04/19/2007

CHECK OUT THE POLL RESULTS FOR MARCH'S HOME APPLIANCES CHALLENGES! In March we presented a wide mix of smaller challenge items in with the big ones to get you thinking about your everyday habits in finer detail. Poll results reveal that the 25% of you responding saved 4.32 tons of CO2 or 346 trees! Your efforts are paying off, keep up the great work!

ADDITIONAL APRIL CHALLENGES TO CONSIDER:
We’ve heard from a number of you about your reaction to the top four April
Challenges, but did you see the FULL LIST? Visit the Monthly Challenges p
page at http://PeninsulaCool.wetpaint.com to learn more about each item!
And don’t be fooled by the simple titles, each challenge page is full of
information we bet you didn’t know already and will be glad to learn more
about. Full list of April Challenges:
- Buy Products Produced Locally
- Buy Organic Food
- Eat Less Meat
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
- Compost
- Buy LessLOCAL STEP IT UP FESTIVAL IN THE NEWS.
Over 1,400 events were held last Saturday to rally behind the call to Congress to find ways to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. Locally, a crowd of 250 gathered in Mitchell Park—in the rain—to learn more about what needs to be done. Check out the photos and press coverage of the event by visiting: http://events.stepitup2007.org/reports/136 (can you spot familiar Peninsula faces in the crowd)!
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!
As a participant in the Peninsula Cool Campaign you’ve already pledged to put the environment first. This week, celebrate the changes you’ve made so far in your own life, inspire yourself to do even more, and give thanks that our culture is finally awakening to the damage we’ve done to our planet and seeking solutions. If we stay aware, help one another, and work hard work it just might be possible for our children’s children to have a healthy planet to live on after all.