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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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Willie Sordillo | Posted: 1 April 2009
Sounds good!
Jorden Woods | Posted: 1 April 2009
Very exciting idea -- thanks for taking on this BHAG to help make the world a better place!
Once we can all monitor our individual and community contributions we'll know what specific things we can do to make the biggest impact. Multiple studies have already shown that even simple energy monitoring can lead to significant changes by everyday families. Thanks for helping us all out -- I'm definitely looking forward to being a part of the solution.
Greg Strong | Posted: 31 March 2009
Imagine: Businesses and communities across the country (and the world) empowering and supporting their member citizens to make a difference in tackling climate change -- and then sharing their powerful ideas with each other. This is how change happens -- one person, one community at a time. This is what hope looks like.
George Little | Posted: 30 March 2009
If we think big, we stretch ourselves to reach and exceed great goals. The psychology of this proposal honors this important distinction, and balances it with solid data collection and development of tools to share.
Don Fallon | Posted: 26 March 2009
Sounds good to me!
Rob Cecil | Posted: 24 March 2009
Environmental Commerce Xchange fully supports this idea and wishes you the best of success in this big undertaking.
Chapin Spencer | Posted: 22 March 2009
I like the partnership idea. Changing the way we live, transport ourselves and do business will not be easy. Fortunately, VEIC has a lot of expertise and we at Local Motion will lend a hand as we can.
Bill Tarkulich | Posted: 22 March 2009
I was speaking with a VEIC employee yesterday. They live the talk, they are already tracking employees usage and taking steps to advance the cause. What they say is not just rhetoric, they have demonstrable evidence of their commitments, including automobile indicators already being used by their employees. No flash in the pan company, they have been around for decades and have been growing in large part due to their success. I vote an enthusiastic "yes!"
Kirk Shields | Posted: 20 March 2009
With a concept name like that, who could not like it!
Bill Heyman | Posted: 19 March 2009
Vermontt.net is interested and would like to know more about your progress. Yesterday we paid Middlebury College Biomass gasification plant a visit.
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