Sunday is 10/10/10: What Are You Doing?
Apparently environmentalist Bill McKibbon wasn’t the only one to take early note of the significance of October 10, 2010.
The local merchants are full of promotions: Buy 10, Save $10 and Save 10% on 10/10/10 are among the most popular.
It’s a gorgeous weekend here in the Washington, DC region, with festivals, sports events and more going on.
But 10/10/10 is also expected to be the largest global action day in support of solutions to combat climate change. It’s part of a global campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 10% in a year – starting in 2010. As the organizers say, “Any person, family, business, school or other organization can cut 10% – and by working together we can make sure our actions count.” All over the world, people are registering “work parties” on sites including 1010global.org and 350.org.
I had high hopes to make it down to DC, where, as you can imagine, there’s a whole lot going on! But unfortunately my eldest fell ill today, so I won’t be going anywhere. I guess that’s very low carbon after all.
What are you doing?
If you don’t have any plans, check out these great ideas. One of my favorites is a low carbon Sunday brunch.
This is a post for the Green Moms Carnival on climate change, sponsored by our newest member, ClimateMama! Check out our posts which go up tomorrow over on the ClimateMama.com blog.
— Lynn
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What am I doing? Oh dear. I should unplug. I should get some sleep, like I said I would in my blog post this morning. But I fear I’ll be glued to my computer trying to catch up on too many things. There has to be a better way.
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