Thursday, August 30, 2007
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...
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2 comments:
That's awesome! Keep up the progress and hopefully with gas prices going through the roof more people will see the benefits to a gas-free lifestyle. On a side note, have you considered growing your own crops? There is an organization on campus called GroGreen which is a student/faculty operated organic plot out at the agriculture annex which is trying to promote a sustainable American diet. This could also help out with your CO2 emmision reduction.
Angela Moore
Angela makes an excellent point. During WWII, many Americans kept 'victory gardens' to supplement their diets and reduce dependence on petroleum for transporting food around the U.S. The U.S. government promoted this activity as a patriotic way to redirect petroleum for the war effort - while this was likely more propaganda than reality, the idea was a noble one. There is no question that greater local production of food would improve the sustainability of our community.
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