TreeHugger.com: Climate Commons – A Conversation About Climate Change, Sustainability and The Arctic
Ryan
· 2 years ago
The Christian Science Monitor just published a great article on a grassroots approach to climate change called Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds. It’s an illustrated workbook that guides individuals and small groups through a 22-step program to reduce their CO2 footprint. The author, David Gershon, spent a couple of decades researching how to get people to change their behavior concerning the environment—and the conclusion he reached is: if you work with a small peer support group, you are much more likely to actually do something different. (as in, Weight Watchers/AA meets Global Warming). He created a program called “Eco Team” which got a lot of praise for its effectiveness at shifting consumption behavior. You can read the Monitor article at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1228/p14s01-sten....>
The book also has a good website with a lot of supporting material for community organizing around climate change. www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd</p>
mark
· 2 years ago
I agree with Ryan. That book is very good.
jen
· 2 years ago
I'm glad to see more and more people trying to make a difference. It's so easy to do.
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The Christian Science Monitor just published a great article on a grassroots approach to climate change called Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds. It’s an illustrated workbook that guides individuals and small groups through a 22-step program to reduce their CO2 footprint. The author, David Gershon, spent a couple of decades researching how to get people to change their behavior concerning the environment—and the conclusion he reached is: if you work with a small peer support group, you are much more likely to actually do something different. (as in, Weight Watchers/AA meets Global Warming). He created a program called “Eco Team” which got a lot of praise for its effectiveness at shifting consumption behavior. You can read the Monitor article at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1228/p14s01-sten....>
The book also has a good website with a lot of supporting material for community organizing around climate change. www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd</p>
I agree with Ryan. That book is very good.
I'm glad to see more and more people trying to make a difference. It's so easy to do.
Is this book good?