School kids should run the world.
I mean, they know a lot more than I do. Never heard of this: “Increase availability of low-interest Energy Efficient Mortgages to support homeowners who increase the energy efficiency of their homes.”

But seriously, its a great project–the connection of school curriculum, internet research, mass media, and kids right after Thanksgiving is inspired

The Greenpeace site has a great list of things we can do in our everyday life to help. It says that “in moderate and cold climate zones, space heating takes up at least half of the overall energy use.

Therefore, proper insulation and ventilation is the first and most important energy saving measure. It can reduce heating needs to one-third (about 50 kWh heat/m2/y) or even one tenth (less than 15 kWh heat/m2/y) of what an average house would need.” www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/take_action/12_steps

Here is an idea from Scrooge.

I love the Holidays as much as anyone. But, I have to wonder whether every single person in town needs to light up their yard all night long with twinkling lights, sleighs pulled by reindeer and giant snowglobes. Maybe we could spearhead a movement to make it politically incorrect to use up that much electricity?

Wow, I’m impressed with this long list of suggestions. These student’s should be teaching the Bush administration a thing or two.
I personally like the idea of hybrid cars since I am the proud owner of a Prius. I have had the car for a year and a half and I love it. We will be buying another one after the new year to replace a gas guzzler. I think its true that if you work at trying to curb the effects of global warming by the way that you live it can make a difference. I am at least hopeful that the mindful choices we make will have a positive outcome.

I also loved the idea of making some of the eco-environment friendly courses mandatory in schools. What better way to insure a good future but in our kids. They are our hope.

These kids really are on it- what a considerate list!
I rented the documentary ‘who killed the electric car last week’. It was interesting considering the push for hybrid cars now. It follows a strange group of Californian purely electric car loyalists. They say that the hybrid is all a ruse and they all owned electric cars from Saturn and others a few years back. The companies literally took the cars away and crushed them when the oil companies got wind of the customer enthusiasm. Lets hope they don’t begin to do the same with the hybrids. And maybe China too could consider the hybrid. Personally, I have been happy in last year to move to Boston where I can use a bike or public transportation. In Reno, where I moved from, most everyone needs a car and there are limited sidewalks.

The students must need to understand their relation with the past through history. The only way to understand our mistakes is knowing where we came from.

Kennedy,

I concur. I would also like to suggest that it is important that we take into consideration the nature of the SOURCE of the BTUs we use for space conditioning. Are they renewable?

It is curious that Leadership in Energy and Environmental design (LEED®) standards do not apparently address this issue or give credit to buildings that burn bioenergy fuels as part of their LEEDs credits.

The smart cars in Europe are a seemingly good alternative as well. Although they aren’t hybrids, they are unbelievably small and do not use much gas. It was interesting to see name brands like Ford make these tiny cars for the European and Asian countries. I wonder why they don’t do it here?…..or maybe that is just a silly question.

The prius is truely great. I’d be appauled if someone decided to crush these cars, the technology just gets better and better from what I have experienced.

Children often perceive the world in such a refreshing way. As someone who teaches in an art school, I wonder if this project could become the basis for a studio course. How would art students approach the problem of fighting global warning? What kind of solutions would they come up with to combat the degradation of our environment?

rebuild community relationships… love the land like the INDIGENOUS people we are!

my Christmas lights are run off a bike generator this year. Wanna little Christmas spirit? Gotta ride for it!