Environmental Advisory: Earth Hour tomorrow!
Posted by aileen on
March 28, 2008
An environmental buzz for
60 Earth Hour
Time to join the good revolution.
Global warming is now the greatest threat we have ever faced. But we can make a difference if we act together.
Join Earth Hour, Switch off your lights for 60 minutes
on 29 March and stop global warming before it’s too late.
8 pm Saturday 29 March 2008
and see your world in a whole new light.
www.earthhour.org
Be aware and do your share. =)
Photo taken: AIT West End Park
Reduce Harmful Car Emissions by Carpooling
Posted by aileen on
March 28, 2008
What else could be better than a clean and green environment? According to reports, driving a car is the single most polluting thing people do. In addition to pollution, each gallon of gas burned produces 20 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, widely believed to contribute to global warming. The average vehicle produces .9 lbs of CO2 per mile.
Among other solution on helping cleaning the air by avoiding miles driven in cars, carpooling is one of them. Carpooling is when the car is driven for more than one person with a common destination. If a car driver takes you and two other friends to a party 6 miles away and 6 back, you used 12 car miles for yourself and saved 12 car miles for each extra rider (12+12=24)! The driver and first passenger are considered to be essential, and therefore, not extra people.
Carpool services are available everywhere. You can find it in ridesearch.com or seek in the community where you belong. In our neighborhood there’s a group of city workers who assigned themselves each day of the week who will take turn to bring his/her own car to the office. It calls for a little discipline though, as you have to wake up early in the morning to be on time for the departure. More so, it makes travel more enjoyable, practical and less polluting.
