choose to reduce
If you’re curious about what typical home appliances use check this out this link to a “What Does Your Home Use?” Chart.
Note: The average Teton Area home uses 1500 KWH or 2656 Lbs of CO2 or 1350 Lbs of Coal
If you are interested in making your own conversions visit this equivalencies calculator
There’s a whole section of this Web site dedicated to getting folks involved in the Teton Area 10×10 initiative (see left hand column navigation). There you’ll find 10 steps to 10×10 as well as an honest to goodness pledge. Toward the bottom of the pledge are the following words:
I agree that personal commitments to reducing energy use and trash generation are essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Therefore, I pledge to systematically reduce my family’s overall energy use 10 percent by 2010 …
As we launch the Teton Area 10×10 initiative, our emphasis will be on getting folks to commit to the idea that personal commitments really are key, and that a pledge to reduce energy use by 10% by 2010 is a meaningful and worthwhile first step to take.
Sometime this summer we’ll be adding a toolbox to this Web site that will allow folks to track their progress toward the personal commitment(s) they make. In the meantime, we’re encouraging everyone to take the first step: commit to reduce your household’s energy use by 10% by December 31, 2010. More »
On Friday May 2nd the Teton Climate Collaborative (that’s the group behind the Teton Area 10×10 initiative) hosted an event at the Hard Drive Café where eight area businesses told stories and identified steps people could take to reduce energy use and green their home or business.
The list of participating businesses included:
In addition, Hayden Leeds gave the group an update on what the Global Warming Hero league has been up to.
Over the next couple of months, look forward to in-depth posts about what each of the above groups are doing along the path to reducing energy use 10% by 2010.
If your business has done something “green” give us a shout, we would love to hear what you are up to!
View photos from the May 22nd event on the next page! More »
Back in mid-January, We’re Energy Pigs was the headline on the cover of the Jackson Hole News & Guide. The story, written by editor Thomas Dewell, was comprehensive and sobering.
From the opening few sentences, which read
An analysis of the electricity, natural gas, vehicle and jet fuel delivered in Teton County shows valley sources annually contribute 723,000 metric tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Based on those numbers, Jackson Hole on a per-person basis emits 37 metric tons of the odorless, colorless gas per year, exceeding the national average of 24 metric tons.
… to the conclusion that cost is the only thing that will force Jackson Hole to use less energy. Dewell and his staff laid out a picture of our growth in energy consumption (nearly double since 1992) as well as a snapshot of where our electrons come from. More »
East of Wilson on Green Lane sits a home built from recycled Styrofoam and heated with passive and active solar. A Toyota Prius sits behind the solar-powered garage doors.
The home belongs to a woman with pepper-colored hair and hazel eyes. That she designed and built it herself is just one way in which Nancy H. Taylor walks the walk. The longtime valley resident also teaches a green building class, “The Art of Green Living and Building” and writes the “Going Green” column for Planet Jackson Hole, often with her 19-year-old cat Babe purring on her lap.
Taylor’s latest endeavor is a book released earlier this year entitled “Go Green: How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community.” And yes, it’s printed on recycled paper. More »
