sustainable living

Riot 4 Austerity FAQ

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:59
Now, some answers to frequently asked questions. If you have a question *not* answered here, email us and we’ll try and come up with an answer. Q. Who can join? A. Anyone is welcome to join in. If you are just starting to cut your emissions, this might be a tough project to start with - or maybe not, if you like a challenge.

Riot Rules

Submitted by Barbara on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:46
 Welcome to our 90% emissions reduction project. First of all, you'll notice that we're using the number 90%, not 93 or 94% - there are a couple of reasons for that, but the first and most important is that the goal is not to drive ourselves crazy. If we're all going to do this, we need it to be comparatively easy - I think a lot of us will get bored and frustrated if we have to keep complicated logs. But using 1/10 of what is used by the average American makes calculations easier for everyone.

Tetra Pak into Pencil Box

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 04:56

Many of you are already familiar with my on going battle with Tetra Pak.  Here is a new project for everyone.  I thought this would be a good project because I found very little in the way of recycled pencil boxes when looking for products for the eco school supply product list.  Most pencil boxes were small, kitsch and over priced.

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