Comments on: The Power Of 350 … Spreading The Word http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Audrey http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1510015 Audrey Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:18:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1510015 <p>Not that this is a timely post or anything. A Siegel says living green is healthier. He is right. I only use heat for warmth below 40 degrees. I only have one fan for cooling. I almost never get those illnesses that “go around”. I use sun heated water and have a small garden. I would do more but I catch rainwater as my sole source and it’s wonderful. When it’s really limited, it really tastes better. I’ve been cultivating a wild plum grove and the trees that have started spontaneously here for 15 years and I can tell you that it’s helped my climate. The bees in the beehive in my north wall like it too.<br /> :)</p> Not that this is a timely post or anything. A Siegel says living green is healthier. He is right. I only use heat for warmth below 40 degrees. I only have one fan for cooling. I almost never get those illnesses that “go around”. I use sun heated water and have a small garden. I would do more but I catch rainwater as my sole source and it’s wonderful. When it’s really limited, it really tastes better. I’ve been cultivating a wild plum grove and the trees that have started spontaneously here for 15 years and I can tell you that it’s helped my climate. The bees in the beehive in my north wall like it too.
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]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509451 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:17:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509451 <p>While I want to reforest areas that have lost forest, have to beg to differ about greening the desert. See links above in comments 72 and 73.</p> While I want to reforest areas that have lost forest, have to beg to differ about greening the desert. See links above in comments 72 and 73.

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509449 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:16:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509449 <p>Well, heroic is wonderful, but moving forward is critical. </p> <p>So, have you had a home energy audit? Moved to LED lights rather than CFLs? Do you have reuseable shopping bags? Do you give other people CFLs/LEDs/cloth shopping bags as gifts? With each day, a new step forward?</p> Well, heroic is wonderful, but moving forward is critical.

So, have you had a home energy audit? Moved to LED lights rather than CFLs? Do you have reuseable shopping bags? Do you give other people CFLs/LEDs/cloth shopping bags as gifts? With each day, a new step forward?

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509448 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:12:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509448 <p>Video didn’t come out. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6kTlz6Mk4" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p> Video didn’t come out. Go here.

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509447 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:11:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509447 <p>I don’t think it takes that much to make serious change re desertification. If we were serious about it. <a href="http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index/" rel="nofollow">Permaculture </a>is pretty amazing. Check this out:</p> <p></p> I don’t think it takes that much to make serious change re desertification. If we were serious about it. Permaculture is pretty amazing. Check this out:

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509442 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:08:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509442 <p>Solar stoves can make a real difference. You might be interested in:<a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=171" rel="nofollow"> Energy Cool: Frying in the Sun</a>.</p> Solar stoves can make a real difference. You might be interested in: Energy Cool: Frying in the Sun.

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509440 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509440 <p>Every voice, every action. There are likely no silver bullets, very likely many silver bbs, and every action we take to foster better progress forward is silver dust/silver molecules. Individual action, group action, government action — all are necessary to achieve what is required to find a path through the perfect storm of peak oil and global warming.</p> Every voice, every action. There are likely no silver bullets, very likely many silver bbs, and every action we take to foster better progress forward is silver dust/silver molecules. Individual action, group action, government action — all are necessary to achieve what is required to find a path through the perfect storm of peak oil and global warming.

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509436 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:03:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509436 <p>There are plenty of “lists”. </p> <p>For a home, might I suggest that you take a look at the <a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=85" rel="nofollow">Home Energy Diet</a>? Have you had a home energy audit?</p> <p>And, assuming that you have investments, how green are they?</p> <p>And, right now the critical action is political. We, as individuals, can change, but we must have national policy and regulatory change to make real progress.</p> <p>PS: Dealing with Global Warming is not all about ’sacrifice’, either as individuals or larger society. A more energy efficient and greener home is also one more comfortable and healthier to live in. Eating local/fresh is healthier. Etc …</p> There are plenty of “lists”.

For a home, might I suggest that you take a look at the Home Energy Diet? Have you had a home energy audit?

And, assuming that you have investments, how green are they?

And, right now the critical action is political. We, as individuals, can change, but we must have national policy and regulatory change to make real progress.

PS: Dealing with Global Warming is not all about ’sacrifice’, either as individuals or larger society. A more energy efficient and greener home is also one more comfortable and healthier to live in. Eating local/fresh is healthier. Etc …

]]> By: A Siegel http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509431 A Siegel Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:59:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509431 <p>Love the signs. Time to do this in the DC area …</p> Love the signs. Time to do this in the DC area …

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509397 Phoenix Woman Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:23:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/the-power-of-350-spreading-the-word/#comment-1509397 <p>Actually, Obama has been working with the Apollo Alliance and is a strong backer of wind power; he proposes, along with windfall-profits taxes on Big oil, cutting the $14 billion a year currently given to Big Oil and giving that instead to the renewable-energy industry. Whether we can get even a windfall-profits tax through Congress is another matter: The last effort to do so was two weeks ago and the GOP got it shot down in flames.</p> Actually, Obama has been working with the Apollo Alliance and is a strong backer of wind power; he proposes, along with windfall-profits taxes on Big oil, cutting the $14 billion a year currently given to Big Oil and giving that instead to the renewable-energy industry. Whether we can get even a windfall-profits tax through Congress is another matter: The last effort to do so was two weeks ago and the GOP got it shot down in flames.

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