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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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Jon Griesser | Posted: 2 April 2009
Initiatives like this empower organizations to achieve the highest level of social and environmental responsibility - in which individual and collective action is promoted to address society's most pressing concerns.
Don Schramm | Posted: 2 April 2009
This is a great proposal. I fully support it
Betsy Richert | Posted: 2 April 2009
Spring Hill rocks! I fully support the team.
Tracy St Peter | Posted: 2 April 2009
We at Native Roots Nutrition fully support businesses that positively impact their community through education and sustainability measures. Good luck!
Dan Smith | Posted: 2 April 2009
Fully support. Spring Hill, VEIC are fantastic partners.
dean myerson | Posted: 2 April 2009
I support!!
Carlie Honsedl | Posted: 2 April 2009
Maria Garcia said it all...Business and community coexisting. I've heard a lot about what Springhill is doing from my housemate, who cowrote the grant, and it seems like the best model I've heard of for coupling these two indispensible aspects of society. The U.S. needs more efforts that resemble Springhill!
Bob Atchinson | Posted: 2 April 2009
Go Beth! You have the full support of the Plainfield Energy Coordinator. Saving the planet is truly about the every day choices we make, such as taking Amtrak to Florida and back, and using my bicycle to do most of my errands. I can hardly remember the last time I drove in a car alone to do local errands.
Bob Atchinson - Plainfield, VT
Maria Edelmira Garcia | Posted: 2 April 2009
What a wonderful idea! Business and community need to coexist...what a great project!
Matt Straus | Posted: 2 April 2009
Their employees are HOT!
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