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Executive Director’s OfficeDay 12 Commit to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Earth Day
Calculate you carbon footprint again, this time including all the actions you took during the 12 Days of Earth Day.
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Day 1 Calculate Your Carbon Footprint: Earth Day
Your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted as a result of your activities. There are two kinds of footprints—one primary and the other secondary.
Read MoreIdling Gets Us Nowhere Fast!
by Tammie Bostick Cooper, Guest Blogger DEQ invites guest bloggers to share their thoughts on issues that impact our environment. We appreciate their insights and the opportunity to broaden the conversation with others in the community. Ten years ago, my niece came to my mountain home and announced her class was campaigning to stop the …
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By Paul Harding Why am I measuring my carbon footprint? Because my daily activities impact the environment. Understanding these impacts is the first step to reducing them. It’s also a way to see how significant improvements can be the result of seemingly small changes in behavior. Some changes are obvious, like reducing the miles I …
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