SuperCute! » pollution http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog collectively working for a cuter, happier, sustainable world Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:45:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 The One-Ton Challenge http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/?p=50 http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/?p=50#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 20:58:36 +0000 admin http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/?p=50 The Georgia Clean Air Campaign issued the One Ton Challenge yesterday and I thought it was worth noting here. They are encouraging commuters to eliminate one ton of pollution per year per person. You just have to make a change one day a week!

* 1 mile driven = 1 pound of air pollution
* 40 miles driven (the average metro commuter’s daily round trip) = 40 pounds of pollution
* 40 pounds of pollution x 52 days = 2,080 pounds (or 1 ton) of pollution you can keep out of our air by clean commuting.

There are so many alternatives to driving to the office every day. Taking public transit, carpooling or working from home are just three!

xo,
Liz

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