[dvs] I'm counting

[Pamela Tudor]

I signed up last time around and am renewing my pledge.  Like other city
dwellers it is easier for me to make the pledge.  

What I've added is: 
1. Buying local much more often, including walking to Sue's market for
produce whenever I can.  Hey, they even have raw milk, cheese and yoghurt
from Lancaster farms.  (18th street, between Sansom and Chestnut). 
2. Like Ralph and Joyce, lowering the thermostat and wearing sweaters all
the time in the house, in the winter.
3. Getting the house weatherized to seal the energy leaks...and in a 143
year old house that's no mean feat.  (Start with an ECA energy audit and
they'll do the rest.)
4. Walking, walking, walking everywhere. (Not possible I know for many
suburbanites.)  

Cheers, 

Pamela
 
Pamela Tudor
Tudor Consulting
Executive Coach/Leadership Consultant
 
www.tudorconsulting.net
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215 523-6929 landline
 
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Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: dvs-bounces at actionpa.org [mailto:dvs-bounces at actionpa.org] On Behalf
Of Ralph Copleman
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:09 PM
To: DVS Sustainability
Subject: [dvs] I'm counting

Delaware Valley Sustainability (dvs at actionpa.org)

We started with 22, and we're now up to 33 DVS subscribers who have  
pledged not to drive at least one day per week.  A 50% improvement in  
just a few days.  Wow.  Many of you city-dwellers will find this  
easy.  Good.  Why, then are you not all signing up?

As for the rest of us suburban types, will we make the sacrifice?   
Today my car sat all day.  It just sat.  And as things stand now, it  
will sit all day tomorrow, too.  A good week for me.  I'll put the  
extra day in the "bank" for when I can't be quite so local.

I recognize that folks like Mary cannot make the pledge; I'm the first  
to acknowledge this notion is not for everyone.  We all must do what  
we must.  Thanks, Mary, for that reminder.  Like Judy, I'm finding the  
need (and desire) to slow down, walk to places, do more on the phone,  
etc.  My two favorites toys are my bicycle and my laptop.  Though the  
laptop is, of course, an energy user, it's also an energy saver.  The  
big thing Joyce and I are doing is wearing sweaters.  We keep the  
house pretty cold, even while we're here.

Everybody change a habit or two, please.  We're running out of time.   
Consider the pledge.

Ralph


Ralph Copleman
44 Titus Avenue
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
H: 609-896-9714
C: 609-865-3466




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