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Our nonprofit energy efficiency & renewable energy business of 170 people adopted a %u201Cbig hairy audacious goal%u201D (BHAG) to offset our carbon footprint by 10,000-fold in 20 years! By 2027, we%u2019ll be avoiding 10,000 pounds of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for every pound we contribute, and we'll be avoiding 20 million tons annually of GHG emissions by 2027. We%u2019re not just as a business, but we%u2019re a community, so in calculating our carbon footprint, we included our personal & household impacts. The personal decisions we make %u2013 the foods we eat, where we go on vacation, the cars we drive - have great impacts. We%u2019ll use a toolkit to achieve our BHAG, including software to track emissions & progress, social networking (contests, brown-bag discussions) & incentives from the business to inspire & motivate us, and we'll explore other ideas like internal carbon trading. We think that acting as a community is a powerful model that can work and that we%u2019d love to share with other businesses!
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Jennifer Munster-Simone | Posted: 7 April 2009
We all have it within our means to make choices every day that can drastically affect climate change. Springtime should be a fresh start for our actions as well as our planet. I support this initiative and hope it meets with great success.
Aaron Bennett | Posted: 7 April 2009
BHAG sounds like the best concept in this contest. Can NYS residents hire you to us make the "Catskill Park" carbon-neutral by 2027 too? That would be cool!
PJ Ackerley | Posted: 7 April 2009
I concur with BHAG!
liz maiden | Posted: 6 April 2009
Brilliant idea!
jess arango | Posted: 6 April 2009
Yes! Yes! Yes!
jean luc dushime | Posted: 6 April 2009
i support this project
Theresa Lester | Posted: 6 April 2009
Protecting, cleaning, sharing, motivating and inspiring. The world needs more projects like this. Good luck!!
matt allen | Posted: 6 April 2009
very impressive. i'd like to see how incentives enable families to go more green in their homelife and lifestyle. `the concept of internal carbon trading also sounds innovative.
Barbara Weinstein | Posted: 6 April 2009
Implementing this idea provides a unique opportunity to build a model for businesses throughout the nation in an environment that is manageable and in a state thoroughly committed to preserving our environment. I strongly support this idea and believe it will have a substantial impact
Howard Cohen | Posted: 6 April 2009
In the United States the individual can, should, and must make a difference. Our entire economic and political systems depend on that simple, but essential concept. Of all the suggestions, this one by Vermont Energy recognizes the most important factor in the competition--the role of the individual.
You, the judges, have a chance to make a difference by choosing this submission.
HACohen
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