Week One--baby steps

So it seems from email responses that many people are extremely interested in participating, some people are not so interested in participating, and at least one person does not actually believe in global warming. Lucky duck.

If you are reading this, I assume that you are at least somewhat interested in participating, so thank you, you are being very nice. A number of you actually volunteered to be Pod Leaders, great news, but first lets do a little beta test--Run our one little pod (Pod Zero? Home Pod? Best and First Pod?) for a few weeks and see how we do. My intention is to come up with a list of positive changes we can all fairly easily commit to, guide us through making those changes at the rate of one or two a week, and record the results, all the while discussing with First and Best Pod Members how they might see this continuing to take shape.

To that end, I am declaring the week of August 6-12 the week of Changing Over to Green Power and also Switching to New Lightbulbs. Many of you have already done these two things, very good, let me know that you already have and I will include it in my status report.

Here's the deal:

ACTION NUMBER ONE
(You can do it without leaving your computer)

If you live in New York City or Los Angeles, or any other place really, you can very easily upgrade, at the cost of a few extra dollars a month, to renewable energy that comes from regional wind and low-impact hydro power sources.

Read more about it and switch yourself over at the following links:

Click here if you live in New York City

And here if you are in Los Angeles.


ACTION NUMBER TWO

Get yourself some of those Compact Fluorescent Bulbs and switch out the other (bad) ones. For every 3 frequently used light bulbs you switch, you'll save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $60 per year. Its easy to get those lightbulbs--you can go to the store or order them online. Make sure you order the "warm" ones or you will be pissed like me and have to return them to the store because they are so hideous.

ACTION NUMBER THREE
Email me with questions, problems, etc. Laura Wolf, you mention needing a ladder, does anyone have a ladder thay can loan Laura Wolf?

ACTION FOUR
Email me when you have done these two action items.

I will keep track of responses, send out a gentle reminder at the end of next week, as well as a status report and a new set of action items.

Also, just for my internal records, how many members of this pod own or plan to own a hybrid car some time in the near future?