350.org have a new campaign to encourage world leaders to set an example and put Solar PV on their official residences. A great idea, and one well worth getting behind. I sent our Prime Minister, Julia Gillard a message, asking her to come to the party, so to speak. Mind you, we didn’t have much luck with Kev’s Patch, but hey, it is worth a shot.
If you would like to let your nation’s leader know that you would not mind him or her spending a little bit of your taxpayers money on a few measly solar panels on their official house i.e. Whitehouse, the Lodge, Number 10 Downing St, etc. and help send a strong message to their constituents, then pop on over to http://putsolaron.it/ and sign the petition. Bill McKibben and his crew will forward these petitions to our leaders to let them know that we need them to set an example and set strong emission targets to avert climate chaos.
Oh, and don’t forget to check out more information about 350.org global work party scheduled for 10/10/2010. It should be a date to remember, and I am thinking of something special to do on that date to make it important in my life and to my family.
Don’t forget that 350 is the most important number on the planet. Up until a few years ago, I thought it was just like any other number. Don’t be fooled, as looks can be deceiving. It is important to understand why. Click on the link above to find out more details.
I was just camping at a State Campground the other weekend and I was thinking those sites could use some solar. All the sites have electric and water, and then we have bathhouses. I was thinking the bathhouses would be a perfect place to put the solar panels and maybe solar water. Doubt it will ever happen, but I think it should.
I have been recycling since before it took hold the way it has in my country,but many folks think I am crazy for paying a mandatory garbage pick up service,roughly $20 a month, to do nothing.Pop puts out a little trash every other week, or when he sees the truck out and about,and remembers it’s pick up day. I hardly ever put anything out. I take all my trash(clean recyclables)25 miles to a site in an joining county.That’s where I do 95% my shopping anyway.There has got to be a better way, but I haven’t found it.Many years ago,I was involved with an organization,hoping to clean up our planet,when I heard that our county was taking the recyclables to the land fill.I understood, at the time,that one of the members had followed a truck and saw it first hand. I am sure it is not happening on a huge scale, but it “did me in” with my county.Then they wonder why many folks don’t trust anyone.
Hi Gavin! You will find that Kevin actually did install a vegie patch at the lodge over easter this year!
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/if-theres-dirt-under-the-pms-fingernails-its-because-hes-going-for-growth/story-e6frg6zo-1225870270587
He even had chooks too!
http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2010/06/10/pms-hen-coop-local-brainchild/