carbon miles

IDEA: Drink Local
 
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Beer

Drink locally produced wines and beers.

We make some pretty decent beverages here in Aotearoa, so there's no need for wines imported from Chile, or beers from Europe.

Those heavy bottles have got a pretty terrible ratio of weight : volume or price or lifespan or... anything really.

So think global, and act local.

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Originally submitted by jojo on 05 Dec 2007
PLEDGE: Buy local
 
141 pledges

Assuming all else is equal - the thing that's produced closest to the place you buy it requires the least amount of transportation to market, therefore incurs the least amount of 'carbon miles', and is therefore better for the climate so buy local!

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Originally submitted by Changeling on 24 Oct 2007
PLEDGE: Fly less and stay longer
 
80 pledges

Air travel is about the worst thing you can do for the climate. Plan your travel carefully. Aim to spend longer in one place and cut out frivolous day-long or weekend hops. Use new, cheap technology such as Skype to communicate face-to-face with friends, relatives, and work colleagues.

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Originally submitted by admin on 22 Oct 2007
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