The Long March Home Log - updated 31 Aug 2007

Now that summer break has ended and classes are in session once again, it's time to update everyone on my progress on the Long March Home since June. It was a busy summer for me supervising my doctoral students in Environmental Dynamics at the U. of Arkansas. However, I remained committed to the cause, and walked to/from campus almost every day all summer. The graphic below charts my results: I have now surpassed 600 miles walking since 17 march 2007 (blue line on graph below). This walking has also offset just over 300 kg of carbon dioxide (magenta line on the graph below). Also, I managed to conserve so much gasoline, that I finally filled by tank on 24 August 2007 - the first fill-up since 16 May 2007. It is my hope that I can continue to conserve gasoline at that rate. In addition, I have lost 20 pounds and many people at my workplace have noticed that more than anything else - not a bad effort for one person. Just imagine if 35,000 people in my home town took the same action? Just imagine if you did it, too - and persuaded your friends, and they persuaded their friends...