Have a climate solution? Tell new global community
Published Friday, 12th June 2009
This week saw the launch of The World Climate Community, the world’s first online social community for discussion and debate about issues relating to climate and environmental change.
The World Climate Community was set up by the city of Copenhagen ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference set to take place in Denmark this December. It aims to provide an independent and democratic place for people from around the world to discuss climate, environment and sustainability issues; brainstorm new innovative ideas; and interact directly with opinion leaders.
The World Climate Community was designed and built by interactive agency Creuna using EPiServer’s content management system and EPiServer community. The site enables users to create and share content, voice their opinions, upload videos and photos, and collaborate to influence the debate on climate change.
“Climate change is an important issue to billions of people,” said Peter Larsson, CEO of EPiServer. “This community gives them the opportunity to come together to influence the debate.”
“The next innovative idea to reduce CO2 emissions and create more sustainable communities might not come from experts,” said Klaus Bondam, Copenhagen’s mayor of technical and environmental administration. “It could come from a school class in New Delhi, a grocer in Alaska or a high school in Copenhagen. This site provides a democratic platform for people from around the world to share their views and experiences.”
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1. Change your incandescent light bulbs with CFL’s. Don’t, as many have told me, make the change when the IC bulbs burn out. Do it now. They are very inexpensive now at many retail and wholesale outlets.
2. Record your electric meter reading twice a day at 12 hour intervals. Record the values by plotting them on a chart of your choosing. The best value to plot is the Kwh/hour value. Keep a journal of how you use energy (i.e., when you run your electric clothes dryer, when you watch your wide screen TV, when you use other high energy devices in your home etc.) Respond to the chart by writing on it when there is a high or low reading. Do less of the high reading behaviors if you can and more of the low reading behaviors.
Doing both of the above 2 simple suggestion will cut most folks energy by 30% to 50%.