If you havent visited the City of Redmond's Sustainability website....now is a great time to check it out!
Here is a little bit about their focus:
"Impact Redmond is a cross-departmental effort embarked on by the City of Redmond. The aim is to promote sustainability in Redmond by providing both a platform for community engagement and growth, as well as a virtual space for the City to showcase its own efforts in making Redmond a greener place to live. Impact Redmond was funded by a Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block (EECB) Grant. The site is maintained and the discussion boards are moderated by the City of Redmond."
One of the coolest things on their site (other than featuring PlayNetwork as a green company!) is their carbon calculator. It's easy and quick (really it takes less than 5 mins).
Mine is: 27,935 lbs
On average:
- National carbon emissions per capita in the US are: 38,200 lbs (19.1 tons)
- Statewide carbon emissions per capita in Washington State are: 24,780 lbs (12.39 tons)
- Citywide carbon emissions per capita in Redmond are: 43,940 lbs (21.97 tons)
So what does this number mean?
NASA and the Kyoto Protocol have determined that 1 tree absorbs and average of 2,000 lbs (1 ton) of carbon over it's entire lifetime.
If you take your number and divide it by 2,000 this will tell you the number of trees necessary to offset your annual carbon footprint.
For me....that's planting 14 trees a year.
Check it out and post your annual carbon footprint and/or the number of trees you need to plant in the comments!
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