How Will You Be Green This Weekend?
Did you know .....that in 1957, a geologist for Shell Oil Company predicted existing fossil fuel reserves would be depleted rapidly once the demand escalated. The impressive part is he predicted the critical time to be early 2000's.....hmmmmm. ( FYI - petroleum,natural gas and coal are termed fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas refers to the byproducts of fossil fuel).- Here are some things you can do right now.Eat differently: Pre-packaged food, fast food,soft drinks require large amounts of materials in their production. You can try to purchase locally grown foods which would encourage products requiring less fuel to deliver to us
- Travel differently:Walk, ride your bike or take mass transportation as alternatives to driving cars.
- If possible try to work from homeMore and more employers are looking for ways to cut their energy costs as well. It may not hurt to find out if working from home at least one day is an option.Also try to recycle and use more products made from recycled materials-you'd be amazed at products that are made from recycled goods.Finally for now - by re-usable water bottles that are dishwasher safe. Drinking bottled water and throwing away the plastic bottles just isn't GREEN. We are all guilty of that too!
Federal Trade Commission, "Sorting Out ‘Green’ Advertising Claim www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/general.Intelligentsia Coffee Social Responsibility Statement, www.intelligentsiacoffee.comGrubb & Ellis Company, Green Operating Philosophy, www.grubb-ellis.comGlobal Footprint Network," Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity," 2006, www.footprintnetwork.orgCarbon Footprint Calculators: www.earthlab.com www.conservation.org www.carbonfund.orgREALTORS® Field Guide on Wind Power www.realtor.org/Library
Hope this stuff helps...have a great weekend , more next week
Carol Moson, CRS, ABR, e-Pro, GREENAssociate Broker - RE/MAX Greater AtlantaInstructor for NAR,CAR,GAR678-414-0760 carol@carolmoson.com
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