Comments on: Portland Needs CRAGs, not Craigslist

By: Love In The Time Of Global Warming « Diamond-Cut Life

Love In The Time Of Global Warming « Diamond-Cut Life — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:48:13 +0000

[...] things like political and policy work (macro) and hands-on-in-my-own- household things (micro). The CRAG (Carbon Reduction Action Group) I’m starting with Ewan O’Leary, Colleen Kaleda and a few others is largely the hands-on [...]

By: Our Carbon Reduction Group « Diamond-Cut Life

Our Carbon Reduction Group « Diamond-Cut Life — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:49:24 +0000

[...] Our Carbon Reduction Group Published April 7, 2008 biodiesel , carbon footprint , climate change , environment , global warming , green living , lifestyle , simplicity , sustainability , transportation Tags: electricity bills, heating bills, United Kingdom The funny thing about climate change (also known as global warming) is that it is so invisible to us, while so serious. Our daily lives here in the affluent U.S. don’t look different despite the icecaps melting, etc. But our lives should look different — we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. So Colleen and I are starting a Carbon Reduction Action Group (here is my first look at this). [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:07:22 +0000

Sounds as cool as carbon offsets but just as hard to understand. Will look forward to hearing more from you this weekend!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:29:22 +0000

CRAGs, how cool. Even the name sounds cool. In the spirit of friendly competition — if you don’t mind sharing — how much electricity use is 53 percent of average in Portland? I’d love to know, compare it to ours, and see if we can match it …