The Slate Green Challenge
by Brittany Jacobs, Seattle on 11. 8.06
Hopefully by now you’ve made a commitment to read labels, purchase organic, and support local farms. (If so, we applaud your efforts to live a greener lifestyle!) However, have you noticed in what type of materials your favorite products are packaged? Purchasing food and other consumer goods with reusable, recyclable, or reduced packaging could reduce your emissions by 230 pounds a year. Knock off another 17 lbs by using your own reusable grocery bag to transport your healthy fare. Carving off pounds while purchasing food – who would’ve thought?
For more information on how to lose hundreds of pounds in emissions per year, join The Slate Green Challenge with Treehugger. Sign up with the thousands of readers who are making an effort to collectively reduce our CO2 emissions by 20%. Think you have what it takes? It all starts with a simple emissions footprint quiz. If you are one of the first 500 to cross the finish line, our sponsors at I’m Organic will hook you up with a new t-shirt. Good luck! ::Slate Green Challenge Welcome ::Slate Green Challenge Week 3: Food
You know, I think the challenge is great and all, but I kind of have beef with some of the pledge questions.
For instance, I remember for the transportation challenge, they asked me if I would pledge to buy a hybrid car in the next six months... I don't plan to buy a car for the next five years. Wouldn't THAT help me lower the amount of carbon I pump into the air waaay more than buying a Hybrid (that still uses gas, mind you) would? Why wasn't that option on there?