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Monthly Cooling Challenges
Did you know that the average American, by several estimates, generates more than 20 tons of carbon dioxide or related gases a year; the average resident of the planet about 4.5 tons?
The primary goal of the Peninsula Cool Campaign is to help you learn how to reduce your CO2 emissions. Review the current month's cooling challenge actions, below, and select at least one--or many, or all-- to incorporate into your lifestyle each month.
The primary goal of the Peninsula Cool Campaign is to help you learn how to reduce your CO2 emissions. Review the current month's cooling challenge actions, below, and select at least one--or many, or all-- to incorporate into your lifestyle each month.
Have some good ideas to share? Add a comment! For support or help getting motivated, talk to fellow parents or staff, who may be trying the very same challenges. Good luck!
(To see previous months, scroll to the bottom of the page)
May Challenges: Transportation
The Top Four Challenges to try this month:
Let Someone Else Drive
Carpooling to work with one other person instead of driving by yourself prevents approximately 8,520 pounds of CO2 from being emitted each year.
Use Person Power
One-quarter of all automobile trips in the United States are less than one mile long.Read more >>
Drive Smarter
A typical lightweight vehicle in the U.S. emits 12,000 pounds of CO2 a year and 54 tons over its lifetime--and there are 130 million lightweight vehicles in the United States.Read more >>
Buy A More Fuel Efficient Car
Minivans, SUV's, and pickup trucks now make up 51% of all U.S. vehicles. These vehicles get an average of 16 miles per gallon of gas, compared with a typical passenger car's fuel efficiency of 23 miles per gallon.Read more >>
Additional Challenges to try:
Drive Less
Unless a store is one mile away or less, it's more energy-efficient to buy things on-line and have them delivered by truck than to drive to the store yourself.Read more >>
Fly Less
Flying from Chicago to New York emits six times as much carbon dioxide (per person) as taking a train, and 16 times as much carbon dioxide as taking a bus.Read more >>
Previous Months' Challenges
Missed a few challenges from previous months when the rest of the community was working on them? It's never too late to try to adopt a new energy-saving practice. Be sure to check Questions & Answers for additional information about a challenge that the community may have supplied. Good luck!
January: Winter Heat & Light
The January Challenges focused on heating and lighting your home: installing compact fluorescent light bulbs, installing a programmable thermostat, improving insulation and weather stripping, and more! Check out the winter heat & light challenges here.
February: Water
The February Challenges were all about water: reducing water use, heating it less and more efficiently. Check out the water challenges here.
March: Home Appliances
The March Challenges looked more closely at home appliances: raising your refrigerator/freezer temperature, stopping energy drains, washing dishes & using your home office equipment more efficiently. Check out the home appliances challenges here.
April: Your Consumer Footprint
The April Challenges focused on how your consumer habits and methods of disposing of things you don't need or want can make an enormous difference in the amount of carbon emissions you emit, or save! Check out the your consumer footprint challenges here.Copyright Ellen M. Wilkinson 2006-2008 All rights reserved.
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