Link: Go on a low-carbon diet!
Slate, the online magazine, issued a challenge to its readers to decrease their carbon emissions by 20 percent.
We at the Voice have been evaluating our emissions and building a plan for going carbon neutral. (We'll start with 20% reduction, but our ultimate goal goes beyond that.) A business like ours faces considerable challenges. Paper is a problematic commodity, from the destruction of carbon-eating trees to the emissions associated in production. Since we don't run the plant where the Voice is printed, many environmental considerations seem to be out of our hands.
We recently published an article about a local, small printer, EcoPrint, who went carbon neutral. Unfortunately, he does not run newsprint. But his success does inspire us.
We plan to unveil our plan before the new year and share our triumphs and challenges as we work toward our goal.
Along with our business goal of reducing or eliminating our carbon footprint, we will take the Slate challenge in our personal lives.
To find out more, visit The Slate Green Challenge: Your eight-week carbon diet