN reports (April 9, 2007) that Woodstock, New York is working to completely eliminate its carbon footprint in the face of climate change:

"Last month, the Woodstock town board approved a nonbinding resolution that called for 'implementing policies resulting in no net emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases' by 2017.

'Net' means residents can keep their cars as long as they produce enough clean power to offset their emissions.

The resolution lists ways to reach the zero carbon goal, including green building, bike paths, tree planting and biodiesel municipal fleets.

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