Tom Price wrote:
January 02, 2008 at 11:24 pm

On the work side, build 500 kilowatts of clean, green solar power for schools, hospitals and other community buildings through Black Rock Solar, a new NGO I get to run.

And at home, we’re ditching the petro car ( giving to a friend who thinks he can make it run on carbon-negative garbage) and switching to a WVO Mercedes.

Drew Simmons wrote:
January 03, 2008 at 8:57 am

I’m going to create my own carbon offset program … every time I fly or take an extended car trip, I’m going to make a contribution to a personal savings account. That account will be the one that I draw from in the coming years to do the green things around the farm that need to get done.

Scott Kaier wrote:
January 03, 2008 at 2:10 pm

First, I plan on buying more locally grown and produced food. No more apples from Chile or tomatoes from Mexico.

Second, I’m going to build a commuter bike for my wife Emma so we can leave the car at home more often.

Nicole Morgenthau wrote:
January 03, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Coffee shouldn’t be served in a paper cup ever. Think about how many cups of coffee are ordered “to go” everyday. I’m pretty good about this 99 % of the time, but will be 100% of the time in 2008 and years to come.

Same applies for bags at the grocery store- totally unnecessary. Bringing my own from here on out.

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January 03, 2008 at 3:04 pm

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Radha Marcum wrote:
January 03, 2008 at 3:26 pm

I’m going to read more poetry, which reminds me how mysterious and beautiful life on this planet is. And, come springtime, I’ll start an organic garden in our back yard. Will my kids love growing flowers and edibles as much as I do? I hope that mucking about in the dirt and watching seeds sprout and worms push through soil will increase their love of all things earthy. How could it not?

Adam W. Chase wrote:
January 03, 2008 at 6:59 pm

First, I’m going to become the office prick who goes balistic when people fail to recycle or use disposable cups and bowls because they are too lame to wash and reuse.

Second, I’m going to try to lower my resting heart rate so that I need fewer calories and consume less oxygen and amm generally a more efficient being. That will require that I be a featherweight but the positive externality of that is my footprint will be even smaller. The negative is that when my officemates push me around for being the green prick, I’ll be more likely to fly across the room and smash into something that will need to be replaced, costing precious resources and perhaps a fossil-fuel ambulence trip to the emergency room.

Lin Alder wrote:
January 05, 2008 at 9:38 pm

I’m going to remember to take those handy tote bags sitting in my biodiesel VW Golf (43 mpg yeee haw!) into the grocery store instead of remembering them as the bagger is loading food into plastic bags I really, really, really don’t want to take responsibility for.

And I’m gonna bike to the post office!

Ewa wrote:
January 06, 2008 at 12:54 am

I am going to publish more electronic poetry to save papyrus
and papier. I am going to become Don Quixote who saves virginal forests and pristine branches.

Julia M. Wieck wrote:
January 07, 2008 at 10:46 am

It’s sooo tempting to buy a new hybrid vehicle, but, why create the demand? So, I’m going to ride my cruiser, let the good ol 91 Toyota sit until necessary, grab my canvas tote, purchase some organic vegetable seeds, grab a cup of tea in my travel mug, ride home, read some gardening tips in the local paper, dig some holes in the back yard, then use the newspaper to insulate the walls.

Eric Steele wrote:
January 08, 2008 at 5:50 pm

I resolve to drink beer from the can or keg whenever possible. For the cheaper beer, drinking from a can is defiantly where it’s at. Those cans are actually worth something when you’re done. You don’t have to go to a recycling center to dispose of aluminum cans, the local senior center or humane shelter will gladly take them off of your hands. I prefer to give my empty beer cans to the local senior center.
Recycling companies hate dealing with glass. It’s hard to keep the colors separate, and glass is not that valuable. Plastic bottles come with an even larger set of problems.
Nah, for me it’s aluminum.
For fancier beers sometimes a keg is worth it. Having a keg poses some logistical problems though. Kegs make sense for parties but it can be impractical to have a kegorator unless you’re a real lush.
If I’m feeling fancy I’ll take on a twelve-pack of Dale’s Pale Ale from Oskar Blues. The cans and packaging are 100% recyclable and the beer tastes better because 2 out of 3 of beer’s worst enemies are eliminates by the canning process.
Heat, light and oxygen all degrade the quality of beer. Cans can’t prevent heat, but light and oxygen are no problem.
That’s my resolution, and I’m sticking to it!

Kris Keller wrote:
February 23, 2008 at 6:15 pm

I’ve been living in a tiny 11 x 17″ room and being very frugal. After being “car free” for several years I purchased a 1981 Toyota Tercel 2 door from the Police auction last year, and drive infrequently. I am a rabid recycler, including going through the office trash and the trash where I housesit to pull things out. However, I have noticed I’m backsliding when it comes to re-using plastic bags, using my coffee mug instead of paper cups, etc. It’s easy to be more of a hard core when in one’s twentys!

So, my “big” commitment, which is rather small, is to tote my stainless mug or go without my beverage. Starting now.