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All that doesn't add up to much on the scale. On the other side, there's this: Heat gushes out of our house. We've had to set up a space heater in our daughter's bedroom, which almost doubles our monthly electricity use. We drive to Georgian Bay most summer weekends. I have a weakness for rotisserie chicken. And I can be lazy as all get-out. I still haven't changed all my light bulbs to compact fluorescents,[url=http://duveticavestesfr.halod.com/][b]duvetica vestes paris[/b][/url], despite all the reasons to switch.
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Each of us consumes as many resources as three Chileans and - get this - 76 Afghans. By 2003, the planet was devouring 25 per cent more resources than it could produce. It's only gotten worse since then.
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To have a major impact, we need to act collectively. But there is still room for the individual.
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Ten years ago, it was almost impossible to get an energy saving dishwasher. Today, you have your pick. "If we have enough people saying `I want to live in a walkable community,' that allows us to pressure the government to plan for walkable communities instead of sprawl,[url=http://kevindurant4shoesforsale.blogspot.com/][b]kevin durant shoes[/b][/url]," says Chris Winter, executive director of the Conservation Council of Ontario. His job is to get more of us to conserve,[url=http://kevindurantshoes5forsale.blogspot.com/][b]kevin durant shoes for sale[/b][/url], by promoting energy-saving services and technology.
Winter's footprint is 5.6 hectares - a whole hectare less than mine. But he doesn't own a car and I don't plan on selling mine. (My husband would be very,[url=http://duveticavestesfr.halod.com/][b]http://duveticavestesfr.halod.com/[/b][/url], very angry). I'm also not going to pull a Walden, moving out of my house to a small plot of land where I could sow beans like Henry David Thoreau.
What should my goal be as I stay in the city and continue my hectic schedule as a reporter,[url=http://kevindurantshoes5forsale.blogspot.com/][b]jordans shoes for sale[/b][/url], wife and mom?
Rees says it's possible without systemic change to get down to 4 hectares. Glenn De Baeremaeker - the city's waste czar,[url=http://2013rogerviviershoessales.blogspot.com/][b]Roger Vivier Shoes Sale[/b][/url], who bikes 21 kilometres to and from work and never eats meat - scored 4.2 hectares.
The three areas of my life that require close examination and perhaps painful re-engineering are food, transit and my home's electricity bill.
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