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| I'm dedicated to taking the time and spending a little extra money if necessary to reduce my footprint as much as possible both in my personal and professional life. |
| Carbon Offsets |
| Carbon offsets are often used as a way to buy your way out of making better choices to begin with, but I'm addressing carbon in lots of different ways already, so last year I offset my carbon with carboncounter.org. This is a local non-profit that's taking concrete steps in our community through innovative approaches to reduce carbon emissions (but they're not taking individual piddly contributions anymores, so let me know if you know another good way to offset my carbon). Last year, from mid-June when I started my business to the end of the year, I drove 420 miles. I offset my personal carbon as well, so this covered my gas usage for my home office. |
 Mt. Hood in all it's glorious splendor. (Yes, we drove here, but we carpooled five folks that day for a great biodiversity hike given by Mary Vogel of Plan Green.) |
| Transportation |
| I ride my bike to any meeting within 15 miles of my house whenever I can, regardless of the weather. If I don't have time to ride or I feel unsafe, I'll take the bus. For more far flung meetings, I take either the Greyhound or Amtrak if I can, carpool when I can't. I'll take a plane if I absolutely "must". |
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Work Related Mileage Tally (2010) |
| Transportation Mode |
Miles* |
#of Trips |
| Bike |
100 |
13 |
| Tri-met/C-Trans/Greyhound |
383 |
9 |
| Car (single occupancy) |
41 |
5 |
| Carpool (two or more occupants) |
24 |
2 |
| Walk (over 1 mile) |
3 |
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| Fly |
0 |
0 |
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*as of 3.7.10 |
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| Electricity |
| I faithfully turn everything off if I'm going to be away from my desk for more than an hour. I have a lovely daylit office space with compact flourescents for the winter. My computers are set to go to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity. I buy 100% green power. |
| Paper |
| I'm as paperless as possible, including billing. When I need to print something out, even my business cards, it's on salvaged paper from SCRAP or another office somewhere. When I need to mail something, I salvage the envelopes out of my junk mail and put stickers over them. On the rare occasion I feel it's necessary to print something on clean paper, I print double-sided and on minimum 30% recycled paper. |
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Green Girl has been recognized by the City of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development as recipient of the RecycleWorks award. |
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| Volunteering |
| I'm dedicated to the health of our community and am volunteering at least a few hours/week for non-profits. See my Community Involvement page to see what I'm up to. |
