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Church of England: Cut down carbon footprint for Lent
I know you are sticking to those New Years resolutions, because they're good for you, plus they might be adding years to your life.
However, you're not done yet. Lent, the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter for Christians, started yesterday and according to the Church of England, you should change your relationship with carbon rather than some more typical things, like chocolate, smoking or alcohol.
But, you don’t have to be a believer to follow the Lent advice given by the Church of England. Some of the things you can do are to avoid plastic bags or remove prominent light bulb in the house. And you can do it year long, not just for 40 days!
The Times Online has more tips (including a tip for each day of Lent).
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I really enjoy reading your blog, it always has great insight. But I am very frustrated with the fact that so few people are talking about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Now that it is down to just a few candidates I would think that this would be a bigger issue.
Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?
Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do? No matter what your political affiliation is or who you vote for this is an important issue for our environment, our economy and for homeland security.
Posted by: Adrian | February 8, 2008 4:56 PM